World Heart Beat celebrates its new venue with The Nine Elms Sessions
A series of six music videos celebrating the local community
Local charity World Heart Beat is celebrating its new venue to open in Nine Elms this Autumn with the launch of 6 music performance videos.
World Heart Beat was awarded National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) status by Arts Council England in recognition of its grassroots non-selective music programmes for children.
Sahana Gero, MBE, Founder and Artistic Director at World Heart Beat said:
“The Nine Elms Sessions, supported by Wandsworth Council and Embassy Gardens, has given us the perfect opportunity to celebrate our local community and showcase our musical talent through exploring the past, present and future of our soon-to-be new home, Nine Elms.”
exploring the past, present and future of our soon-to-be new home, Nine Elms…
The Video Line-up
The six music videos feature sets by many of the next generation of musical talent who attend music tuition at World Heart Beat, with themes that highlight people and locations connected with Wandsworth and Lambeth, in which Nine Elms lies, and the families and friends in the neighbourhood. They will be released on WHB’s YouTube channel.
Fly Away by Lenny Kravitz, in honour of Vauxhall-born aviator Hilda Hewlett. Release date: Tuesday 15 February
The Samba Parade, celebrating ‘Little Portugal’, in South Lambeth and featuring Year 5 students from Griffin Primary School, Nine Elms. Release date: Tuesday 1 March
Irish Settlers on the Thames, paying tribute to generations of Irish workers attracted to employment on London’s South Bank. Release date: Thursday 17 March (St. Patrick’s Day)
International Day of Happiness, a communal marimba playing of Sarura Wako, a traditional Zimbabwean children’s song, filmed on Thessaly Road. Release date: Sunday 20 March (UN’s International Day of Happiness)
My Generation commemorating Ramport Studios on Thessaly Road, where The Who recorded Quadrophenia. Release date: Thursday 19 May
The Nine Elms Sessions finishes with Young Heart Beat musicians performing Handel’s The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, to coincide with the Queen’s Jubilee Weekend. Release date: Thursday 2 June
Open Door Approach
World Heart Beat’s ‘open door’ approach welcomes any young person interested in learning music. To help with this commitment more than half of their students receive bursaries or free instruments.
