{"id":81279,"date":"2023-10-30T09:14:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T09:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/?p=81279"},"modified":"2023-10-30T09:15:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T09:15:34","slug":"pianists-find-new-paths-to-chethams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/blog\/pianists-find-new-paths-to-chethams\/","title":{"rendered":"Pianists find new paths to Chetham’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some young people have found non-traditional routes into music as the pandemic continues to have an impact.\u202f
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\n13-year-old Yasmin taught herself piano using an app during lockdown. Two years later, she has a place secured at Chetham\u2019s where she is receiving the very best musical education.\u202f
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\nYasmin\u2019s dad, Rob Fiddaman, said: \u201cYasmin was bored during lockdown and she started using an app called \u2018Simply Piano\u2019. I bought her a cheap piano off eBay and noticed she was learning pieces quickly.\u202f\u202f
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\n\u201cWhen the restrictions lifted, we got her some in-person piano lessons and after that, thanks to some encouragement from her tutor, we took her to an audition at Chetham\u2019s. They recognised something in Yasmin and awarded her a place – we\u2019re pinching ourselves!\u202f
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\n\u201cMusic was under-represented at her previous school already and then the pandemic put a stop to everything, so she found music on her own. I hope her story encourages other young people to give music a go \u2013 you don\u2019t have to be the best or the brightest, it\u2019s all down to dedication. I can\u2019t wait to see Yasmin\u2019s confidence and skills develop.\u201d\u202f\u202f
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\nYasmin isn\u2019t the only student at Chetham\u2019s to have self-taught. Charlie, in year 13, also picked up the piano for the first-time during lockdown and learnt using YouTube videos.\u202f Another student, who has just started at the school, learnt to play the piano by memorising the shape of piano players\u2019 hands, rather than by being taught to read music.\u202f <\/p>\n

Charlie said: \u201cLockdown gave me the opportunity to find and explore a musical path. There are so many technically different levels you can get on YouTube so it\u2019s a really good starting point to learning an instrument. Without lockdown, I probably wouldn\u2019t be here at Chetham\u2019s today.\u201d <\/p>\n

Tom Redmond, our Director of Music and Joint Principal, said: \u201cWhen lockdown was announced music education fell by the wayside somewhat. It’s a difficult subject to teach online, and rehearsing ensemble performances is almost impossible if you can\u2019t be in the same room.\u202fIt\u2019s therefore not surprising that music saw the largest percentage fall for any GCSE subject in 2023. \u202f
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\n\u201cSince then, we\u2019ve noticed some children are finding new routes into music and they\u2019re using non-traditional methods of learning.\u202fOn the one hand, it\u2019s encouraging that an eagerness to learn and passion for music is there, despite the barriers, but it\u2019s concerning how many other children with potential may be missing out on music and the enormous benefits it brings.\u202f \u202f
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\n\u201cMore needs to be done to ensure young people have access to music.\u202fAt Chetham\u2019s, we are bringing music into local communities and primary schools in Manchester and beyond through our Creative Engagement and musical programme \u2013 it’s fantastic to see students sharing their gift.\u201d\u202f <\/p>\n

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Some young people have found non-traditional routes into music as the pandemic continues to have an impact.\u202f \u202f 13-year-old Yasmin taught herself piano using an app during lockdown. Two years later, she has a place secured at Chetham\u2019s where she is receiving the very best musical education.\u202f \u202f\u202f Yasmin\u2019s dad, Rob Fiddaman, said: \u201cYasmin was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3152,"featured_media":81281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-keyboard"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81279"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81283,"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81279\/revisions\/81283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}