This event is part of Cambridgeshire Music Live, an exciting annual festival of events, offering young people a taste of world-class music up close; players from top orchestras and bands come into schools and venues across the county, giving concerts, running workshops, and playing alongside young musicians.
Norfolk Music Hub is working in partnership with Cambridgeshire Music to host these fantastic opportunities in schools in the Great Yarmouth area.
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25, 26, 27 March: Grand Union Orchestra
Trading Roots is all about exchanging styles of music. The programme is designed as a perfect introduction for both Primary and Secondary school students (KS2/KS3) to music and musicians from different cultures around the globe, opening their eyes and ears to new and exciting sounds and rhythms. The music is drawn from the musicians’ own respective repertoires, and is played by them with passion and authenticity.
For example:
- Chinese traditional songs and ancient court music;
- Calypso and soca reggae, ska and steel pan music from the Caribbean;
- Bengali folk songs and Indian classical music;
- Latin-American salsa and samba and the folk music of the Andes.
- West African drumming and chant;
Notes for schools:
We recommend a 200-300 maximum audience of students and staff attend each concert subject to the size of the performance space.
This is an ideal opportunity for secondary schools to host their cluster primaries for the day or half day and share the concerts. Bespoke workshops are available on request.