Can you find all the 8 orchestral instruments hidden in this wordsearch? See if you can beat your time each time you play!
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In this resource, we’re going to look at some of the different ways you can use the new OrchLab Soundmaker, Patterns, including some tips and ideas on how you might use OrchLab Patterns with some of the other Soundmakers on the OrchLab website. OrchLab Soundmakers are a set of web-browser based instruments that you can
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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 Patterns to you. Feel free to use this as a starting point and then be as creative as you like
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Test your memory by matching the musical sounds (make sure your sound is on!). Tap each card to flip it over, then try and remember where the matching sound is so you can match the pairs. The extracts you hear are from British composer Gustav Holst’s The Planets, performed by the LPO. You can find
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Ahoy! In this activity, we’re going to create musical waves inspired by Felix Mendelssohn’s ‘Hebrides Overture.’ This piece was inspired by Mendelssohn’s visit to Scotland in 1829 and it’s also known as ‘Fingal’s Cave,’ after the landmark which inspired it. However, its original title was ‘The Lonely Isle’ – you can learn more about Mendelssohn’s
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Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Gustav Holst was born in 1874 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, into a musical family, including a great-grandfather and grandfather who had both been composers and harp teachers. His father was an organist and choirmaster in Cheltenham, and his mother was a talented singer and pianist. As a child, he played the piano, violin
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Play, sing and dream about sunny California with this popular classic, originally recorded by The Mamas and the Papas in 1965 and later released by The Beach Boys in 1986. ‘California Dreaming’ was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001 and was included in Rolling Stone‘s list of the 500 greatest songs of
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In Autumn 2024, OrchLab worked with groups from Antill Road (Look Ahead Care Support & Housing) and New Court Place (Shaftesbury) on a project inspired by The Planets by Gustav Holst. Holst (1874-1934) was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and, after injury prevented him from pursuing a career as a pianist, he worked as a trombonist,
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