A weekly arts session for young people aged 12-17 in Leicester. This session will have a focus on arts, including visual and digital art, clothes design, animation and photography. The sessions will also have a music element to it, including a band session, music production and song writing. To refer to a project click … Read more
A Million Ideas A week of music production and performance skills, street art and more from our New Walk Youth Arts Centre. Join us for a Friday evening event that will showcase all the incredible creative work produced throughout the week! This exciting project is open to anyone aged 11-18, or up to 25 for … Read more
A weekly Saturday music activity session for young people with special educational needs This project offere a fully inclusive musical experience and brings together many different styles of music from Rock to Samba, Hip Hop and the spoken word and singing. Each session will include the opportunity for young people to play a variety of … Read more
Symphonize is a pioneering creative partnership between the Philharmonia Orchestra and local youth charity Soft Touch Arts, providing disadvantaged young people in Leicester with the opportunity to immerse themselves in music composition and production. Led by Jason Rowland and supported by Philharmonia musicians and Soft Touch reggae, dub and hip-hop producers, participants have explored fusing … Read more
YES project aims to change lives of young people Soft Touch Arts is one of eight partners working with Voluntary Action LeicesterShire (VAL) on a new £1.94m project that will support some of Leicester and Leicestershire’s most at risk young people. The project, called the Youth Employability Support (YES) project, will aim to transform the … Read more
Soft Touch Studios: Empowering Young Musicians in Leicester In April 2022, Soft Touch Studios launched a three-year Youth Music-funded program for young people in Leicester and Leicestershire, focusing on those with challenging life circumstances and additional support needs. Monday Nights (4-6pm): for 14-25 young women, LGBTQ+ including trans, non-binary A welcoming space for young musicians, … Read more
Over the past 6 weeks we have been working with 2 Special education schools from Leicester. Ellesmere College is a special school on the outskirts of Leicester City, The College has Primary, Secondary and Post 16 departments and caters for the needs of 250 students between the ages of 4 – 19 with a wide … Read more
I’ve always been an advocate of music benefiting the soul, but over the past few months I have seen evidence of this on every project I’ve worked on. Over the Past three months we have been piloting a project working in a hospital school in Leicestershire, working with young people who are in residential care. … Read more
Symphonized – Youth Music In 2014 we embarked on a strong and valuable relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Our First Project together was Symphonized. In January 2017 we did it again and in January 2018 it will happen again! The Philharmonia’s digital team have put this wonderful film together of the project. In January … Read more
MiXT-UP Travellers is a strand from our MiXT-UP three year music programme. The Travellers sessions work with young people from travelling communities, and participants range from aged four to fifteen. Mixt-Up Travellers MiXT-Up Travellers, funded by Youth Music is a programme ran by Soft Touch and the partnering organisation, HCYC Harborough District Children’s and Young people’s … Read more