COSMOPOLITAN UNITY PROJECT - 5 cultural group performances

Cosmopolitan Arts are delivering a three-year project working with 15 different cultural groups, 5 each year. We are focusing on cultural differences to find out how these communities feel that they are viewed and treated. We are delivering workshops to create performances that display each culture within the Cosmopolitan Arts Festival, to help break down barriers and promote better understanding and social harmony.

We are also creating a documentary and academic report to help support these communities and find solutions. This year we are working with the following communities: Nigerian, Gambian, Filipino, Gujurati and Braunstone. Throughout the two day event you will see performance from these communities that have been put together during lockdown via Zoom sessions. A big thank you to the tutors and the funder Big Lottery Fund.

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COSMOPOLITAN YOUTH PROJECT - 2 performances
During lockdown and extended lockdown throughout the summer holidays, we commissioned professional musicians and tutors, to work with a group of young people from Highfields on a daily basis.

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The young people created songs in response to being in lockdown - one is a song with a full ensemble of instruments and vocalists, the other is a rap song with a digital backing track. The participants wrote the lyrics, composed the music and performed.

They also created the music videos and learned a lot throughout the process, including: lyric writing skills, digital music creation, composing, playing an instrument, singing, directing, chorography, filming, editing both music and film. Most of all they had a lot of fun and were kept occupied during a very difficult time. A big thank you to the tutors and the funders Children in Need and the Leicestershire Music Hub, you have truly made a difference to these young people's lives.