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Activities for ages 9+

Meet the orchestra, create music using only your body as an instrument or go on a musical adventure in space!
All that jazz

All that jazz

Let’s find out about the fascinating history of the musical genre of jazz.

Discover the planets

Discover the planets

Discover Gustav Holst’s music inspired by the planets and learn more about our solar system.

Mindful Mozart

Mindful Mozart

Explore how music can influence our mood and take part in our mindful Mozart meditation.

Do you know your Verdi?

Do you know your Verdi?

Discover one of the greatest opera composer and learn Italian words.

A mambo from West Side Story

A mambo from West Side Story

Meet Leonard Bernstein and learn the moves to his famous ‘mambo’ from West Side Story

A musical adventure in space

A musical adventure in space

Learn more about Richard Strauss and a piece he wrote which was used in a famous film set in space

Body percussion

Body percussion

Join us as we learn about different body percussion styles and have a go at making our own performances

Meet the orchestra

Meet the orchestra

Learn more about all the different musical instruments which make an orchestra and have go at conducting

Pitch Perfect

Pitch Perfect

Learn a folk pop song from the 1930s which featured in a Hollywood film and have a go at performing it yourself with cups

Rock 'n' roll around

Rock 'n' roll around

Sing a rock ’n’ roll song and learn about blues music, scat singing and hand jive

Meet the chorus

Meet the chorus

Explore the range of voices you can hear in an opera chorus and have a go at singing like an opera singer

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