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Berkshire Maestros drop new single Come Alive

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022 10:29 am
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The new single, Come Alive, aims to raise awareness of the charity's work around Berkshire and raise funds for The Music Lounge. Picture: Courtesy of Berkshire Maestros.

The new single, Come Alive, aims to raise awareness of the charity's work around Berkshire and raise funds for The Music Lounge. Picture: Courtesy of Berkshire Maestros.

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MUSICAL education charity Berkshire Maestros has released an original song, created by young people across Berkshire to raise funds for the charity’s youth work.

Students came together to write, perform, and record the track, during a number of workshops help by the charity.

It features contributions by the Berkshire Youth Choir, Berkshire Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Reading Soundstage, among others.

The song explores the use of music to help get through difficulty.

Dawn Wren, CEO of Berkshire Maestros, said: “I am incredibly proud of what our students have achieved with this single.

“It is a testament to each and every one of them and the fact that they have been so involved in the creating of this song only enhances the messaging that the song contains.

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“I am also proud to support our friends at Berkshire Youth who do such amazing work with young people.”

A Berkshire Maestros student involved in the project, said: “Creating my own music is a means of expression through which I get to tell my own story and emotions that I feel which would have been caged or stuck inside of me otherwise”

Another said: “I’ve always enjoyed listening to music and interested in how it comes together to tell peoples stories, and I started writing my own songs.

“I think it might be one of the best things ever because you can put so much of yourself behind a project and it’s an amazing creative tool.

“It’s the best feeling to have a project and make it come alive.”

The project looks to increase awareness of the charity’s work and raise funds, which will go towards the provision of accessible music activities at a brand new music centre in Newbury.

The Music Lounge, based in The Waterside Centre, offers a safe space for young people to explore and develop creativity through music, and can be booked as rehearsal or studio space.

Joe McCormack, Berkshire Maestros Teacher, said: “As an ex-Maestros student myself, even from an early age I had been really interested in learning about the process of creating original recorded music.
“I knew that there would be many students in our network that are also passionate about this kind of music making, so I felt I had to put together a project where we could provide our young musicians the opportunity that I never had”

The single is available via Spotify, BandCamp, or your preferred music streaming service.

To download the charity single or donate,visit: www.beacons.ai/comealive

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