Music sessions don’t have to just be practical music-making – music can be a rich topic for discussion and creativity in many directions, and you can often find out interesting things about each other by discussing music together. Taking inspiration from the idea of book clubs, the Music Listening Club invites members of your music
iPads make fantastic digital musical instruments, and we use them a lot in OrchLab sessions thanks to their adaptability and accessibility. In this guide we’ll show you Keezy, a fun and accessible sampling app. Keezy is available to download from the Apple App Store for free. You can use this app to record up to
‘Here Comes the Sun’ has become a firm favourite in our OrchLab sessions, so we’ve created a video version so you can sing, play or listen whenever you like! Watch the video titled ‘About this activity’ first. Then when you know how to join in, watch the video titled ‘Play along’. About this activity Play
Based on the traditional tune ‘This Old Hammer’, this Hello Song is a great way to start a music session with a group by getting everyone to play and sing individually and together. In this video, workshop leader John Webb sings the song once, then leaves space for you to sing. He then joins back
Test your memory by matching the instrument picture with its matching name. Tap each card to flip it over, then try and remember where the instrument pictures and names are so you can match the pairs. See if you can beat your previous time each time you play! Find a handy instrument key here to
Test your memory with our matching instrument pairs. Tap each card to flip it over, then try and remember where the instruments are so you can match the pairs. See if you can beat your previous time each time you play! Find a handy instrument key here to help you identify which instrument is which.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) Beethoven is one of the best-known classical composers and his music has been played by orchestras all over the world for more than 200 years! He was famous in his lifetime, despite being often difficult, stubborn, and bad-tempered. He was completely deaf for the last 10 years of his life, but
Want to try a music activity but not sure how to find what you need? Join Becky and Louis from Drake Music as they introduce the ‘Resources‘ section of the OrchLab website. Explore some of the music resources available and learn how to search for specific types of activities by watching this simple, easy to
iPads make fantastic digital musical instruments, and we use them a lot in OrchLab sessions thanks to their adaptability and accessibility. In this guide we’ll show you GarageBand, one of the music apps that we use. There is another guide available for ThumbJam, another music app which you can explore. GarageBand is an app already