In Autumn 2025, OrchLab worked with groups from Bramley Hill Day Centre (Garwood Foundation) and Brookside House (Shaftesbury) on a project inspired by a piece called En Saga by Jean Sibelius Sibelius (1865-1957) was a Finnish composer who often wrote music inspired by the beautiful scenery in Finland! One of his most famous pieces of music is
In Autumn 2023, OrchLab worked with groups from Oak View (Look Ahead Care Support & Housing) and Bradbury Court (Livability) on a project inspired by Concerto for Orchestra by Béla Bartók. Bartók (1881-1945) was a Hungarian composer, and is often considered to be one of the most important composers of the twentieth century, particularly because
In our OrchLab workshops, participants make and perform music together using a range of instruments, including percussion, digital instruments, and their voices. The team at Drake Music have designed and created a set of touch instruments which make traditional orchestral instruments more accessible to OrchLab participants. The Touch Oboe is an accessible version of the
In our OrchLab workshops, participants make and perform music together using a range of instruments, including percussion, digital instruments, and their voices. The team at Drake Music have designed and created a set of touch instruments which make traditional orchestral instruments more accessible to OrchLab participants. The Touch Trombone is an accessible version of the
In our OrchLab workshops, participants make and perform music together using a range of instruments, including percussion, digital instruments, and their voices. The team at Drake Music have designed and created a set of touch instruments which make traditional orchestral instruments more accessible to OrchLab participants. The Touch Harp is an accessible version of the
OrchLab Soundmakers are a set of web-browser based instruments that you can use on a computer, tablet or mobile phone. The instruments available are called Circles, Squares, Percussion, Lines, Bars and Patterns. Below you can find a video which introduces Percussion to you. Feel free to use this as a starting point and then be
OrchLab Soundmakers are a set of web-browser based instruments that you can use on a computer, tablet or mobile phone. The instruments available are called Circles, Squares, Percussion, Lines, Bars and Patterns. Below you can find a video which introduces Squares to you. Feel free to use this as a starting point and then be
OrchLab Soundmakers are a set of web-browser based instruments that you can use on a computer, tablet or mobile phone. The instruments available are called Circles, Squares, Percussion, Lines, Bars and Patterns. Below you can find a video which introduces Circles to you. Feel free to use this as a starting point and then be
In Autumn 2022, OrchLab worked with groups from Luton Road (Look Ahead Care Support & Housing) and Athol House (Leonard Cheshire) on a project inspired by Appalachian Spring, a ballet by Aaron Copland. This film was influenced by Copland’s music and the idea of music being the soundtrack to our lives. We really enjoyed making