We are delighted to have been given the opportunity via our partner Roland UK to sell the entirety of their display stock from the UK Drum Show, being held this weekend in Liverpool. The items include a full array of drum kits, large and small, an extensive collection...
As many of you know, we work in partnership with Restore the Music UK - the UK's leading music education charity. This week, Restore The Music UK needs your help! For this week only, all of your donations will be doubled via the Big Give Christmas Challenge:...
Using your device’s gyroscope, Rassel turns your phone into a fun, and surprisingly realistic shaker. It’s quite uncanny how the shaker feels and sounds in the hand, and the app is very intuitive and easy to use. Rassel comes with four different instruments: egg,...
We are pleased to announce that Dr Jonathan Savage, Managing Director of UCan Play, starts a new role today as the Regional Programme Director for Restore the Music UK. We are proud to be associated with Restore the Music UK. We have worked with the charity over the...
UCan Play is pleased to announce its partnership with Sontronics, a leading microphone company based here in the UK. Sontronic mics can be found in some of the biggest and best studios and sound stages as well as in radio stations, home studios, educational...
We have just got back from Hastings where, for the last two weeks, we have been live-streaming the entirety of the Hastings International Piano Competition. This bi-annual competition featues 38 of the worlds best young pianists (under the age of 31) who compete for a...
UCan Play has a long-standing relationship with Roland UK spanning over 20 years. We manages the Roland Champion School network. This network of schools receive preferential pricing on Roland equipment and work collaboratively with ourselves to explore its use within the curriculum. UCan Play also manages the Roland Student Ambassador initiative. Student ambassadors are normally aged 16 or above and studying in further or higher education. They receive a preferential prices on any equipment. If you want to purchase any Roland equipment, do get in touch for a preferential educational price!
UCan Play is delighted to be a partner of TiME (Technology in Music Education UK). TiME is a global alliance of music educators, organisations and music industry partners, dedicated to supporting the purposeful and creative use of Music Technology in Education. Since 2019, they have collaborated with highly experienced music teachers and organisations, providing information and free resources on the ever-developing field of music technology, as well as advising the Department for Education on the inclusion of the subject in the National Plan for Music Education. Membership of TiME is free. Click here to receive their Newsletter and get access to lots of useful free music technology resources, downloadable Posters, tutorial Videos, Articles, Reviews, Blogs and more!
UCan Play’s Managing Director, Dr Jonathan Savage, volunteers as the Chair of Trustees for the Love Music Trust. Working with a group of trustees, and a superb leadership team led by John Barber, music education in Cheshire has prospered in recent years with many exciting new initiatives. The establishment of a brand new specialist A level music course at Sandbach School in partnership with the Royal Northern College of Music is the latest innovation that UCan Play has supported.
We have supported this important music education charity with specific consultancy and advice in relation to bids for funding that they have received from schools across the UK. We have also procured and supplied full sets of musical instruments for schools that have received funding from this charity. As part of our follow up work with each school, we work collaboratively with the Heads of Music to ensure that maximum educational benefit is achieved through the Restore the Music UK grant.
UCanPlay are very happy to be supporting the work of CLIC Sargent. This kind of charity partnership is at the heart of what we do. UCan Play contributed to the charity’s successful Youth Music grant application. Activities have been planned for the next three years with 150 young musicians with cancer. Recently, we attended a planning meeting with twenty musicians and workshop leaders at their centre in Wiltshire and discussed the provision of a streaming service using either the Roland VR-3EX to cover the workshops, performance opportunities and festivals that are going to take place. This will enable the young musicians who can’t attend to engage along with parents and friends of those who can. We also brought along a user friendly entry level recording package/interface that we recommend, the PreSonus iTwo AudioBox. This is a competitively priced all-in-one solution for students with free StudioOne software, iPad integration, wireless transfer of recorded files, and tutorial videos.