What's On: April 2021
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Featured events
- *Don't miss* Wednesday 31 March 2021, 6pm Share Sound Lincolnshire perform Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's "Dance" from "Othello Suite"
Watch the premiere on YouTube - Thursday 22 April 2021, 7pm Hear and Now Film Premiere
More details coming soon
Read more about Hear and Now
Project activity
We have a number of ongoing community and learning projects continuing throughout the month including:
- Share Sound a major digital project that enables professional orchestras to work with Music Hubs to explore the digital creative space for ensemble music making.
Read the latest Share Sound update - Music of the Skerne a creative project working with young people to create a new piece inspired by Durham's River Skerne and to be performed by Opera North.
Read the latest Music of the Skerne update - Creative Journeys, a creative participatory music project with Sinfonia Viva that will enliven and enrich the lives of older people living in four sheltered housing settings in South Holland.
Read more about Creative Journeys - Come Together: The Lost Letters intergenerational project with Britten Sinfonia and Saffron Hall.
Read more about Come Together - Able Orchestra workshops, a totally inclusive ensemble of disabled and non-disabled musicians.
Read more about Able Orchestra
On demand
- London Sinfonietta: World Premiere Wednesday - The monthly World Premiere Wednesday series is available to watch online on demand.
- London Philharmonic Orchestra: Debut Sounds - The LPO's annual concert of new compositions by the LPO Young Composers is now available to watch online.
- Alternative Classical: Concert Roulette - Simply click to start and you’ll be presented with one of hundreds of videos of concerts from around the world. Keep spinning by clicking ‘another!’ until you find one you want to watch.
- London Mozart Players: Piano Explored - Virtuosic piano classics from Howard Shelley and LMP – the perfect lunch hour at St John’s Smith Square, or online anytime!
On demand - for children and families
- London Sinfonietta - Composition Challenges - Composition Challenges invites young people to create new music for the London Sinfonietta inspired by the works and musical ideas of living composers.
- London Symphony Orchestra - Lockdown Listening - A series of daily musical listening tasks for you to do at home – with your children, with your class or even by yourself.
- BBC Ten Pieces Musical Menu - A weekly buffet of primary music activities from across the BBC.
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