Birdsong resumes classes

Students must be accompanied by a parent.

New students fall in different categories. Beginners with little or no music training between the ages of nine to14 years, will be sent to the After School Music Programme.

Students with previous knowledge of music and/or exposure to birdsong Academy’s vacation programme, will join the Saturday Programme, entry to which is by invitation only. Now in its 16th year, Birdsong Academy trains youth in a structured music education programme focused on music literacy and performance techniques.

All students are instructed in music theory and performance techniques of the Steelpan plus a second orchestra instrument.

Students write the Associated Boards of the Royal School of Music (ABRSM) theory and practical exams and are exposed to opportunities to perform and develop excellence in musicianship.

Returning students in the Birdsong Academy After School Music Programme will resume classes on Tuesday September 06 and Wednesday September 07. Returning students in the Birdsong Academy Saturday programme resume classes on Saturday September 10. For more details call 792-6506 or 328-4147.

Resumption of classes come amid a recent court ruling to evict the band from its premises, which will revert to its land-owner.