We work with schools, communities and families across the county through our Creative Learning Programme. Our year-round participatory projects are designed to develop, enrich and inspire.
In the past year
- Masterclasses with world class artists including: Joanna MacGregor, Aquarelle Guitar Quartet, Claire Martin, the Berkeley Ensemble, the Doric String Quartet
- The joint Youth Orchestra Tour to the South of France
- The Fast Forward Festival:
- Welcoming industry experts, practitioners, learning disabled young adults, youth workers and more to a participatory day
- Announcing and welcoming pianist Derek Paravicini as Artist in Residence
- Continuing a legacy for engagement with young learning disabled adults
- Welcoming Adriano Adewale as our new Artist in Residence
- The Marmen Quartet joining as our Young Quartet in Residence and carrying out schools workshops as part of our Wider Opportunities programme
- My Science Fair 2019 engaged over 40 young scientists and their families, with over 600 people visiting WMC on the day
- Saturday Jazz and Sunday Folk sessions improving progression routes into our Youth Orchestras
- Zone Club go on tour
- Schools workshops with Adriano Adewale leading to a collaborative performance with Gwilym Simcock and Jason Rebello as part of their Spring concert
- Local special schools and mainstream primary schools joining forces with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for a unique performance of an Opera in a Week
- Big Family Music Day 2019 gets everyone playing instruments for the first time
- An insider look at the music business with our Industry Day
Exciting future projects
- WEYO Summer Course and Summer Fun launched for 2019
- Five Youth Orchestra courses and eight concerts across the school year
- The two-day Percussion Festival
- A new Co-Commissioned work with Prime Theatre
- WMC Chorus to perform a new work with the English Touring Opera at the Bath Theatre Royal
- The return of Hit It!, our online digital learning portal for first access classes
- Zone Club performing at external venues
- My Science Fair and Big Family Music Day returning for 2020
- Continuing schools work with Artist in Residence Adriano Adewale
- Masterclasses with Raphael Wallfisch
- Kakatsitsi Schools Workshops
