What's On: February 2021
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Featured event
- Saturday 13 February 2021, 3pm Join us for School of BaRock and sing along with songs inspired by the seasons as part of Classically Yours with Sinfonia Viva.
Tune in for the premiere via the Classically Yours Facebook page
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 more about the project - 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.
On demand
- 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.
Find out more - Opera North: Walking Home A series of five sound journeys, composed and recorded by musicians during lockdown for Culture in Quarantine that were broadcast on BBC Radio and are available for download.
Find out more - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Alexander Shelley narrates and conducts Benjamin Britten's celebrated introduction to the orchestra.
Find out more - Royal Northern Sinfonia: Interactive Score Play a Beethoven Piano Concerto your way by controlling a virtual orchestra with your computer.
Find out more - City of London Sinfonia: Restore and Revive An online concert of music by Strauss and Mozart for wind ensemble, available until Friday 12 February 2021
Find out more - City of London Sinfonia: Comfortable Classical A series of relaxed concerts that invite everyone, from young children to older adults, to experience live orchestral music.
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On demand - for children and families
- London Symphony Orchestra - Space...but not as we know it A free online concert suitable for school and family groups with ages 7-12 (key stage 2)
Find out more - BBC Ten Pieces Special Report A 30 minute new report that will introduce your students to pieces of classical music whilst giving you all a good giggle.
Find out more - London Philharmonic Orchestra - Repertoire Unlocked a new series of videos and written resources exploring the building blocks of orchestral repertoire
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