{"id":2700,"date":"2014-11-10T14:02:37","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T14:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/?p=2700"},"modified":"2014-11-10T14:02:37","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T14:02:37","slug":"abc-creative-music-february-2014-business-limelight-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/abc-creative-music-february-2014-business-limelight-award\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC Creative Music \u2013 February 2014 Business Limelight Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABC Creative Music<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0are the twelfth recipients of Hands Up for Trad\u2019s Business Limelight Award. The \u201cLimelight\u2019s\u201d are a monthly initiative (launched in October 2012) that recognises the outstanding contributions made by businesses and organisations who contribute, shape and influence the arts and cultural sector in Scotland today.\u00a0ABC Creative Music are pioneers in creative education and fronted by two brilliant musicians Tom and Phil Bancroft.<\/p>\n

Company name
\n<\/strong>ABC Creative Music<\/p>\n

What is your principle company activity?
\n<\/strong>developing creative music resources for primary, early years and SEN\u00a0teachers to use.<\/p>\n

When and where did the company first start trading?
\n<\/strong>We started in Musselburgh in 2000.<\/p>\n

What made you want to work in Scottish culture?
\n<\/strong>We live here, love living here, and are professional musicians here\u00a0and wanted to support our performing careers here with a different\u00a0kind of music related business and also are very passionate about a)\u00a0getting more creativity and music into schools and b) how to teach music and related subjects and creativity better.<\/p>\n

Can you tell us of any particular company highlights?
\n<\/strong>Winning the \u2018Who Wants to be an Entrepreneur\u201d Award (run by Scottish\u00a0Enterprise) in 2000. Our first contract for a nursery pack for 30\u00a0schools in 2001. Then when we put our resource online for use in\u00a0interactive whiteboards in 2010 was big moment. This year we have just\u00a0launched a new integrated resource for 0-5\/Early Years including a\u00a0fantastic pack with visual aids, percussion instruments and puppets,\u00a0linked to online interactives and iPad apps. Parents will also be able\u00a0to log in from home, see what their child has been doing and do some\u00a0of the interactives with them at home on Mac, PC, or iPad. We are also
\ninvolved in a project bringing over 7 musicians from Africa next May\u00a0to meet and work with scottish school children who will have been\u00a0learning drumming and dancing patterns from them from online videos,\u00a0will meet them in the flesh for drumming and dance workshops ending in\u00a0large scale performances.<\/p>\n

What are your company\u2019s plans for the future?
\n<\/strong>We want to keep improving our online resources and integrate them with\u00a0iPads, and hard copy resource packs (which are still needed for early\u00a0years and SEN), expand into new markets in the UK and abroad. We are\u00a0also working on a scots language module featuring performances by\u00a0Sandy Wright, Corinna Hewat and Karine Polwart.<\/p>\n

How will you celebrate receiving Hands Up for Trad\u2019s Business\u00a0Limelight award?
\n<\/strong>Our core team ( Tom, Phil and Barbara) will drink half a pint of\u00a0shandy each and whoop and holler with happiness and then get back to\u00a0work\u2026.lots to do!!<\/p>\n

ABC Creative Music
\nUnit 1b, Cockburn Halls,
\nOrmiston, East Lothian
\nEh35 5JB<\/p>\n

tel: 01875 898340
\nPhil Bancroft
\nphil@abccreativemusic.com<\/a>
\nTom Bancroft
\ntom@abccreativemusic.com<\/a><\/p>\n

www.abccreativemusic.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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