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The north london conservatoire was established in 1995 and has gained an outstanding reputation for musical excellence through its tea read more. The new centre is being run as part of the north london conservatoire est. I would prefer not to have to drag the kids for an hour on public transport to north london so does anyone know of. Early years music teacher at blackheath conservatoire. The core colourstrings repertoire draws from the simplest examples and gradually works towards more complex tone sets and rhythm patterns. Colourstrings was developed in finland in the 1970s by violinist geza szilvay as a way of introducing young children to the joys of music making in a playful, child friendly manner.