Seaglass Arts is a new organisation, aspiring to become a hub of excellence in Early Years music across East Sussex and further afield. We make performances for very young children and their adults, as well as offering socially-engaged community workshops, training and development for early-career artists and support for local families and EY practitioners.
We are working in partnership with Soundcastle, East Sussex County Council libraries and Create Music, in order to make sure that our work reaches children and families who might not otherwise have the chance to experience live musical performances and creative workshops.
Sam Glazer
Seaglass Arts director Sam Glazer is a composer, cellist and workshop leader, specialising in co-creative practice, working with communities of all ages and backgrounds to make new music together. He has developed creative learning programmes for the Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival, the Winchester Chamber Music Festival and the Mid-Wales Music Trust, and devised and presented schools concerts for the Britten Sinfonia, Sinfonia Cymru and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
Along with writer/director Zoe Palmer, Sam was co-creator of Spitalfields Music’s RPS-shortlisted Musical Rumpus, making operas for babies and toddlers, touring London, nationally and internationally (2012-2017). He composed the score and MD’d Hjerte Lyd (Den Jyske Opera), a new opera for babies and toddlers, which toured Denmark in 2018/19
Sam has been involved for over 15 years with Wigmore Hall’s pioneering Music for Life project, working in care homes with people with dementia, and subsequently went on to co-found Raise Your Voice Opera, Glyndebourne’s group for people with dementia and their carers living in the community. Since 2005 he has been teaching at the Royal Academy of Music, mentoring young musicians who are studying Music in the Community, and he is currently lead mentor for Spitalfields Music’s Trainee Music Leader programme.
Seaglass Arts is a company limited by guarantee.
Registered office: 25 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0PA
Company registration no. 13913519.