Education

Creating captivating learning experiences for all ages and abilities

Lifelong Learning is at the core of the Scottish Ensemble's activity, forming an integral part of the group's identity. Exciting large-scale music projects are created in conjunction with a wide range of partners. The focus of these projects is to bring the inspirational musicians directly to participants in their local environment, nurturing musical skills while also encouraging development in other areas such as confidence, team-building, leadership and creativity.

NEWS!
The Ensemble's £10:11/12 Season will be packed with learning opportunities and ways for those in education to see performances for less:

• free tickets for under 16s will be available at all Scottish season concerts;
• £5 student tickets for all main season concerts;
• concert conversations in every city with soloists and Scottish Ensemble musicians;
• Wired - our education project in Aberdeen offers secondary pupils the chance to find out more about concert planning, music history, composition and performance techniques, as well as the opportunity to meet soloists and composers;
• Musical Hats - an extended and enhanced version of our 2009 pilot project, Musical Hats will take place in Glasgow and East Ayrshire and will involve series of particpatory workshops and CPD sessions aimed at pre-school children and their teachers.

The ongoing work of the Lifelong Learning programme is generously supported by Creative Scotland, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee City Councils.