Courses
SATURDAY SESSIONS
Pop Kids (5-7 Years)
POPKIDS JUNIOR Popkids is all about having fun while you’re making music! Popkids Junior offers children the opportunity to sing, dance, record their own CDs and perform in a variety of concerts. Sessions incorporate rhythm work and games with our resident drummer and electric guitarist!
POPKIDS SENIOR Now it’s time to add the guitars and drums and form your first band! We also write and record our own songs AND perform them. At the end of the year you’ll be ready for your transition to Band Sessions
WHEN:
Saturdays 10.00 – 11.00 (Popkids Junior)
Saturdays 10.00 – 11.30 (Popkids Senior)
WHERE:
Thomas’s Academy, New Kings Rd, SW6 4LY Parsons Green CONTACT US NOW!
SATURDAY SESSIONS
BAND SESSIONS
8-18 BAND SESSIONS Vocal, dance and performance skills are now developed further as the children learn more complicated material. Children are given the opportunity to learn how to play guitars and drums as part of a band and solo vocalists and other instrumentalists are encouraged to perform with the bands in our termly concerts. Songwriting and recording also included.
WHEN:
Saturdays 11.30 – 1.15
WHERE:
Thomas’s Academy, New Kings Rd, SW6 4LY Parsons Green
SATURDAY SESSIONS
BAND SESSIONS PLUS
8-18 Years BAND SESSIONS PLUS A highly specialised course, where bands are formed! Most members participate in Band Sessions and then stay for Band Sessions Plus. The children are taught in intensive band workshops, focusing on electric guitars, drums, keyboards, vocals and songwriting. Members of BS+ experience the excitement of performing as part of a band each term and recording their own tracks onto CD. We encourage all our members to sing and develop skills on all of the band instruments, and we are always happy to incorporate other instruments and new ideas into our work with the bands! Children work through Stage 1 to Stage 2 and some prior instrumental knowledge is essential. The courses culminate on stage at one of our Upbeat gigs, including our very own Battle Of The Bands, Upbeat at The Troubadour and UPBEAT ROCKS at Imperial College. Each term consists of 10 sessions.
WHEN:
Saturdays 11.30 – 3.00 (Band Sessions Plus)
WHERE:
Thomas’s Academy, New Kings Rd, SW6 4LY Parsons Green
HOLIDAY COURSES
FUN-FILLED POP AND ROCK ACTIVITY CAMPS for 4 – 12yrs
Sing, dance, play in a band, record, write songs and enjoy spending time with the Upbeat team in a fun and caring environment. Courses always end with an exciting UPBEAT PERFORMANCE!
COME AND JOIN THE BAND !
WHEN:
EASTER HOLIDAYS
12th – 16th April 10. 00 – 4.00/ Parsons Green-LONDON
SUMMER HALF TERM
1st – 4th June 10.00 – 4.00/Parsons Green – LONDON
SUMMER HOLIDAYS
19th – 23rd July 10.00 – 4.00. Parsons Green/ Fulham – LONDON
26th – 30th July 10.00 – 4.00 Parsons Green – LONDON
2nd – 6th August 10.00 – 4.00 Parsons Green – LONDON
WHERE:
Sulivan Primary School, Peterborough Rd, Fulham
Thomas’s Academy, New Kings Road, SW6 4LY Parsons Green
AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS
Singing, dance, recording and a school Rock BAND! Let us enrich the musical life of your school with our dynamic performances and professional recordings. Call Max on 07816 901396 to arrange for a presentation of our services.
WHEN:
Mondays 3.30 – 5.00 (Sulivan Primary School)
Tuesdays 3.15 – 4.45 (Thomas’s Academy)
Wednesdays 3.15 – 4.30 (Belleville Wix Academy)
Thursdays 3.30 – 5.15 (Allfarthing Primary School)
WHERE:
(Please note these sessions are only open to pupils from the schools where they take place)
Sullivan Primary School and Thomas’s Academy, Parsons Green
Belleville Wix Academy, Clapham
Allfarthing Primary School, Wandsworth
Get in touch if you’d like Upbeat to set up an after school programme in YOUR school!
SONGWRITING AND SOUND PRODUCTION
Learn how to combine the elements of lyric writing, song structure, harmony and chords to create your own music. You will develop your recording skills with our sound engineer so that you can record your tracks and produce your own CDs. The sessions are planned around your child and are designed to provide a unique experience where their individual creativity and musicality is harnessed and developed. Either just attend the songwriting/ production sessions or stay on afterwards to develop your song into a real performance in our afternoon band workshops.
WHEN:
Saturdays 12.00– 1.15 (Production Course only)
Saturdays 12.00 – 3.00 (Production Course and Band Workshop)
WHERE:
Thomas’s Academy, New Kings Rd, SW6 4LY Parsons Green
UPBEAT POPpets
Introduce your little ones (3 – 5yrs) to music in the Upbeat way, with songs, dance, games, drumming and above all lots of fun.
Early exposure to music builds new pathways in a young child’s brain and amongst many other benefits, helps them develop language and communication skills, strengthen their memory and practise self expression.
Upbeat POPpets sessions are taught by experienced teachers who understand how to inspire the love of music in your child. They also get to perform with the Popkids in our end of term shows.
WHEN:
Saturdays 10.00- 11.00
WHERE:
Thomas’s Academy, Parsons Green
