Designed for KS2 students, these thrilling and interactive concerts will be presented by award-winning composer, James Redwood. Explore the Orchestra: Four Elements will feature music that seeks to uncover the mysteries of the four elements that make up our natural world and inspires scientific discovery.
So, prepare to open your mind as we go on a journey to explore music ranging from the traditional and familiar, to the contemporary and unknown.
This concert will feature a participatory song and body percussion piece for everyone to perform, composed for this concert with schools in Exeter. Through these pieces, the audience will learn to sing and perform with the orchestra and be introduced to all the instruments that make up a symphony orchestra.
Pre-Concert CPD Session
James will be leading a FREE CPD session to teach the participatory material that will be featured in the concert, as well as giving ideas for other ways you can prepare your children. The CPD session will be held on Wednesday 19th November from 4:15 – 5:45 pm in Cullompton Community Centre, Pye Corner, Cullompton EX15 1JX.
We expect each school attending the concert to send at least one member of staff that will be involved on the day of the concert (ideally a music co-ordinator), to attend the CPD. If you are unable to send a member of staff, please let us know after booking. Further details will be sent.
If you are interested in this event but the tickets are sold out, please join our wait list and we will contact you if any tickets become available.
Thanks to our generous funders, travel bursaries (£200 per school) are available to help with rising travel costs. We’ll be working in close collaboration with the local music hubs to distribute this limited allocation most effectively. If you would like to apply, please click here.
I think seeing the instruments live, hearing their ranges and listening to a range of music, really inspired the children. One even came away saying he'd like to play violin in an orchestra when he is older
The BSO's 'Explore the Orchestra' Schools' Concerts are generously supported by
