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Our highly sophisticated random selection tool has chosen a winner for our Figurenotes Champion competition. Congratulations, Lifesize! You have won a bundle of Figurenotes goodies, including a stickers value pack, your choice of tune book, a year’s subscription to the Resource Base, and the new Figurenotes Software (which you’ll receive as soon as it is released!)

Lifesize is a Community Interest Company (CIC) based in Hastings and St. Leonards-on-Sea, UK. Providing music and arts engagement with young people and adults. 

This fantastic organisation was founded in 2019 and delivers work in a variety of settings using both traditional instruments and technology. Lifesize works with all ages, including people with learning disabilities and people experiencing mental and physical health challenges. They aim to support artistic and musical ambitions, while working in a responsive and person-centred way, promoting overall wellbeing and self-esteem.

Figurenotes has helped Lifesize to “enable a creative environment where workshop participants of all abilities are supported to collaborate effectively.”

Check out their profile on our Champions page and add your own!

Our Figurenotes Champions map and profiles page are filling up nicely. We’d love to feature more of the wonderful organisations, schools, and institutions that are using Figurenotes in their work. Take a look at the profiles already on the site and complete the form to feature. This is a great way to reach new pupils, connect with local networks, and make global connections and collaborations. We’ll be highlighting as many as we can through our social media channels and newsletter too.

To find out more, visit the ‘Impact’ section of our site.

We are very excited to see that the BBC Young Composer competition is accepting alternative notation. This means you can enter with your Figurenotes scores!

This would make a great project for a school class, as the deadline isn’t until 11th June 2020. Plenty of time to learn how to create your own original music, write it up in Figurenotes, and send it in. If you’re aged 12-18 and are a budding composer, take a look at the entry requirements and have a go. The prize looks fantastic!

You could use some of our creative composition resources from the Resource Base to give you a boost. Figurenotes works brilliantly for creative composition. You can take inspiration from abstract art that uses colour and shape; maybe use our composing dice made up of rhythms and pitches; or perhaps you want to map out your ideas using coloured sweets or other foods. The possibilities are endless!

Let us know if you’re planning on entering, as we’d love to know how many Figurenotes entries they get.

Good luck!