The Irene Taylor Trust 'Music in Prisons'

Really proud listening to the brilliant new album by artist - available to stream now!

Give Dean a follow 👉 ▶️ links to listen are in his bio 👍

FREE creative opportunity for young people based in London 🎤 Please help us to SPREAD THE WORD by forwarding this info to anyone who might be interested!

We're very excited to be recruiting young aspiring artists and musicians to take part in 'Making Tracks' this September in East London – which will include:

- Working with professional musicians
- Writing & recording original music as part of a band
- Performing to a live audience
- Achieving a bronze Arts Award qualification

Who is this opportunity for?
Making Tracks is open to people aged 18-25 based in Greater London not currently in employment, training or education. Travel costs and lunches will be provided.

Dates:
Taster session 27th August, 1-3pm
Creative project week: 2nd-6th September, 10.30am-4.30pm
Online follow-on sessions: 9th-12th September, 11am-12.30pm

The taster session and creative project will take place at the Brady Arts and Community Centre in East London (E1 5HU).

Please sign-up using the online form - link in comment below 👇

⭐️FREE OPPORTUNITY for young people aged 18-25 in Greater London⭐️ 📣 We are very excited to be recruiting young aspiring artists & musicians to take part in this September in - please pass this info on if you know someone who might be interested in:

🎸 Working with professional musicians
🎶 Writing & recording original music as part of a band
🎤 Performing to a live audience
🎓 Achieving a bronze Arts Award qualification

Open to people aged 18-25 based in London not currently in employment, training or education

⭐️ Taster session 27th August ⭐️ Creative project week 2nd-6th September ⭐️ online follow-on sessions 9th-12th September

▶️ Please sign-up online - link in comment below

Look how beautiful these are! Always a joy to work with 🙌
Posted • The Ballad of the Whistling Man - a souvenir chapbook containing the lyrics to the songs made during a recent residency at HMP Stafford as part of AHRC funded Staging Justice research programme. Massive thanks again to and for their brilliant work on this project.

TOMORROW! Our (FREE!) show for Festival is on Friday 12th July at 2.30pm at the - it will feature young artists from a project in with , former prisoner musicians from our programme & special collaborations with the !

See you there?!

! This weekend artists from our former-prisoner programme were in rehearsing with the Community Band ahead of our FREE show this Friday for the ! It’s sounding 🔥👌

Join us on on Friday 12th July at 2.30pm at the - the show will also feature young artists from a project in with taking place this week!

looking forward to our project in next week with 🎤 we’ll be supporting young people to write their own originsl songs, which at 2.30pm on Friday 12th July they’ll perform at Festival! It’s a FREE show if you’re able to join us at

Tune into at midday to hear our Creative Programmes Director Jake talking about our upcoming appearance at Festival!

Our (FREE!) show is on Friday 12th July at 2.30pm at the - it will feature young artists from a project in with , former prisoner musicians from our programme & special collaborations with the !

See you there?!

📣Deadline approaching! Apply by 30th June - FREE creative/development opportunity - if you know any young people interested in making music aged 16-25 in or near Margate , please pass on the details below!

⭐️ We’re excited to be teaming up with Arts Education Exchange for our next project in July, which includes performing at the Deal Music & Arts Festival! The young people will work with our amazing professional musicians to write, record & perform original music; they’ll also be supported to achieve & Arts Award and more!

✍️ Sign-up now (deadline 30th June) via the Google form (link in comment below)

📣 Creative development opportunity for young people in or near ⭐️ We’re excited to be teaming up with for our next project in July, which includes performing at the Festival! The young people will work with our amazing professional musicians to write, record & perform original music; they’ll also be supported to achieve & Arts Award and more!

✍️ sign-up now via the Google form (link in bio)

We weren’t able to attend the awards ceremony in person, so today this beautiful object was delivered to the office - thank you so much to & ! We were overwhelmed to be named the 2024 ‘Gamechanger’ & very moved by the kind words spoken about us at the ceremony (you can see the film on our YouTube channel).

“The RPS Gamechanger Award is specially presented by the RPS Board and Council to those who break boundaries in classical music, as the Philharmonic Society’s founders set out to do in 1813. The award this year goes to Sara Lee and the Irene Taylor Trust .

“The Gamechanger Award is supported by and presented by RPS Chairman John Gilhooly, who says: ‘Sara Lee has devoted her life to using music to help and empower those whose lives are impacted by the criminal justice system. The Irene Taylor Trust not only leads creative projects in prisons, it’s having a powerful presence in communities, using music to fortify people who have found themselves cast to the fringes of society. The Trust also engages those who have been released from prison, and young people who have experienced challenging circumstances in their lives, harnessing their creativity to help them find their path toward positive futures.’”

It’s performance day for our collaboration with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra supported by Arts Council England at HMP Styal! Sharing these beautiful songs created with mums for their children is always very special & the recordings will mean they can be cherished for years to come.

These photos are from the 2016 UK pilot, working with migrant & refugee mums at 📸 by Micha Theiner

More info about the Lullaby Project is on our website - link below!

We're excited to announce we will be taking part in Deal Music and Arts Festival 2024! On Friday 12th July we’ll showcase original music performed by young artists we’ve supported from via a project and former-prisoner musicians from our programme will collaborate with the DMA’s Community Band – join us at the Astor Theatre at 2.30pm.

There’s so much going on at the festival – something for everyone – and the beautiful coastal town of Deal is only an hour and a half from St Pancras! Explore the exciting programme of events, from world-class jazz at the Astor to international classical artists to a mini French film festival. Tickets are now on sale (our event is FREE though!). Don't miss out on this year's incredible festival! Give Deal Music & Arts a follow and click the link in their bio to learn more. We look forward to seeing you there!

There was an amazing guest artist at in Manchester last week ⭐️ introduced the young people to looping & collaborated with them for an epic track (coming to Soundcloud soon) - as part of an ‘artist exchange’ for our supported project with

Huge thanks to for inspiring the young people we were working with at the in Manchester ⭐️

🎥 was also part of the fantastic line-up for our joint showcase with at earlier in May ▶️ the full livestream recording of the show is now on our YouTube channel (link in bio) - so you too can be enthralled! Why not watch it now!?

HUGE THANKS to for permission to share these wonderful photos from our showcase last week with at - they really capture the warmth & energy of what was a very special evening! Featuring our amazing , ._ & , Drake Music artists & , ITT musicians Charles, Rex & Rob, and our superb host

⭐️ If you missed the show, a recording of the livestream, featuring interpretation & captioning is available on our YouTube channel NOW! Link in comment below ▶️

About last night… 💙💛 We’re feeling so incredibly proud of everyone from ITT and who made the showcase such a special occasion! It was a privilege to see our shining so brightly: showed her warrior spirit, ._ enchanted us with her self-described ‘sad girl’ energy, bared his soul - they were all phenomenal, individual, beautiful, inspirational… “songs from the soul” as one audience member put it. The sets from the Drake Music associate artists were awesome; sounded fantastic with the ITT band backing and had the audience in the palm of her hand; blew everyone away with her live looping & sampling and pristine vocals; there were glorious collaborations and moments to hear from the artists, with our amazing host guiding us through the evening. Superb work from our two BSL interpreters and captioner made it a truly accessible event.

HUGE thanks to the wonderful ITT musicians Charles Stuart, Rex Horan and Rob Willson, who accompanied the artists beautifully & allowed them to flourish - and to all the ‘behind the scenes’ crew at ITT & DM who make these projects & events possible (big it up for Jake & Kitya!) - and of course the brilliant staff .

The evening was the culmination of a two-year project with DM supported by , which allowed the two organisations to share practice and learn from one another, as well as supporting five alumni from our & programmes to develop as artists; we’re astonished by how far they’ve come and can’t wait to see what they all do next… 💙💛

We’re so excited for TONIGHT for our with ! We hope you’ll join us at or via the livestream👇

Shining a light on talented artists who are often marginalised, as part of a project with funded by , this special showcase gives a platform to the incredible who have been supported by highly experienced musicians from the Irene Taylor Trust and Drake Music to develop their artistic voices and share their unique stories.

Our Emerging Artists , ._ and have been selected from alumni of our initiative for young musicians facing barriers and our programme for former prisoner musicians.

This performance celebrates the conclusion of the two-year pilot with Drake Music, over which the Emerging Artists have received individual mentoring, engaged in opportunities to work collaboratively and share learning, and been supported to record, release and perform their own original material.

Alongside our Emerging Artists, the evening will also feature sets from phenomenal Drake Music artists and

We are delighted that facilitator extraordinaire will host proceedings

Tickets are just £5! There will also be a LIVESTREAM available if you’re unable to join us in person at

Book now via the Rich Mix box office! (Link in Stories)

ACCESS
BSL interpretation will be provided for the performance in the venue and will also be available picture-in-picture for the live stream.

Live captioning will be available as part of the live stream, and also available separately in the venue.

Rehearsals for tomorrow’s showcase sounding 🔥Oh yes, indeed, TOMORROW we have an unmissable performance at or via livestream (unmissable we said, as in, don’t miss it!)

Shining a light on talented artists who are often marginalised, as part of a project with funded by , this special showcase gives a platform to the incredible who have been supported by highly experienced musicians from the Irene Taylor Trust and Drake Music to develop their artistic voices and share their unique stories.

Our Emerging Artists , ._ and have been selected from alumni of our initiative for young musicians facing barriers and our programme for former prisoner musicians.

This performance celebrates the conclusion of the two-year pilot with Drake Music, over which the Emerging Artists have received individual mentoring, engaged in opportunities to work collaboratively and share learning, and been supported to record, release and perform their own original material.

Alongside our Emerging Artists, the evening will also feature sets from phenomenal Drake Music artists and

We are delighted that facilitator extraordinaire will host proceedings

Tickets are just £5! There will also be a LIVESTREAM available if you’re unable to join us in person at

Book now via the Rich Mix box office! (Link in Stories)

ACCESS
BSL interpretation will be provided for the performance in the venue and will also be available picture-in-picture for the live stream.

Live captioning will be available as part of the live stream, and also available separately in the venue.

⭐️ TOMORROW! BOOK NOW!! Showcase at /livestream ⭐️ Shining a light on talented artists who are often marginalised, as part of a project with funded by , this special showcase gives a platform to the incredible who have been supported by highly experienced musicians from the Irene Taylor Trust and Drake Music to develop their artistic voices and share their unique stories.

Our Emerging Artists , ._ and have been selected from alumni of our initiative for young musicians facing barriers and our programme for former prisoner musicians.

This performance celebrates the conclusion of the two-year pilot with Drake Music, over which the Emerging Artists have received individual mentoring, engaged in opportunities to work collaboratively and share learning, and been supported to record, release and perform their own original material.

Alongside our Emerging Artists, the evening will also feature sets from phenomenal Drake Music artists and

We are delighted that facilitator extraordinaire will host proceedings

Tickets are just £5! There will also be a LIVESTREAM available if you’re unable to join us in person at

Book now via the Rich Mix box office! (Link in Stories)

ACCESS
BSL interpretation will be provided for the performance in the venue and will also be available picture-in-picture for the live stream.

Live captioning will be available as part of the live stream, and also available separately in the venue.

⭐️ An amazing opportunity for rappers, poets & spoken word artists hosted by at this June - sign up at [email protected] ⭐️

We’re so proud of , who we first met on a project, for securing funds from Fund to run these inspirational sessions for up and coming artists 💙💛

Lyric writing in the sunshine! ITT Emerging Artists & Drake Music artists are creating new material today ahead of next Thursday’s showcase (or accessible via livestream)… ☀️

Tickets £5

📣 Opportunity for young people in 🎶 We’re excited to be teaming up with in for ‘Get Started in Music’ this May - a FREE project including making & performing original music, guided by our amazing professional musicians!

⭐️ Open to 16-25 year olds living in Greater Manchester who are currently not in education, employment or training
📧 Sign-up by emailing [email protected]
⏰ Apply by 15th May
📆 Creative project week 20th-24th May, full days (taster session afternoon 14th May)

👉 If you know any young people in Greater Manchester who might be interested, please forward them the details 💙💛

⭐️Showcase 16/05/24 Rich Mix London or online⭐️ A shout out to the amazing ITT musicians who will be supporting our Emerging Artists, the very brilliant Charles Stuart, Rex Horan & Rob Willson 🙌

Don’t miss our ’ showcase with Drake Music at Rich Mix (East London), or ANYWHERE via livestream) - it's next week, so BOOK NOW!⭐️ tickets £5, link in comment below

performance supported by Arts Council England ⭐️ FEATURING ._ hosted by

INTRODUCING ⭐️ ⭐️ one of the amazing guest artists from Drake Music performing at our Showcase on 16.05.24 at Rich Mix Londonn or ANYWHERE via ▶️ tickets only £5! Link below - this will be an performance with BSL signing and live captioning

🎶 Bio: Elizabeth J. Birch is an undefined glitch, known for blurring the boundaries and striving for innovative ways to envision and make music. An award-winning musician, she combines synthesisers, haunting vocals, and ordinary everyday objects to challenge what music is, how it’s made and who musicians are.

Part of our special Arts Council England funded project with , the evening will also feature original music from the four talented selected from our & programmes

Emerging Artists' Showcase - Rich Mix & LIVESTREAM

INTRODUCING our ahead of our showcase /livestream on 16th May ⭐️Muminah⭐️ ._ is our newest , who we first met last summer on and has gone on to be a

Bio: “Muminah is a musician and singer/songwriter from London who creates to empower and connect. Music has always helped me to express my thoughts, feelings and reactions to the world around me. My sound is constantly evolving because I am always learning and exploring all that I can. Working with ITT since summer 2023 has allowed me to start writing and composing again after years of not being in a musical environment and I am very excited about all the new creations I have yet to make. My biggest inspiration are the things I find difficult to be honest about and with the music I make, I hope to represent myself more truthfully.”

▶️ Don’t miss our at or ANYWHERE via on 16th May, for only £5! Link in bio, or type https://bit.ly/ITTEAShowcase into your browser

Part of our special funded programme with , the evening will also feature guest sets from phenomenal Drake Music artists

INTRODUCING our ahead of our showcase on 16th May ⭐️Reese Quinlan ⭐️ We first met the wonderful on and he has gone on to join & now become an Emerging Artist.

Bio: “I’m from Plaistow, East London – I’ve been learning from and working with ITT since 2018; every step has been an experience to help me develop at something I hold a passion for deep in my heart and soul. I’m so excited to be making and performing music with ITT and Drake Music as an Emerging Artist.

“I’m a lover of so many different types of music; growing up my Nan used to play Louie Armstrong and Ray Charles; with my younger sister I was listening to all sorts, from Michel Jackson and Van Morrison, to Oasis and so much more. Music has always been a big healer throughout my life just; creating music gives me hope that anything is possible.”

▶️ You can be awestruck by Reese’s powerful voice at our at or ANYWHERE via on 16th May for only £5! Link in bio, or type https://bit.ly/ITTEAShowcase into your browser

Part of our special funded programme with , the evening will also feature guest sets from Drake Music artists

INTRODUCING our ⭐️Macelino⭐️ Don’t miss the showcase on 16th May! Emerging Artists' Showcase - Rich Mix & LIVESTREAM We first met on and he has gone on to be a & now one of our Emerging Artists

Bio: “Macelino is a lo-fi Jazz/Drill artist and Producer from North London who is inspired by Knucks, JME and Unknown. By being part of the Emerging Artists programme, he is aiming to become a confident Producer across a range of genres, whilst being able to refine his sound through incorporating live instruments into UK Drill.”

▶️ You can experience this for yourself at our at Rich Mix London or ANYWHERE via on 16th May, for only £5! Link below

Part of our special Arts Council England funded collaboration with Drake Music, the evening will also feature guest sets from Drake Music artists

This will be an performance, with live BSL signing and captioning available

INTRODUCING our ahead of our showcase at Rich Mix London /livestream on 16th May ⭐️L U C I N E⭐️ who we first met on and has gone on to be a , one of our amazing Advisors, & now an Emerging Artist.

Bio: “The music of L U C I N E is a peek into the deepest depths of their mind and soul. An ongoing interrogation to the human experience, one we can all relate to. Travel into the alternate reality created by their medicinal melodies, ethereal vocals and genre-less production.”

▶️ YES! You can experience this for yourself at our at or ANYWHERE via on 16th May, for only £5! Link in comment below

Part of our special Arts Council England funded partnership with Drake Music, the evening will also feature guest sets from phenomenal Drake Music artists

ONE MONTH TO GO! BOOK NOW!! Shining a light on talented artists who are often marginalised, as part of a collaboration with funded by , this special showcase gives a platform to four incredible who have been supported by highly experienced musicians from the Irene Taylor Trust and Drake Music to develop their artistic voices and share their unique stories.

Our Emerging Artists , , ._ and have been selected from alumni of our initiative for young musicians facing barriers and our programme for former prisoner musicians.

This showcase celebrates the conclusion of the two-year pilot partnership with Drake Music, over which the Emerging Artists have received individual mentoring, engaged in opportunities to work collaboratively and share learning, and been supported to record, release and perform their own original material.

Alongside our Emerging Artists, the evening will also feature special performances from Drake Music artists , and

Tickets are just £5! There will also be a LIVESTREAM available if you’re unable to join us in person at

Book now via the Rich Mix box office! (Link in Stories)

ACCESS
BSL interpretation will be provided for the performance in the venue and will also be available picture-in-picture for the live stream.

Live captioning will be available as part of the live stream, and also available separately in the venue.