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Song Library
We’re currently uploading songs produced by the Notivate Singer/Songwriter Programme. If you want to listen, please type the name of the song, school or group in the right-hand search bar.
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Latest News: “Music Uganda”
We’re currently helping the development of a music programme in Jinja, Uganda and supporting the building of a media centre with recording studio. For background information to this project, click here
For video footage, scroll down a bit…

19th April 2012
Our first international Licenced Notivate Leader:
Nixon Katabira!

18th April 2012
Final Notivate session, with Joy Primary School. Thanks to Skype, we joined with Eastfield Primary in Northampton:

And then Silverstone Junior:

Then children and staff were then invited to give their feedback on the session – as well as their thoughts and ideas about how they might use the new Media Centre/Recording Studio:

14th April 2012
Unforgettable morning at Busoga Junior School…

Then very pleasantly surprised to meet the “Rise & Shine Children” singing group, whom we last met in March 2011 via Skype. They kindly performed a new song for us, “So Sweet”, which is now available in the Notivate song library.

11th April 2012
Here are some photos of our journey here:
We drove through sunshine…

…and rain…

…but eventually arrived at the Discovery Centre

Here’s the amazing musician, producer, teacher, carpenter, painter, artist, T-shirt printer… (and “Omelette King”), Nixon Katabira in the shell of the new media centre:

Here are some hastily put-together videos of some of our sessions in and around the Discovery Centre in Jinja… Sorry for the poor editing and audio quality, but we wanted to share this as soon as possible:

For more details about “Music Uganda” project, please click here or contact us.

Latest News: Jazz Crusade

Thanks to funding from Youth Music, The Notivate Trust and Northampton School For Girls, our Northamptonshire Jazz Crusade ran from 20th until 24th February 2012, visiting 15 different venues, playing to over 2000 young people, culminating in a public performance at Spinney Theatre, Northampton.

For more details of this amazing week, click here, or contact us.

Break The Cycle (Set Me Free)
Following their performance at the final of Northamptonshire’s Anti-Bullying Songwriting Competition – and thanks to the generosity of Andy at Mark One Digital – Jenny and Taylor recently went into the studio to record the soundtrack to their stunning video.
Check it out here:

Music Leader Training
Following the launch of our new Notivate Music Leader Training and Accreditaion Programme, we have recently completed the training of four new Licensed Notivate Leaders. Thanks to the amazingly generous support of Val Sabin, this means we can offer the programme to more young people across the UK!

“A fantastic resource.” (Stephen Bayliss, Music Teacher)

For information about this course, or any of the above, please contact us.