Creative Music Workshops

Groups will receive a workshop based around singing nursery rhymes and songs.

Years 1-4 can choose from four different workshop themes:

• Fun with Form – How a cheese sandwich relates to music composed in three sections and a ‘Big Mac’ to Rondo form!
• A Walk in the Forest – A workshop based on the sounds of the forest, whether they be animal, vegetable or mineral!
• Dinosaurs Meet – Two dinosaurs meet to do battle. The children will create their own prehistoric scene in music!
• A Ship in a Storm – Turning a picture into music by using the visual elements of the picture: the ship, the waves, the wind, thunder and lightning. Is the ship about to crash onto the rocks?

Years 5-8 will receive a workshop based around familiar music from the orchestral repertoire, usually from the examples given below.

Where possible, workshops for groups attending a Hallé concert will be based on one of the pieces performed during the visit, helping to establish the connection with the orchestra.

The following projects are available to all groups:

• ‘Rodeo’ from Copland’s Hoe-Down suite
• ‘The Galop’ from Rossini’s William Tell Overture
• ‘Jupiter’ from Holst’s suite The Planets
• Extracts from Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition

Groups will receive a workshop tailored to your specific needs. For more information, get in touch.