Charity Shop DJ has teamed up with Dr Matt
Connell of Nottingham Trent University to help bridge the generation
gap through a shared love of music
Welcome to Talking About
Old Records
What?
Talking About Old Records is an
intergenerational music project bringing teenagers and pensioners together
through a range of intergenerational DJ workshops, intergenerational
music workshops, and performances
How?
Working with charities, local
authorities, community groups and schools, the project uses our
shared love of music to foster real communication across the
generations
Why?
The music people are into may be very
different, but whatever the style and whatever the format, the love
of music can bring people together
"All I'm asking is for a little respect. Find out what it
means to me" Aretha Franklin
Unambiguous joy. I've never seen such
diversity (Richard Talaska, Older People's Consultancy Officer,
Derby City Council)
Soon we started talking about music and we realised a lot of today’s
music is in the same style as the older music. It’s just different
bands singing the tunes [Libby, 13]
We're throwing a Surprise Party -
and you're invited!!
Examples
of our Work
Staveley Pilot Project
This exciting project
was piloted in the summer of 2007 in the ex-coalfields communities
of Staveley and Killamarsh. Members of the Staveley Seniors Forum
mashed it up with young people from the Aurora Music Project and
created North East Derbyshire's first intergenerational sound
system.
The project was
featured in The Guardian. Click
here to read it.
Find out what
happened when Bemrose Community School, Derby went head to head with
Churchside Walk Coffee Club at the One8 Festival at Nottingham
Castle.
The project was
featured on BBC East Midlands Today. Click
here to see it.
If you would like to
find out more about our work, or if you would like
our team to run an event for you, please contact
Matt Connell (Tel:
0115 848 6663/
Email: matt.connell@ntu.ac.uk) or
Andy Jupp (info@charityshopdj.com)
