“Thank you once again for the most fantastic workshop. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it.”

Jill Hobbs
Cove Junior School

Comments to me have been in the order of how good you were with the children, how well you kept the pace going, & how much you managed to cover in a short time.”

Madeline Harrison
Trafalgar Infants

“We have had to lose most of our extra curricular activities due to the budget but refuse to let go of your visit!”

Maidenhead Nursery School

“You guys were great, I couldn’t believe how much the children had learned in a day”

Africa workshop 2019  – Wonersh and Shamely green Primary

“Children were the happiest I’ve seen them all year”

Burlington I

“You have worked with the children before and it was a fantastic experience, both for them and the teaching staff”

Wessex Nursery, Maidenhead

“Thank you for a brilliant Day”

Bedfont I & N

‘Better than a massage!’  teacher  – Darley Dene Infants (‘Gustav Mole and the War on Noise’ –one of our ‘Stories to Life’ workshops)

“We found the attendance figures were the highest yet during the week Earthsong were here, we can’t thank you enough”

Dee Scott – Head Teacher, Beavers Community School

“Earthsong gave us a dynamic, entertaining and thoroughly enjoyable day – packed with wonderful learning experiences for our children.”

Jacci Horsewood – music teacher Monks Orchard School

“Thank you so much for everything. The children and staff loved it!

 I am sure we will be in touch for next year.”

Lucy Mastrocola, Assistant Headteacher

“I highly recommend ‘Earthsong’. They convey a passion and respect for their music and have ways of getting children greatly involved in some wonderfully creative music making.”

Barbara Rigby – Head Teacher, Cavendish School

 “Dear Bill,

THANK YOU so much for finding and bringing EARTHSONG to us, both to the adults and the kids! They were one of the best ever, kids, performance groups I have seen. The instrument collection they brought was fascinating and absolutely incredible. The gentle tone, respect and appreciation of India’s music and our children was implicit in every aspect of their conversations and performance. The time they spent with the kids inspired them, entertained them, engaged them and informed them, WOW!

I am so glad you were able to enjoy EARTHSONG with the children, as well. They provided a very memorable and special moment for all of us and what a way to come to closure with our India unit. We were absolutely immersed, surrounded, within “the circle”.

Such fun, Bill.  Thank you so much.”

“I am writing to say thank you for a fabulous music day yesterday. I had thought, from your blurb, that you would be good, but I had no idea just how very good it would be.

All the children enjoyed the experience and as Teachers we were able to see a side of some of our pupils that we have never seen before”

Jan Earney, Headteacher –

 “The Children really enjoyed themselves, it really opened their eyes to different cultures and gave them a greater appreciation of music. They got really involved and took the opportunity to play with all the strange and wonderful instruments.”

Jenny Morris – Ashley Primary School – Walton-on-Thames

“Thank you so much for a great couple of days of music-making in our school.

The children and staff have expressed how impressed they are with your knowledge, talent and range of amazing instruments and props.

We can’t wait to book you again next year… I think children who don’t have the Earthsong experience are really missing out.”

Kind regards, Nikola

“Thank you so much for getting the project off to such an exciting
start this week- staff motivated, children high as kites, and parents
wanting evening classes in drumming and boomwhacking!!

Fantastic- never felt like this on January 6th before!

Look forward to the rest of the term.”

Graham  – Head, Virginia Water Primary

Many thanks Storme,

 “It was a fabulous day so full of fun and energy we are still talking about it!” 

Kind regards, Cindy (Hatfield Peverel School)

“Many thanks for the excellent sessions you kindly took with the children at our school. The final assembly was breathtaking and I think all of the staff and children were very impressed and learnt a great deal.

Clare St Charles.

“Thank you for your wonderful drumming workshops at Archdeacon last Friday.  I don’t think I have ever had so much positive feedback about an outside activity that we have booked in.  We would definitely love to have you back in less hectic circumstances!”

Archdeacon Cambridges – Twickenham

“Storme, Angela and Gill took us all on a journey to Africa through their music, stories and songs and it was wonderful to see the engagement and enjoyment in our children as they responded to these through dance and movement.”

Jennetts Park Primary School

Hi

This is Fatima just wanted to say thank you Earthsong for making multicultural week at Bygrove a successful and enjoyable week.

 This has been the best workshop that we have ever had at Bygrove primary. Pupils and adults enjoyed and had a tour of world culture at the comfort of our school . Workshops were engaging inspiring, educative and loads of fun for all pupils specially foundation stage pupils who you were able to capture their attention for an I hour and still wanted to keep going!

well done earthsong keep up the good work

we will definitely be booking your workshops again and again for different occasion at our school. we would recommend you to any school  who are looking for workshops.

 thank you again

From all Bygrove staff and specially from myself Fatima (EMA cordinator )

From a teacher to organiser of ‘Music Appreciation Concerts’

“I wanted to let you know that at Fossdene today we had Angela and Storme back from Earthsong for the day to do a workshop for the little ones in Nursery, Reception and Year 1.  They all had such a fantastic time!  They loved it, they were playing drums, marimbas, lots of other percussion instruments and even got them dancing with Chinese Lion costumes.  They did counting activities, rhythm games, listening, conducting and performing as ensemble groups and making a really great sound!  

It was really wonderful!  Their rapport with the children was really wonderful also.

All the teachers were really impressed and it was useful for giving ideas of activities to do with the children in music lessons as they are specialists in World Music.  

I am so glad we got to know them last year through the Music Appreciation Concerts which were for KS2 children, but wanted to let you know how excellent they were also with the younger children as I would highly recommend them to other schools.”

Fossdene Primary – Greenwich

“Earthsong provided the energy and instruments for a rich, full day of learning and enjoyment… The workshop was informative, visual and oral – and fun! The members of Earthsong have a lovely way with the children ages 3-11, having a good sensitivity to the demands of the different listening and understanding skills of the variously aged children.”

Al Morin – Teacher, John Ruskin Primary School

“Today was quite amazing.  I can’t begin to express how fantastic the drumming experience was for year 5 and then for the rest of the school as they heard their playing.  The command that Storme had over the children was spellbinding”

S Dunning, Tolworth Juniors

 “Thank you once again for a fantastic week. The joy and love of learning you bring enriches the lives of our children and hopefully opens their minds and hearts to a ‘billion’ possibilities

With love from us all”

I’ve worked with Earthsong for over 20 years and they always bring some magic when they visit. Very talented and creative and the children just love their sessions. Really recommend them!

Tess Trewinard – Wonersh & Shamley Green

Thankyou so much EarthSong for your wonderful workshop today at the school I work at. The children really enjoyed it, as did the adults. An absolute joy to witness, and a beautiful energy too!

Fara Jabarkhil –

“Thank you for coming to our school today. You are talented and inspirational musicians and educators who really bring the fun into learning. The children delighted in seeing and playing such an array of unusual instruments and, on a personal note, I would definitely recommend to everyone!”

“Absolutely brilliant all the children at school were totally engaged and were given the opportunity to get involved in using the instruments and dancing along to the cultural music. Highly recommend them. Thank you”

“Amazing! Such a great experience for the children, would definitely recommend!”

An absolute pleasure to have met you all and observed the children enjoying music on a deeper level. 5 stars!

“Amazing music workshops for children of all ages & abilities.”

A fantastic enrichment for schools. I highly recommend. All the children thoroughly enjoyed! Thanks!

“Our SEN class LOVED Earthsong. They were awesome!!”

“I cannot rate Earthsong highly enough. My school has worked closely with them for years now, with regular workshops in year groups across both key stage one and two. Recently they also carried out a Year R workshop as well. Our children thoroughly enjoy their learning with Storme, Angel and Gill and come away from the day brimming with confidence and pride. We have explored Africa, Japan and the Americas yet they offer so much more and are excellent at tailoring what is on offer. End of the day performances to parents and peers go down a treat. My class talk about their day all year. Fully recommended for day workshops or even longer term projects!”

Jenny Hanson – Wonersh & Shamley Green

“I am writing to say a huge thank you to Angela and Storme from Earth Song Music workshops. They came to our school this week to deliver a Japanese drumming workshop. It was truly amazing. The amount of detail and planning that had clearly gone into their workshop was impressive. It was colourful, exciting and totally interactive. Our school is a school for pupils aged 11-19 on the Autistic Spectrum. This makes change of routine, new faces and experiences very distressing for them at times. This was not the case on Monday. We had full attendance in the workshop and almost full participation. Angela and Storm knew instinctively how to engage our pupils and after the noise and excitement of the drums they moved straight into a calming and therapeutic section with the koto and flute. It was enchanting and beautiful to see some of the pupils taking part in a dance with umbrellas and fans. We would definitely recommend this workshop to anyone and we will certainly be working with them again next year.

Thank you from all staff and pupils at Barbara Priestman, Sunderland”

The African Music Workshop was so excellent the children did not want it to end. They loved learning about the instruments and playing the drums together. Thank you!

Thanks to you and Angela for a fantastic day for our Year 3s. They really enjoyed the group drumming and the dancing and I particularly liked the ‘indian orchestra’ towards the end. Your display of instruments was stunning and it was very special for children to see and even play some of them too.

Such a fantastic film for pre-schoolers and reception and above. Even through watching in a screen it is so interactive and engaging.

You were absolutely amazing as always. We love having you here. The interaction you have with the children and they have with you is heart warming. You are very talented people who know how to get the very best out of children which is why we’ve had you back time and time again, for nearly 2 decades now.