Normal SingSoc Income

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Normal SingSoc Income
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Normal SingSoc Outgoings
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However

• This is the 10th Anniversary of the Singers
  Society, and we want to celebrate in style!

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PROJECT OUTLINE

• To mount a performance of "African Sanctus" by
  David Fanshawe, and an art exhibition on 17th May
  2008, involving up to 150 students and 100
  children from a school in a disadvantaged area of
  Sheffield who will work with volunteers from The
  University Singers' Society, Art Society, Dance
  Society and Samba Society.

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• ACTIVITIES
• The project will facilitate the following
  activities for approximately 100 children
• 5 music workshops spread over five weeks,
  focussing on singing African music and the
  childrens choir sections of African Sanctus.
• A full day of music workshops focussing on
  African drumming delivered by one of Englands
  foremost percussion ensembles and dance
  workshops focussing on learning styles of African
  dance.
• 5 art workshops spread over five weeks, focussing
  on African art and the production of original
  pieces of work.
• Major involvement in a professionally staged
  multimedia performance of African Sanctus
  involving professional performers and the
  composer.
• The opportunity to have their original artwork
  displayed in an exhibition.
• PROJECT OBJECTIVES
• For 100 children from a disadvantaged area of
  Sheffield to gain knowledge and experience of
  African culture, with emphasis on music, dance
  and art, through involvement in workshops linked
  to a final high quality performance and
  exhibition.
• To provide opportunities for children and
  University students to work with top level
  professional musicians including an
  internationally renowned composer.
• To provide opportunities for around 60 students
  to volunteer to work with school children to
  deliver this project.
• To promote inter-university co-operation between
  University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam
  University, we are seeking a collaborative
  relationship with SHUs Media studies department
  in Multimedia aspects of the performance and in
  fundraising.

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What is African Sanctus?
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African Sanctus, composed by David Fanshawe in
1972, is a celebratory and visionary work,
expressing unity between people, their faiths and
above all, their music. It is an unorthodox
setting of the Latin mass in which the
traditional text is integrated with traditional
African music recorded by the composer on his
legendary journey through Africa A sort of Mass
meets Maasai!
The taped music from Africa is heard in
counterpoint with a live chorus, large childrens
choir, operatic soprano soloist, instrumental
ensemble and ethnic drummers. Very different
cultures are imaginatively and ingeniously fused
together into an electrifying, exhilarating and
uplifting piece.
African Sanctus is more than just music. It is
an event, a celebration of power and energy, both
visual, aural and multi-cultural. With images
from Africa on a large screen accompanying the
music, and dancers moving to the African rhythms,
this is a truly multimedia performance.
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Benefits to the University of Sheffield and the
local community
As representatives of Sheffield University and
The Union, student volunteers involved in
African Sanctus will undertake a significant
outreach project, involving a local school, the
city-wide community and the world of professional
music.
Benefits will include the forging of strong links
between The University and a local community
school an opportunity for the local residents to
witness The University and its students
interacting in a positive way with the local
community.
It will also provide an opportunity for the
University to be seen to be actively promoting
integration between its students and the city
which supports them, all of which will help to
alleviate tensions between Sheffields Town and
Gown.
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Benefits to students of the University of
Sheffield
The singing workshops will offer a valuable
opportunity for students who do not study music
but would like to use their musical training in a
teaching environment to develop their CVs by
giving them an outlet for their musical, teaching
and communication skills.
This will be a valuable opportunity for students
from all departments of the University to use
skills they have gained through extra-curricular
activities, working in new areas and widening
their career aspirations.
During the workshops and performance, the student
volunteers and all members of The Singers
Society will work closely with internationally
renowned musicians. This rare opportunity will
give the students a real taste of what is
possible with vision!
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SUMMARY OF COSTS To provide singing workshops
To provide drumming workshops
To provide dance workshops
To provide art workshops
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To stage final multimedia performance of African
Sanctus involving all 100 children from
workshops

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To take this project further beyond our current
plans, we would like to be able to consider
providing the school childrens parents with free
tickets. David Fanshawe, as one of the worlds
foremost ethnomusicologists, would also be an
excellent speaker, both for speaking to children
involved in the project and for speaking to
students at the university. To enable these
additional aspects to the project we would need
extra funding in the region of 1000.
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Remember, these costs are all in addition to The
Singers Societys day to day running costs,
outlined earlier, which are covered by the
membership fees and autumn concert takings.
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Therefore we need to raise 9705Where is the
extra money coming from?
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The Small GroupsSocii Cantorum and Ladies Choir
Outgoing costs for the Small Groups is kept low,
just the fee for Music Hire. Socii Cantorum is
putting on two concerts this semester, one of
Purcells Dido and Aeneas and one of Vivaldis
Gloria. We expect at least 400 in ticket sales
from these two events, which will go towards the
May concert. This also applies for any other
corporate events/ singing at balls that the Small
Groups are involved in.
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Grand Total of extra income from fundraising
efforts
7750
So, only 1955 left to raise!
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• The fundraising concert has promoted interest
  from corporate sponsors, and we are actively
  pursuing other sponsorship opportunities.

This will allow us to put on an amazing event,
and any extra money we raise can only make it
better!
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Volunteering

• Westways School in Crookes
• Singing workshops for two year 4 classes
• Wednesday and Thursday afternoons
• 5 weeks, from 16th April- 15th May
• Art Workshops running at same time
• Possible involvement in all day workshops taking
  place the first week back after Easter

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Volunteering

• 1. Register with the volunteering service
• - go to the union website - www.shef.ac.uk/union
  - click on the 'Activities and sport' tab (along
  the top)- click on 'Volunteering' (on the
  left)- select 'Student/staff volunteering'-
  scroll down and click on the link that says
  'Register with the SheffieldVolunteering
  database'- click on 'New Volunteers Register
  Now'- follow the steps in the next few pages to
  register. It should be fairly self-explanatory
  from there. At some point you should be able to
  sign up to volunteering activities - pick the
  SingSoc one!
• 2. Organise your CRB check
• - follow the first four steps from number 1.
  above- click on the link that says 'CRB Check'-
  there you should find a list of things you need
  to complete your CRB
  
  check. You just need to take these
  into the Source in the union and they can sort
  out the rest for you. They even pay for it, which
  is jolly nice of them.