June Emerson Wind Music

Happy Birthday to 'Big Noise'
10 Years old in 2018

Big Noise, Raploch, Stirling, Scotland 

 Big Noise is run by the charity Sistema Scotland, and transforms the lives of children living in disadvantaged communities. The symphony orchestra, and learning a musical instrument, are the tools used to equip children with a range of social and life skills: confidence, resilience and aspiration.
Big Noise works across four communities, with more than 2,500 children, from birth to adulthood, in school and nursery, after school and in the holidays. It enables children to reach their full potential, and to bring about permanent social change in their communities.
It was started by Richard Holloway, who went to Venezuela to see how Sistema worked and then  set about making it all happen initially in Raploch, Stirling.

2008 - 35 Children

2010 - 317 Children

First Side-by-Side concert with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

2012 - 428 Children

2013 - Launch of Big Noise, Govanhill, Glasgow

2014 - 1100 Children

The Big Trip to Venezuela

(see the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izANLX4Nx9o)

2015 - 2000 Children

Launch of Big Noise, Torry, Aberdeen

2016 - Side-by-Side Concert with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

La Mortella - Concert tour to Italy

2017 - Launch of Big Noise Douglas, Dundee

2018 - 2,500 Children

10th Birthday Celebrations

For more information, or to make a donation, go to:
www.makeabignoise.org.uk