Urban Arts Workshops

Rapping or MC-ing (hip-hop) workshop

Rapping and MC workshops remain one of our most popular individual activities. From prompting an idea or objective, to teaching literacy or just having fun, children love to rap. This lively, musical and energetic Rapping or MC workshops are a way of making Literacy and Poetry interesting to young people. In fact, writing and reciting Rap can make learning any subject fun. A rapping or MC session will involve the use of rhythm and rhyme, alliteration, metaphor and other techniques. Confidence is subtly developed, throughout, and we have been known to get even the shyest people performing in front of the class, or even the whole school. We have also taught Science and Geography through Rapping, with truly amazing results. Our ‘Rap for Revision’ workshops have been proven to improve exam results. Imaging the retention rates that occur when children rap and repeat information; it sticks!  With top hip-hop rappers like Philly Wizz and MC’s like MC Rory-O of Merseyside’s Killer Kombo. Remember, Rap / MC workshops, are a first choice for many young people.

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DJ-ing classes and DJ skills workshop

Learn DJ skills such as Beat Matching, Pitch Mixing, Scratching, Beat Juggling, Turntablism and Turntable Tricks, CD Mixing, performance aspects, and other skills. These Urban arts workshops are extremely popular, with participants coming back week after week to take part. They may work with whatever style of music they’re into: House, Hip-Hop, RnB, Pop and so on. This area has been integrated into curriculum areas (Music / Music Tech). For would be DJs, contact us for one-to-one DJ skills or small group tuition. With top DJ's like DJ Rasp (UK's official number 1 scratch DJ) on our books, why not give it a go.

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Graffiti Art workshops

If you want young people to get involved in art workshops, even those who would normally snub art. Or if you need to develop a piece of art that represents your centre or school, or to brighten up a part of your building, Graffiti art workshops are perfect for you. You will get a professional, trained and experienced artist, who can tutor your class, step by step, starting with lettering, and moving on to characters and more abstract forms. We can use a Graffiti Art workshop to embody a message or ethos that you want to get across; citizenship, anti-drugs, or social inclusion for example. We reflect an approach that highlights positive graffiti art, and embodies an anti-vandalism ethos. Graffiti workshops can be done indoors without the use of spray paints. 

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Break-Dancing & Street-Dance workshops

Currently, breakdancing and street dancing have become increasingly popular with young people, more so since the recent exposure from talent shows on reality television.  Boys often seem to enjoy the more exuberant break dancing, whereas for girls, street dance seems more to their liking.  It’s fun, invigorating and exciting; enjoyed by boys and girls equally. Street dance workshops are great for team building and performances. Those taking part in street dancing may learn aspects of a routine step by step, which may eventually become one performance piece involving everybody. Confidence and self-esteem are enhanced, and this has been noted in our feedback forms on many occasions. Workshops teach Popping, Locking, Breaking, Up Rock, Floor Work and much more.

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Music Production workshops and Courses (6 weeks or 6 x 2hr sessions)

This includes learning how to use music production programs such as Acid, Pro-Tools and Reason to make your own songs. Also, we teach people how to record, arrange and mix instrumental and vocal tracks. This is often incorporated in DJ and Rapping / MC programs to make recordings of the participants work. This training has been used in academic institutions to encourage young people, otherwise disengaged, to take an interest in learning, and actually look forward to attending. We can do two hour or full day sessions, but the full course is by far the most engaging, as well as extremely popular programme with young people. Over six two hour sessions they write, recite then record their own songs or raps onto a designed compilation CD that they get to keep. It’s also a useful tool for schools trying to promote music within the curriculum.

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Music Production (make their own compilation CD) programme

Music production - this is by far our most popular course with children and young people of any age. Over six two hour sessions with both a rapper or MC (sometimes a singer) and DJ, students will learn all about Programming, Sampling, Mixing and Arranging Music. Our programmes are all taught by experts in the use of ‘Pro-Tools’, ‘Cubase’, ‘Acid’ and other Music-Production computer programs. Participants’ get to write, practise and then recite and record their own songs or raps that end up on a compilation designed CD that they get to keep. Skills are learned, confidence is built and creativity is enhanced. This is our number 1 recommended course.

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Nugent Education Limited does offer a bespoke service to schools and youth organisations. All our workshops, activities and events, are structured according to individual organisation and participant needs. Many of our workshops may seek to reflect or teach various aims, objectives or skills, whereas, with others, it may be more about a creative experience, or simply a positive fun activity.

We aim to have, only the best workshop Artists/Practitioners (CRB checked & fully insured) on our books. All of our artists are freelance professionals, so in the final analysis, how a session is delivered is their responsibility. However, they are all experienced workshop practitioners, and accomplished in their given areas. Nugent-Education Limited encourages feedback from our clients, and aim to constantly improve the quality of our workshops, programmes and events.