Secondary

For students aged 11 to 16 our workshops can be tailored easily to look at types of music, topics and themes relevant to the current curriculum. Our aims are to make the workshops fun, informative and to follow the guidelines set out by yourselves so we pinpoint the objectives you’d like. We can
• Provide a look at music through the ages.
• Show how the instruments work.
• Take a look at rhythm, giving examples, and inviting students to clap/play along.
• Look closely at the techniques and harmonies used in particular pieces/periods of music.
• Perform and/or record student compositions for string quartet.

Primary and special schools

Younger pupils’ interest can be keenly met by the quartet through workshops tailored specifically for them. After liaising with you about including any particular topics or themes into our workshop we can produce a plan covering information on each of the three stringed instruments within the quartet (violin, viola and cello) and look at the sounds the instruments make both played alone and together.

We always suit the workshops to the age range and ability and can look beyond the string quartet, for example at sounds made on wood, plastic and metal for younger students. For older students we can incorporate bass lines, harmony and string playing techniques.

With the central aim being fun we’ll include lots of tunes familiar to the students including popular numbers from the likes of Frozen and Star Wars.