" The Ensemble aims to provide inclusive events ( workshops, seminars and email projects ) which aim to give a complete and involving experience for all participants. All events are an integral part of a day which culminates in a concert/event to which all are invited.
The work is sometimes preparatory in that it seeks to
enlighten and make clear possibly challenging programmes ( e.g. email projects and seminars ), and sometimes more practical in that something is created which explores an aspect of the concert/event later the same evening (e.g. fractal prints and compositions).
We have worked with communities/general public ( e.g.Lastingham Day of Light ) and educationally specific groups ( Musical Time Machines/ Chaos of Rainbows concerts ). The Ensemble is committed to widening community participation and using music to bring people together in ways which remain in the hearts and minds of all long after the event."
Our aim is to enable students to explore through our various projects, the music of the 20th century, in discussion with composers and performers.
These seminars and email discussions act as an educational resource available for use by 'A' level music students. They are of particular value for the performance and compositional components. However, the resource is also of value for anyone interested in new music.
To date our projects have been as follows:
- E-mail projects involving discussion between students and composers and performers re the compositional process and preparations for performance
- 'meet the composer' projects which focus on open rehearsals and discussion with composers about their works and the concert programme
- themed student compositional projects which relate to the current concert programme and which are performed earlier on the concert day to composers/performers
- fractal workshops preceding son et lumiere installations.
