UP! Orchestra Archives - Hand on Heart Arts

UP! Orchestra to Perform at International Society for Music Education Conference

After last May’s performance at the Royal Albert Hall, the groundbreaking UP! Orchestra is returning this year for another almighty performance. Out of 100 submissions, Surrey Music Hub’s Orchestra of Unlimited Potential (UP! Orchestra) has been invited to perform on the 27th July for the 32nd World Conference of the International Society for Music Education […]

Music Excellence Award Shortlist Nominees!

The Music Teacher Awards for Excellence! We are delighted to have two of our projects up for awards at this years Music Teacher Awards for Excellence as part of The Music Education Expo happening 25th and 26th February 2016! Out of a record number of nominations the almighty UP! Orchestra have been shortlisted for Best […]

Music Teacher Excellence Awards!

Two of the major music education projects that Hand on Heart Arts have been working on over the last year have been shortlisted for Music Teacher Excellence Awards 2016! More about the shortlisted projects: BOLD AS is a Deal Festival education project designed to revitalise brass playing in East Kent and presents an exciting opportunity […]

UP! Orchestra ROCK! Royal Albert Hall

We’re so proud to be involved in an amazing project called the ‘Orchestra of Unlimited Potential’… UP! Orchestra (The Orchestra of Unlimited Potential) is part of a bigger programme called Breaking the Bubble whose aim is to develop opportunities in music for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. UP! is an orchestra that […]