CREATIVE LEARNING ROUND UP

During the current pandemic we have moved all Creative Learning activity over to digital platforms and have been surprised and delighted to find how effective this can be. It turns out that many young people feel more comfortable and confident making music online than in person, and we know from our VIBE Online pilot in July (featured on page 20 in this issue) that the project provided participants with a very real sense of connection and support during a difficult period of isolation.

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

Pictures at an Exhibition, developed in partnership between the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and caithnessmusic.com, is a new project designed to bring musicians of all levels, including children, ‘together’ with SCO musicians online. We aim to inspire and support continued learning and enjoyment of orchestral repertoire despite current restrictions on face to face rehearsals, and welcome players at all levels – from absolute beginners to those who can tackle almostoriginal Mussorgsky parts (transposed into amateur-friendly keys). The music has been arranged by Katrina Gordon and parts will be published alongside practice videos made by ensembles from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and by Susan Dingle and Katrina Gordon up in Caithness. ––––––

Full details at www.sco.org.uk/pictures ––––––

Pictures at an Exhibition is in partnership with caithnessmusic.com

BIG EARS, LITTLE EARS

This month’s Doors Open Day weekend features a special Big Ears, Little Ears performance, filmed in St Mary’s Cathedral by a SCO string quartet. Big Ears, Little Ears concerts enable babies, toddlers and their adults to share live music in a child-friendly, relaxed atmosphere, with concerts taking place regularly in Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews and at venues around Scotland as part of the SCO’s touring programme.

SCO musicians recording Beethoven’s Music and Moods, a suite of video resources for primary school children created in partnership with the Edinburgh International Festival

A REAL GIFT TO THE CHILDREN – A LOVELY INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL CONCERTS AND THE POWER OF LIVE MUSIC

Big Ears, Little Ears

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BEETHOVEN’S MUSIC AND MOODS

In partnership with the Edinburgh International Festival we are delighted to present Beethoven’s Music and Moods, a suite of video resources for primary school children marking Beethoven’s 250th birthday and the SCO’s performance of his Piano Concerto No 2 as part of My Light Shines On, the International Festival’s celebration of Edinburgh’s enduring festival spirit. Children are invited to meet some of the SCO musicians and have fun listening, drawing and composing as they explore Beethoven’s music (and moods!) at www.sco.org.uk/beethoven

INTERCONNECT

InterConnect, a partnership project with the University of Edinburgh, was originally planned as a series of workshops leading to a live SCO ensemble performance of students’ compositions. Instead, our musicians recorded their parts at home and the resulting film was presented as part of the online opening event at the Edinburgh College of Art Graduate Show. ––––––

SCO is Orchestra in Association with the University of Edinburgh. ––––––

InterConnect is in partnership with the University of Edinburgh.

MASTERWORKS

Masterworks, our flagship education programme for upper secondary school music pupils, takes place online this

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year and features Sound and Fury by our Associate Composer Anna Clyne, written for the SCO in 2019. We have created a suite of unique resources written and presented by animateur Rachel Leach, including a listening guide and filmed SCO performance of Sound and Fury. The resources will be launched at a YouTube Premiere event on 30 September and will remain on the SCO website for use in school and at home.

Why not take a listen?! www.sco.org.uk/soundfury ––––––

Masterworks 2020 is delivered in association with Drake Music Scotland and the Lammermuir Festival.

Masterworks 2020 is kindly supported by The Gannochy Trust, The Plum Trust, PF Charitable Trust, The Basil Death Trust, The Misses Barrie Charitable Trust, Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust, The Educational Institute of Scotland, Forteviot Charitable Trust, The JTH Charitable Trust and Sir Iain Stewart Foundation.

Georgina Macdonell Finlayson, Electra Perivolaris and Gillian Walker will each work with Anna Clyne to write and workshop a piece for a mixed SCO ensemble

NEW STORIES

In August we were thrilled to announce the three composers selected for New Stories, a new mentoring scheme for emerging women composers led by our inspirational Associate Composer Anna Clyne. Georgina Macdonell Finlayson, Electra Perivolaris and Gillian Walker will each work with Anna to write and workshop a piece for a mixed SCO ensemble, inspired by the art of storytelling in collaboration with writer and storyteller Janis Mackay. In the second year, one composer will go forward to write a new work for the SCO for performance in the summer of 2022. ––––––

To find out more www.sco.org.uk/new-stories ––––––

New Stories is in association with TRACS – Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland.

WIN £250 ––––––

250 SOCIETY

Just £5 a month as a member of the 250 Society gives you the chance to win £250 in our monthly draw at the same time as knowing that you are contributing towards the SCO’s Creative Learning programme.

Please join us in congratulating recent winners of our 250 Society:

May: David Lipetz June: James Dunbar July: Fiona Addison August: Jack Bogle

To learn more about the 250 Society or to join now, contact Laura Hickey on 0131 478 8344.