Nottinghamshire’s Music Education Hub and key partners are working with the world-famous Hallé Orchestra to deliver a concert this week.
Nottinghamshire Music Education Hub, which is chaired by Nottinghamshire County Council, supports young people’s music education across the county. It receives funding from Arts Council England, and its partners include the Royal Concert Hall, OrchestrasLive and the Minster School.
Together with the Royal Centre in Nottingham, the Now Hear This! Concert will take place on Thursday, 19th June at 2pm. The concert theme is ‘Sporting Spectacular’ with the music inspired by the two big sporting events this year – the Football World Cup and the Commonwealth Games.
The Now Hear This! concert is a fun-packed, fast-paced introduction to classical music and the instruments of the orchestra for schoolchildren aged between eight and 12 years old, under the guidance of conductor Jamie Phillips and presenter Tom Redmond.
Coun Liz Plant, committee vice-chairman for children and young people’s services at the council, said: “The concert provides a showcase to demonstrate how the Hub is working with partners to engage and introduce young people from across the county to the delights of orchestral music.
“Our young musicians will have the chance to come and play alongside the Hallé Orchestra, from those just beginning to learn a musical instrument to more advanced players.”
Now in its 155th season, the Hallé ranks among the UK’s top symphonic ensembles, with a distinguished history of acclaimed performances in this country and around the world; award-winning recordings, radio broadcasts and educational outreach programmes; and a visionary commitment to building audiences and developing orchestral repertoire.
The Government set up Music Hubs nationally to promote music learning, education and opportunities in and out of schools and in terms of Nottinghamshire Music Hub’s wider work it has engaged with more than 80 per cent of primary and secondary schools across the county in the last year. Also, more than 5,000 primary school children have learnt to play an instrument free of charge through the Whole Class Instrument Tuition project in schools.