The Arts Active Trust is a registered charity that supports people to enjoy the arts through education, community and audience engagement projects in Cardiff and the neighbouring regions.
Aims
We offer access to arts; through the provision and development of opportunities for participation, arts education and arts in the community.
Our mission is:
- To engage our local communities with initiatives and activities that invigorate the imagination and stimulate the soul
- To encourage people, of all ages, to engage in and enjoy arts activities.
- To take our inspiration from the diverse programmes of St David’s Hall where we are based, and to use them as a catalyst for creative activity.
Recent Posts
Melodies & Maestros Composers of Colour Pack
As part of our International Concert Series we are continuing to develop out our Education Packs. These are linked to classical music and our international concert series events and are suitable for home learning [...]
Summer Young Composers: Online Course
Our Young Composers scheme consists of termly composition workshops, in which you will be guided and given tuition in writing for a classical ensemble, and hear your compositions tried out by the musicians. The [...]
Classical Roadmap Talk: Music of Consolation
"So many of us have made music our first recourse for comfort as we reel from the grief the pandemic has caused, individually and collectively. We shall look at how music works its balm [...]
A Free Music and Cross curricular resource for Primary teachers this summer
Rumpelstiltskin the Opera - Not just a sparkling yarn with a moral Created with young people and schools in mind Rumpelstiltskin the opera, true to form, tells a story of magic, wily deception, careless [...]
Classical Roadmap Talk: Composers of Colour
"There is a danger for a talk of this kind to end up just a glib parade of composers who in the past were seen as curiosities, often cast in the shadow of their [...]
Soundworks sessions to be LIVE STREAMED this Summer
Soundworks is our regular music-making workshop held at St David’s Hall for adults who have numerous special needs. The sessions are attended by adults with a variety of physical and learning difficulties and it [...]
Melodies & Maestros Baroque Pack
As part of our International Concert Series we are continuing to develop out our Education Packs. These are linked to classical music and our international concert series events and are suitable for home learning [...]
Things to Make and Do – a New Initiative
A number of Food banks within central south Wales become a creative hub for young people! “Things to Make & Do” is a new initiative from Arts Active Trust for Spring 2021. In the [...]
Classical Roadmap Talk: The Baroque Era
"The Baroque period was one of extravagance and daring musical development. There were new instruments, new forms and styles, and new venues. We'll pick up the story from Monteverdi's stunning Vespers and trace it [...]
Happy St David’s Day
Wishing you a wonderful St David’s Day from us all here at Arts Active
A very busy Spring so far…
What a great start 2021 has been for all of our projects and we are really pleased that we can keep running all of these great opportunities through online formats. We wanted to give [...]
Instrument Introductions
As part of our International Concert Series Extras programme we are adding in a feature on different musical instruments. These short videos will give you an in depth guide into how they work, what [...]