Education & Community
English Sinfonia is committed to music education as an integral and important part of its work. We run participatory music workshops, and other activities such as Family Fun Concerts and orchestral coaching sessions, to offer music-making and listening opportunities to a wide range of different people.
We work with primary school and secondary school groups and also want to expand our work to include more after-school and holiday clubs, youth groups and community organisations. Please click on a link on the menu bar on the left to see more detail about recent workshops with groups from under fives to adults.
Our members really enjoy the opportunity of working as professional musicians with community groups the range of which is expanding all the time thanks to additional funding for this area of our work secured by the orchestra. We work in partnership with these groups and their funding bodies to create musical activities tailored to the needs of the group. We also engage freelance music workshop leaders who work with small groups of our musicians and participants.
We take music to people in places where access to live music may be difficult such as residential care homes and sheltered accommodation.
To find out more about our education and community work please contact;