Daniel's debut musical performance

Last Saturday Daniel and his sister, Leah, travelled with their mum to Folkestone to perform a short musical piece. What is so impressive is Daniel is only 5 years old, one of the youngest members of the Music and the Deaf (MatD) group currently running in Peterborough.  MatD started in Peterborough in September 2011 and has encouraged many young deaf people to discover and develop some superb musical talents.

Daniel started learning the violin three months ago after being inspired at the Evelyn Glennie concert in Leicester. Accompanied by his slightly older and very supportive sister, Daniel travelled 3 hours before his first public performance. So, why Folkestone? Well the Lions charity have been a very active supporter of Music and the Deaf (MatD). One of their governors, who is also a governors MATD, invited Peterborough MatD members to attend their convention as they are considering setting up a Deaf Youth Orchestra in Brighton starting in September 2013.

Daniel and Leah played some short pieces after a very dynamic and inspirational talk from Dr. Paul Whittaker OBE.

We look forward to further details about the 25th anniversary MatD 'Gods,Goddesses and MagicalCreatures' celebrations this July, in Birmingham.

A quick warm up
Thanks to the lovely Kirsty D for the communication support

Dr Paul Whittaker - he knows how to work a crowd

The first public performance

An inspirational few words are shared



And  there is always time for a few laughs