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 and the New Theatre, where we are based, and to use them as a catalyst for creative activity.
Recent Posts
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 [...]
Music and movement time with Phil and Emma Spring 2021
Join Phil and Emma as they take you on exciting journeys through music, movement and stories. These short videos are designed to be enjoyed at any time and as often as you like. They [...]
Classical Roadmap Talk: Early Modernism
"Early modernism started by questioning everything, including the very building blocks of music. It was an exciting, radical time, and this talk will pay homage to those rebels and visionaries that shaped the twentieth [...]
International Concert Series Extras Spring Programme
We are excited to announce our Spring programme for our International Concert Series Extras. We have lot's of exiting things coming up including monthly podcasts, a young composers course, exciting live streamed classical music [...]
Soundworks sessions to be LIVE STREAMED this Spring
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 [...]
Spring 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 [...]
Happy Christmas from Arts Active
This December has been filled with lot's of fantastic creative things to do with out Advent Calendar of events. Have you seen it? There was a little treat behind every door from 1st - [...]
Melodies & Maestros Christmas Cracker 2020
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 [...]
Classical Roadmap: Harmony and Well-Being – Musical Connections
Sit back and relax and join Dr Keith Chapin for a talk all about Harmony, Well-Being and the musical connections between them. "Recent research confirms what we all intuitively know. Music is vital to [...]
Melodies & Maestros November 2020
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 [...]
Classical Roadmap Talk: Romanticism – From Schubert to Strauss
Fasten your seat belts, sit back and enjoy this classical music road trip with Dr Jonathan James. In this second roadmap talk this Autumn, Jonathan James probes the successful formula of Romantic music, looking [...]
Upbeats Podcasts
Our podcast seasons have been going down a treat in our Braving the Stave podcasts. We kicked things off back in June 2020 with more detailed podcasts that dove into the classical music that [...]