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Performances by Lancashire's Professional Orchestra.
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SCHOOL children in Lancashire and Cumbria are learning lessons from lions, tigers and elephants this term, thanks to our exciting new interactive music education resource – The Carnival of the Animals. The pioneering project is a joint venture between The Lancashire Sinfonietta, Lancashire and Cumbria County Council's Music Services, and website for music teachers, Tuned-in. The resources are also available to teachers through the Cumbria and Lancashire Education Online (CLEO) broadband internet network. The recordings feature the Sinfonietta with Lyn Fletcher (Sinfonietta Director & Leader of the Hallé) on CD Rom & DVD. "Carnival" can help teachers to cover a huge range of curriculum subjects from French to Science, Art to Geography. Conservation issues are at the heart of the projects and we're very excited to be involved with experts at the South Lakes Wild Animal Park and Aquarium of the Lakes. Children can also experience live workshops in school with African Drummers, a Bollywood dancer, Hip Hop poet & Carnival Artists. In February the Sinfonietta visited 13 schools with our "Monkey Beat" workshops and premiered our "Hit or Miss" video-conference via CLEO to schools in both counties. A huge interactive school's concert hosted by the Sinfonietta at the Guild Hall next week will see 2,000 children performing from schools across the region.
The event will be hosted by Alfie's old school in Fleetwood and broadcast over the National Education Network by CLEO (Cumbria & Lancashire Education Online).
Over 2,000 babies and parents/carers came to our Mini-Mozart concerts this season and many more have used our music and musical games at home. Some Children's Centres have even started up their own music groups, inspired by our concerts. Please join our mailing list to hear about release dates for Tunes for Tots and Mini-Mozart concerts. _____ |
Extras include Video Conferences, Webcasts and Live Workshops supported by a huge online source of teacher lesson plans. 
Our first webcast will be broadcast this week, LIVE from our rehearsal with tenor, Alfie Boe! The hour long webcast will include a live relay of Alfie Boe in rehearsal, footage by our international guest artist - Hungarian cimbalom virtuoso Kálmán Balogh, followed by a Q&A Video Conference between Alfie and the current aspiring musicians of the school.
