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麻豆社 at East Bank: Schools Programme

麻豆社 Music Studios will be moving to the East Bank on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, where they will rehearse, record, perform and broadcast a diverse mix of music, delighting audiences with the sounds they love across the musical spectrum.

Comprising of 麻豆社 Music Studios; UAL: London College of Fashion; Sadler’s Wells East; UCL East (University College London) and V&A East, East Bank is the place where everything happens – entertainment, inspiration and discovery – and is open to everyone who visits, lives and works in east London.

The 麻豆社’s East Bank Programme, as part of , supports music making across the four Olympic boroughs (Hackney, Newham, Waltham Forest and Tower Hamlets) through teacher CPD, schools concerts and workshops and collaborations with partner schools.

Upcoming Activity:

  • Termly Meet a Musician workshops continue with schools across East London - inspiring workshops with musicians from the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra and 麻豆社 Singers

To find out more email east.education@bbc.co.uk

Teaching resources available to all:

  • 麻豆社 Teach

    Free classroom resources for primary and secondary school teachers. 麻豆社 Teach is home to thousands of free curriculum-mapped classroom videos, arranged by age-group and subject.

  • 麻豆社 Ten Pieces

    Open up the world of classical music to 7-14 year olds with exciting films, lesson plans and instrumental arrangements.

  • 麻豆社 Young Composer

    麻豆社 Young Composer is home to a wealth of composition resources for both teachers and young people with the hope of inspiring more young people to get creative with music and consider a career in the music industry.

2023: 麻豆社 Singers and school choirs perform to Gaia at UCL East

麻豆社 Singers and school choirs perform to Gaia at UCL East

麻豆社 Singers & children from 3 East London partner schools perform to Gaia at UCL East.

麻豆社 and UCL are partners in East Bank, the UK’s newest cultural quarter at the heart of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. In the lead up to the opening of the 麻豆社’s new music studio, the 麻豆社 Singers and 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra are collaborating with three east London schools, Bobby Moore Academy, Hillyfield Primary Academy and St Winefride’s Catholic Primary School, exploring music-making in these communities.

On Friday 6 October 2023 around 100 children from these schools performed with the 麻豆社 Singers in a celebration of planet Earth at the UCL East Marshgate building. The backdrop for the performance, entitled Earth, Air and Moon, was the magnificent 8-meter wide Gaia globe artwork by Luke Jerram that gently spins in the building’s vast atrium. This 麻豆社 and UCL event marks the first of many exciting collaborations.

Conductor Nicholas Chalmers
Choir 麻豆社 Singers
piano Harry Baker
double bass Jonny Wickham