Schools Learning Programme See and hear history come alive
Booking
Additional Activities
For further information or to book a workshop at least three weeks in advance please call our Learning Officer on 020 7399 1952 or alternatively see our website www.handelhouse.org/learning
Temporary exhibitions in context tours (45 mins) To tie in with our lively Exhibitions Programme tours are designed to compliment school visits to Handel House with a specific focus on our current exhibition.
Please have the following information to hand when booking: • Choice of dates and preferred times • Year group and any special learning needs of your pupils • Number of pupils • School address and telephone number • Workshop/theme Address Handel House Museum 25 Brook Street London W1K 4HB Tube Bond Street (Jubilee and Central lines) - walk down South Molton Street; Oxford Circus (Victoria, Central and Bakerloo lines) Regent Street, Hanover Street then Brook Street. Bus Numerous buses serve Oxford Street, Bond Street and Regent Street, stopping within a few minutes’ walk of the museum. Rail Closest mainline railway stations are Victoria and Marylebone. Take the tube to Oxford Circus. For information about coach parking in the area please refer to the City of Westminster website: www.westminster.gov.uk Access The museum has full access and facilities for disabled visitors.
London Handel Festival School Opera Project Each year Handel House Museum takes an opera produced by the London Handel Festival as a stimulus and creates a project around it with students from a London Primary school. London Handel Festival School Concert Handel House works with the London Handel Festival and London Handel Players to offer a free schools concert every year, introducing students to a range of lively and accessible baroque music. Outreach Service The museum is happy to discuss outreach with your school. Families Please see what’s on for families at: www.handelhouse.org/families
Schools Learning Programme 25 Brook Street was the home of composer George Frideric Handel between 1723 and 1759. Today Handel House is a historic house, live music venue and museum offering an insight into 18th century culture and music with a range of accessible events for diverse audiences. The Schools Learning Programme at Handel House is designed to complement National Curriculum Programmes of study in Music, but there is also the opportunity for cross-curriculum work, notably with History, Literacy, RE, Drama and Art.
Suitable for all ages Historic Tour (45 - 60 mins) The tour provides an introduction to Handel and life in 18th century London. Historic Tour with recital (60 - 75 mins) Experience the sound of Baroque music with a live harpsichord recital. Self-guided tour Explore and learn about Handel’s House with self-guided tour notes (request in advance). Tailor-made workshop If you require any specific topic included in your school visit than this can be arranged in advance with the Learning Officer.
Foundation and Key Stage 1 (Age 3 - 6)
Key Stage 2 (Age 7 - 11)
My first visit (45 mins) A fun and engaging tour for our younger visitors. Explore Handel’s home, try on Georgian costumes and listen to Baroque music.
Historic Tour with workshop Workshop options:
Baroque around the world (60 mins) A hands-on introduction to Handel’s home and music, with a chance to play instruments and discover sounds from around the world.
Baroque music (45 - 60 mins) Working with our Composerin-Residence, students will be introduced to the main components that make Baroque music. Introduction to Handel’s music (45 - 60 mins) Students will discover why after 300 years Handel is still just as popular - focusing on some of his greatest works and weaving the dramatic stories of his life into his music. Making Music (45 - 60 mins) Using the same musical tools that Handel would have, students will be introduced to group composition and performance.
Composer-in-Residence The Composer-in-Residence represents a unique opportunity for schools, providing musical expertise and skills to our workshops, while engaging our younger audiences and maintaining the tradition of composing and performing music inspired by Handel, his life and home.
Key Stages 3 and 4 (Age 12 - 16)
Key Stage 5+ (Age 16+)
Special Educational Needs (SEN)
Historic Tour with workshop Workshop options:
Historic Tour with workshop Workshop options:
Suitable for all Key Stages 1 - 5
The Handel and Hendrix Experience (45 - 60 mins) An introduction to two famous composers and neighbours.This workshop encourages students to fuse together the music of Handel and Hendrix, mixing samples of their music with samples of the students own voices and instrumental work.
The Handel and Hendrix Experience (45 - 60 mins) This workshop is an ideal introduction to composition style, improvisation and the development of electronic music making focusing on the music of Handel and Hendrix.
Introduction to Handel’s music (45 - 60 mins) Students will have a chance to explore some of Handel’s greatest works while putting this into context with an interactive workshop with the Composer-in-Residence. Making Music (45 - 60 mins) Students will have the opportunity to discover some of Handel’s greatest works from the very house they were composed in and will have a chance to arrange their own baroque compositions.
Introduction to Handel’s music (45 - 60 mins) Listening to extracts of Handel’s music, students will explore musical devices such as theme and variation, ground bass, structure, form and focus on some of Handel’s greatest woks. Composition & Performance (45 - 60 mins) This workshop involves a discussion of baroque performance practice issues such as style, form and ornamentation as well as the fashions, etiquette and music in London during the baroque era.
Hands-on Handel! (60 mins) A multi-sensory and interactive tour exploring Handel’s home and music. Partially sighted and blind (60 mins) Verbal Descriptive and multi sensory tour exploring Handel’s home and music (optional music workshop/ harpsichord recital can also be included).