Good Vibrations
We run week-long courses where groups of 20 people learn to play a gamelan orchestra from scratch. They compose, conduct, improvise, put on a concert and produce a CD. The course develops life and work skills linked to desistance from crime. We work with offenders, people experiencing mental illness and other vulnerable members of the community.
- Organisation Type: Community / participatory music organisation
Email: katy@good-vibrations.org.uk
76-100%
Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET), Mental health problems, Young offender
16-25
- Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, City of London, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster
Musical activities
Training, Technology, Performance, Improvisation, Composition/songwriting
Genres
Other non-Western, Western Classical, Pop and Rock, Hip Hop, Indonesian gamelan
Participants Recruited From
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Participants Referred To
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Good Vibrations
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