About Music in Tandem
Music in Tandem is a network of projects run in collaboration between organisations around the UK who share a belief in creating social change through music.
Tandem Collective produces inclusive, innovative and inspiring creative collaborations which engage with environmental and social issues. All our projects find original ways to platform these issues - both in the mode of production and the end result - and inspire people to take action in big and small ways.
Tandem runs Starling Sessions, Oxford’s Global Folk Community Orchestra. Tandem has produced community events in Oxford since 2014, including Tandem Festival, Ethno England, InTandem Publications, and Tandem Skills Camp.
Flotsam Sessions are a London-based organisation. They create exciting musical spaces where people from diverse backgrounds and experiences come together to share, express, learn and perform music. With a base in roots music from all over the world, they aim to create cross-cultural dialogue that transcends borders and create a human space for all.
https://www.instagram.com/flotsamsessions/
“A wonderfully organised, warm, inclusive and interesting musical experience that certainly gets the best out of the collective. The music choices are always intriguing/ interesting and challenging.”
“The experience of living in a foreign land is alienating….this group does so much to salve that by connecting us to others who find the local stuff strange and by giving us an outlet where we can bring parts of our home alive. It’s just so great to have a community which is accepting of these differences and you guys have really made Oxford more welcoming and home for all of us. You’ve also created a space where new players like myself feel comfortable and supported musically.”
