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Aaron Yorke has been working as a freelance musician/music producer for the past 6 years. Although now a qualified Special Needs Teacher, Aaron runs workshops and training sessions around Birmingham and the West Midlands area. The workshop sessions specialise in 1) Song writing - lyric writing, song structure, different genres, rhyming techniques 2) Recording - general recording techniques, live recordings, studio recordings (mobile studio) 3) Producing CDs - CD in a day, CD extended projects 4) Music technology - Recording, mixing, and mastering in digital format. The Training sessions focus on music and working with 1) children and young people with learning/behaviour difficulties, 2) Autism Spectrum Disorders 3) Early years music (0-5yrs)

If you wish to contact Aaron regarding sessions and training please send an email to
Aaronyorke@hotmail.co.uk

Recent projects 2007/08	Information and feedback comments
Birmingham Youth Music 'Soundfutures Action zone' 2003 - ongoing	Aaron – wow! What a true and consummate professional. He has a reasonably disengaged and potentially troublesome group of students there but I’m very, very impressed by the way he deals with them. He doesn’t let anything get to him and deals with any problems with humor and tact. In the space of an hour, they’d written and recorded their first song together and they’d surprised themselves by being able to sing – reasonably tunefully too! It’s a very long time since I’ve seen work of this quality – anywhere, not just at sound futures – and it was a real pleasure to be part of it... Aaron’s wasted in the teaching profession, he should be earning his living as a teacher trainer! Jon Payne (Project manager for Soundfutures)
LEAPS and BOUNDS project March - April 2008	Hi Aaron, A rather belated thank you very much indeed for your support last weekend - great job! As i said on the night, without your input a crucial aspect of our Project would be missing and that is the capturing of the internal creative vitality of each young person. It is clear that this can only be achieved with the right level of professional intervention, driven by the values, integrity, ethics and experiences which are the special gifts which you possess and that shone out from your material i encountered on your website and of course through the practical work you conducted with our Young people. You have impacted and touched many lives. I would really like to continue to work with you and will find a way do continue to do so...so be warned! Michelle Bould (Project Manager)
Solihull Library song writing competition March - August 2008	Throughout April and May, as part of the National Year of Reading, Solihull Libraries asked budding poets and lyricists to come up with the words to a song about what their home We received some great entries and would like to thank all those who took part. Local singer/songwriter Aaron Yorke has now set the wining lyrics by James Plant to music. The finished song "Dreaming of Leaving (Going Home)" is only available to DOWNLOAD here.
Early Years Cluster TRAINING SESSIONS January 2008 - ongoing	Training session with early years practitioners. The sessions are focused on teaching music with early years (0-5). During the sessions Aaron covers all aspects of early years music - learning through play, steady beat, pitch, dynamics, instruments for young children and the kodaly principle of singing.
Handsworth Cluster April 2007 - April 2008	Aaron has been working with Holte School 'extended schools cluster' during the past few years. Projects has focused on song writing and recording a CD with groups of children from primary schools around the Lozells/Handsworth area. The children are in the transition years getting ready to move from Primary to Secondary School and the projects are focused on bringing together children who all experience this journey.

For past projects please feel free to download Aarons Curriculum Vitae 2003 - 2007