HOPE Portsmouth

We’ve just about recovered now from what has been an amazing summer academy. 45 amazing young people came and spent a week with us doing everything from singing, playing in a band to movie making and graphic design.

We’ll be uploading pictures from the week and the gig soon, but for those of you who came a special treat for you to remind you how great the week was….. a banzai….! Enjoy…

If you haven’t checked this out, then you really must! At our Summer Academy 2010 the videographers cranked out an amazing music video for Everything But Arms. Check it out below…

We are fast running out of places for our Summer Academy 2010. It promises to be an amazing week and if you are interested in being involved let us know as soon as you can by dropping the flyer back to us or by downloading the application form from this site and returning it to us.

You can download the form by clicking here.

Our summer academy is one of the most enjoyable weeks of our year here at HOPE. This year it promises to be just as incredible! Once again we are inviting young people from all over Portsmouth the opportunity to get involved in vocal workshops, band workshops, dance, DJ, techy workshops as well as film making and graphic design workshops. All the work that we do in the week is building to our showcase gig which we do at the end of the week.

The week is simply incredible – and we would love as many young people as possible to be involved. If you would like to be involved this year, simply contact us and we will send you information about it.

Pictures from the HOPE Easter Gig 2010.

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Thanks to all who turned out for the gig last week. I am sure you will agree it was an incredible evening and all the acts were amazing. Thanks to Split Personalities, Heather Bailey, Defined Music and Zoo in the Sky for performing – and thanks to all of you who came.

At the gig we also launched the HOPE Music Mentoring 500 Club. This is our plan to raise some money to finish sound proofing our rehearsal and recording space. Check out the trailer for more information.

You can follow each of the bands on Facebook or MySpace and become their fans! This is a great way of keeping in touch with them and finding out what they are up to:

• Split Personalities
• Heather Bailey
• Defined Music
• Zoo In The Sky

We are launching the HOPE Music Mentoring 500 Club. See the video for more information but essentially we would like to raise £5000 to finish sound proofing our rehearsal rooms and recording studio to offer it to more young people at times that suit them.

Members of the 500 Club get exclusive information about the project, it’s gigs and a 20% discount off of all the merchandise we produce and sell at gigs.

If you would like to join the 500 Club it couldn’t be easier:

• Either contact us by sending us an email with your name and address and we’ll send you a form in the post to fill out and send back to us.
• You can do it online by sending in a donation via the Charity Giving website. Once you’ve made a donation you’ll automatically become part of the 500 Club.

HOPE Music, in association with BackBeat Records is pleased to announce that we are having an impromptu Easter gig next week. We have an incredible line-up and it is sure to be an amazing gig.

So come down to the Kings Centre on Elm Grove, 7pm on Thursday 8th April 2010. That is next Thursday!!

Entrance is £1 on the door and the line up includes:

• Split Personalities
• Heather Bailey
• Zoo In The Sky
• Defined Music

For more information check out the Facebook event (and also let us know you are coming!)

Exciting times for the Split Personalities band!

Firstly they also will be playing at the Portsmouth Variety show alongside Defined Music. Get down to the New Theatre Royal on the 16th April to see both bands.

Secondly, the SP’s have been back in the studio to do some more recording and CD’s of their latest efforts will be on sale at the Variety Show gig (along with as much other merchandise that we can squeeze in the van). We will get some samples of their recordings available for a sneak peek soon.

And finally check out their new website www.splitpersonalities.co.uk.

Zoo in the Sky who recently came and recorded with the HOPE project have their new EP on sale from today. A sample of the track we recorded (called There Lie the Boots) can be heard on their MySpace page at www.myspace.com/zoointhesky.

Zoo In The Sky are playing at the Edge of the Wedge on 17th March – more details can be found here.