Starfish Youth Music Project CIC

Starfish offers young people the opportunity to explore, play, record and develop contemporary music with professional tutoring. The Project provides a studio environment coupled with skilled and supportive staff. The motivational Project works with young people aged 9-21 within age related music sessions.

Starfish Youth Music aims to help young people find their own musical voice, and give them confidence in their own creativity. Within the setting of the band-practice, our members explore writing songs and jamming, encouraging them to communicate ideas, share skills, and make decisions for themselves. The members create the music. Experienced staff work to help this happen.  Its all about doing your own thing and helping others, raising the roof, laying foundations for life. Starfish is based on a series of long or short term programmes (Juniors/ Seniors/Adults) from beginners to competent gigging bands, with many of our members coming back to tutor the younger bands. Starfish puts on at least 5 big gigs a year, raising money for the club and sometimes for others as well. We also work with community groups and other organisations to provide music making events and workshops throughout the district. As an independent club, we rely on members fees, donations and fundraising events to finance the running of the project. Since 1998 Starfish has been growing from a few young musicians and a couple of amps into a major contributor to the local music scene, putting on popular public music events for all ages.