Artform: Music
Website: ruthlyonmusic.com
Ruth Lyon grew up in North Yorkshire, before moving to Newcastle to study Fashion Design at Northumbria University. Meanwhile, she began fronting the folk rock outfit Holy Moly & The Crackers, with which she has toured the UK and Europe extensively, plus soundtracked the end credits of Ocean’s 8 with the track “Cold Comfort Lane”.
Over the years, she’s established herself as a key and active member of the Newcastle music scene, including in her role on the board of directors at Sage Gateshead. “Because there isn’t a lot of industry up here, it can feel like you have to move to London to be successful,” she says. “But I’m really proud of the musicians that are trying to make it so we can be established, we can be successful and we can make good art in the North.” She has also advocated for the Disabled community in her work as an ambassador for Attitude Is Everything, a charity that aims to improve accessibility for Deaf and Disabled people in live music; Lyon herself has been a wheelchair user since the age of 21.
The workshop can be adapted for different ages and all abilities and will cover collaborative rhythm making, lyric writing, constructing melodic hooks and structuring compositions or songs. The goal is to have made a new song as a group by the end of the session combining all these new skills. The focus is to make this workshop inclusive to everyone with access at the heart and welcome any access requirements in advance of the session.
Ruth is a wheelchair user and needs step free access to your school and workshop space. She also travels with a Personal Assistant who is usually also a musician, who can aid in the set up but also help out creatively during the workshop.
If you’d like to book Ruth for a workshop in your school or community group, please contact Joel at [email protected]