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I recently received an email from a teacher who is trying to inspire young musicians but found that her young children had never seen a live musical performance. She was asking for some musicians to play for the children and to talk about the instruments, why they play them, how they work, etc. As schools have very restricted budgets these days she was hoping for some volunteers.

 

Myself and some friends have volunteered to play for her and it has prompted me to wonder how many folk musicians there are in and around Oxford who would be interested and available during the school day to do something similar either individually or as part of ad hoc ensembles and if it would be possible to compile a register of volunteer musicians that could be made available for schools to contact.

 

If you would be interested in helping inspire school children in this way then please let me know by email to admin(AT)folkinoxford.co.uk and if there is sufficient interest I can take steps to set this up.