Pelican Live Sound

Pelican Live Sound is a new intervention initiative for 13-18 year-olds that are losing their way. Children that live in poverty, come from dysfunctional families; PRUs; SEND; children with mental health issues; gangs, crime, or that feel they are marginalised from mainstream education.

Pelican Live Sound is a 12-week course (2 hours a week) in live music sound engineering. The course content is 50% practical and 50% theory and is accessible to all ability groups, with class capacity for 8 students. This comfortably allows for the practical element to be effective and deepen their learning. Pelican provides a fully equipped PA system and delivers the sessions on site.
The course aims to:
• Build confidence with a hands-on approach and a can-do attitude.
• If children feel isolated from mainstream education and harbour a belief that they have limited life choices, it can manifest itself into powerlessness. Through demonstrating that education comes in many guises, can take different paths and is accessible - a child’s sense of empowerment can then raise their aspirations.
• Having a passion for music and creativity also gives a sense of purpose in life. To fulfil your dreams takes, inner strength and determination.
• Confidence, empowerment, purpose, aspirations, strength and determination are the building blocks for resilience.

As I also struggled at school with dyslexia and came from a very dysfunctional, traumatic homelife, I too experienced the powerlessness, low self-esteem and feelings of exclusion from education, my peers and life opportunities.

However, I have now been a live Sound Engineer for 31 years working in music venues, TV & radio, music festivals, touring with bands around the world and finally Head of Audio at the o2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. I am now a fully qualified teacher with QTS and a Postgraduate Certificate of Education.

Pelican Live Sound is unique, I have researched children’s services, local authorities, schools and colleges and there is nothing that offers young people a course such as this.

Pelican Live Sound is an intervention initiative for young people that may have lost their way. Teenagers that live in poverty, have mental health issues, SEN, in pupil referral units, that feel marginalised from main stream education or at risk from crime and gangs. It is a 12 week live sound engineering course, consisting of 50% practical and 50% theory, it is assessable to all ability groups.

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