Find us on MancCamerataYF. Find us on. Facebook: Manchester Camerata Youth Forum #YOLO CABARET

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1 Find us on MancCamerataYF Find us on Facebook: Manchester Camerata Youth Forum #YOLO CABARET

2 2012 saw the launch of Camerata s Youth Programme which aims to take an explorative look at how young people connect with the orchestra and interpret concert repertoire. The Find Your Voice project takes its inspiration from the cabaret of 1930s Berlin that acted as both a political and social antidote to the issues of the day and also as a way to voice an opinion, heighten awareness of issues and satirise the oppression faced by the population. Last week, over a period of eight hours, the Youth Forum developed a satirical response to the issues they face in their everyday lives. In the following piece the young people will focus specifically on the growth of social media and modern technology in the last decade and the negative impact it can have on social communication and interaction and people s real lives. Manchester Camerata Youth Forum is a collective of young people from Greater Manchester with a passion for music. The forum offers young people a chance to become active ambassadors for the orchestra with the opportunity to guide and develop Camerata s Youth Programme. If you have a desire to make a difference within your community and bring music to a wider audience; whether your expertise lies in singing, rapping, DJ ing, song-writing or instrumental playing, Camerata Youth Forum wants you! - learning@manchestercamerata.com for an application form or call All of the music and drama you see and hear tonight has been created by the performers.

3 Facebook Romance She was recommended by a mutual friend, I gifted her with ice cream, cake, cars and money, I poked her and she poked me, We took a street view visit to Paree, And updated our status to marry, Started our Farmville and bought a cyber puppy, Did our online shop and designedyour-ring.com, Tomorrow we make the rightmove.co.uk, But last night I went on NHS direct, And I hope we re not pregnant just yet, before we ve even met. Day and night this is what I do Facebook, Twitter, all I think about is you Ask.fm criticise for free Tagging, BBMing, it s killing me #YOLO Snapchat Snapchat, Snapchat, all the pictures that I send Embarrassing pictures of me and my best friend Oh, oh, oh taking selfies To show my new clothes, to show I m wealthy I m a picture taking addict Oh god help me The little white ghost stares at me Tempting me to send another selfie to my bestie In my life there s never been so much bane in my life But this little white ghost is my biggest pain There s nothing I gain except pure, pure shame Twitter Do you want to share your life with everyone? Do you want to advertise yourself on Twitter? Do you want to tell the world about yourself? Who cares? Who cares? Do you want to sell your soul Do you want to dig this hole You can escape Do you want to stay at home Tweeting about your day on your phone Same thing everyday maybe that you But I don t think that way No way not the type to waste my life away Airdrop Welcome to the new Airdrop Revolutionary, creatively, uniquely designed Share files Share music Share documents Share your life! Ask.fm I am an Ask.fm guru. People come to me for advice all the time. They look up to me like a father figure, a mentor, a modern day minister, an almighty intervention. It s a big responsibility, guiding so many people through life, but I don t let it get to my head. They say to me: My cat s got this thing on his neck, should I take him to the vet? And I say No. Car insurance? It s a rip off. Is he the one for me? Call it off! Should I start smoking? Yes, it ll make you look cool. They reach out to me, and I answer. We ask, we enquire He knows the answers to all of our questions He is the guru Our divine intervention

4 Creators and Performers: Dana Abhari Sam Aguda Andrew Carleton Gabriella Carleton Renée Coler-Williams Deon Davis Richard Gorick Marcus Headlam Jasmin Aliyah Kiernan Luis Sullivan Robbie Lee Leyla Percival Naomi Yeboah Camerata: Janet Fulton Lucy Geddes Paul Hine Audrey Mattis Nick Ponsillo Andrew Smith DEFINITIONS Facebook and Twitter: Social media websites used to communicate, share photos/ videos and advertise products, etc. Antisocial behaviour such as bullying can take place easily and anonymously. Snapchat: An application available on smart phones to take photos/ videos of yourself to send to your contacts, which disappear after a few seconds. Selfie :The act of taking a photo of yourself, usually on a smart phone. Airdrop: An application allowing wireless file transfer between devices. Ask.fm: A website allowing anonymous users to post and answer other people s questions. Several suicides have been attributed to Ask.fm after users posted comical replies to serious questions. Design-your-ring.com: A website used primarily by couples to design engagement and wedding rings. Rightmove.co.uk: A website for advertising and buying properties. BBM: Acronym for BlackBerry Messenger, an exclusive way for BlackBerry users to communicate. #: The symbol for hashtag, used on social media as a link between items with common themes. YOLO: Acronym for You Only Live Once, commonly used to provoke someone into doing something daring. Farmville: One of many online games where the user can create fantasy worlds and establishments such as farms, cities and zoos. With special thanks to: D Oyly Carte Charitable Trust N. Smith Charitable Trust The Thousandth Man Richard Burns Charitable Trust

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