Our OrchLab resources explore the music and instruments of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and wider OrchLab project, using this as inspiration for musical activities, information and games.
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Before we start to make music, warming up our voices and bodies is a great way to prepare our muscles and vocal chords so that we’re ready to play and sing! This is a collection of fun musical warm-up activities that you could use at the start of a music session to get everyone focused
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Before we start to make music, warming up our voices and bodies is a great way to prepare our muscles and vocal cords so that we’re ready to play and sing! This is a collection of fun warm-up activities that you could use at the start of a music session to get everyone focused and
Posted in Listen & Discover, Resources, Staff guidance & training
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 Lines to you. Feel free to use this as a starting point and then be
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In this activity, Joy Stacey and the LPO perform an OrchLab favourite: ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ by John Denver. This song is all about the American state West Virginia, but perhaps you could add your own lyrics about one of your favourite places? Watch the video titled ‘About this activity’ first. Then, when you
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‘Lean on Me’ was released by Bill Withers in 1972, and became instantly one of the most popular soul tracks of all time. We love performing it in OrchLab sessions, so we’ve created a video version so you can play or sing along whenever you like! Watch the video titled ‘About this activity’ first. Then,
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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 Percussion to you. Feel free to use this as a starting point and then be
Posted in Create & Compose, Resources, Staff guidance & training
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
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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 Circles to you. Feel free to use this as a starting point and then be
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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
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