Start them young Introducing the under-fives to orchestral music Sarah McWatt, Director, NYMAZ
Age may just be a number but at youth music charity NYMAZ we believe in sparking a love of music from a very young age. This year we started exploring new ways of engaging early years children with orchestral music. Babies and classical music isn’t new - remember the baby Mozart craze? – but our partnership with Orchestras Live has centred on a live performance programme aimed at the under-fives. So far, we’ve introduced young audiences to professional ensembles, including the Hallé and Sinfonia Viva, ‘face-to-face’ and also live-streamed a performance with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE). This is just the beginning – we’re building an ongoing programme, including more live-streams that can be accessed by all.
