More music in Morecambe
How it all began?
In 1993 Pete Moser arrived in Morecambe from a long-term music residency in Barrow-in-Furness and approached Tom Flanagan at the city council with the idea of a residency in Morecambe. Tom liked the idea and in the first year Pete started an open access streetband called ?Baybeat?, ran a Song for Morecambe project with the Morecambe Tourism Board and set up the first ever One Man Band Festival.
Pivotal moments
In 1996 a large three-year Single Regeneration Budget grant set MMM up with a building, an administrator and a sequence of community music trainees. 1998 saw a national tour of Start Again, a community choir project celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 2001, MMM received a Lottery grant for a building and became the force behind the Lancashire Youth Music Action Zone.
The organisation today
In a newly refurbished Hothouse in the regenerating West End of Morecambe, MMM now creates a regular series of projects that cover a breadth of musical activity involving people of all ages. The organisation is also a key national provider of continuing professional development for community musicians with a programme of training weekends and the creation of a new handbook for community musicians.
A big thank you to?
Alec Bell ? Lancaster City Council Arts Development Officer.
Boris Howarth ? an inspirational poet, theatre director, stone carver and regular artistic contributor to the company.
Debra King ? the former music officer at Arts Council England ? North West.
Celebration events planned
MMM ? to the power of ten ? an event featuring hundreds of performers at the Morecambe Dome on October 17.