Hallé Concerts for Schools by The Hallé

CONCERTS FOR SCHOOLS 2024-25 AT THE BRIDGEWATER HALL, MANCHESTER

THEORCHESTRATHROUGH

Concerts for Key Stage 1

‘Thank you for such a wonderful concert. The best bit for me was seeing children’s faces during the performance ... open-mouthed, truly captivated and amazed at the music. We would love to come again next year!’ (Head Teacher)

Thu 12 June 2025, 10.30am and 1pm

The Hallé • Euan Shields conductor • Tom Redmond presenter

The Hallé’s interactive concerts for Key Stage 1 are filled with music, fun and audience participation.

Led by a friendly presenter, younger audience members will experience a range of live orchestral music that they can interact with in different ways such as listening, clapping, singing and dancing. Our Under the Sea programme will include the narration of Marcus Pfister’s much-loved story Rainbow Fish, with music to bring to life the actions and emotions in the story.

music will include:

Debussy: En Bateau from Petite Suite MMC Y1

Saint-Saëns Aquarium from Carnival of the Animals MMC Y2

Anna Clyne Night Ferry MMC Y2

Simon Franglen: Happiness is Simple from Avatar

Alan Menken The Little Mermaid: Under the Sea

In addition to the concert itself, all schools will receive free resources in advance of the concert to explore cross-curricular links with the music and help prepare the children for their visit to the Hallé. This will include all the resources needed for preparing a song to sing along to with the orchestra.

We advise to arrive approximately 45 minutes prior to the concert start time. The concert running time is approximately 60 minutes.

TO BOOK: Tickets will go on sale in February 2025. Please visit halle.co.uk/project/key-stage-1-concert

COME AND PLAY

Concerts for Key Stage 2

‘One small step for man…’

‘The children came out from the concert so inspired! Great combination of sitting and listening balanced with opportunities for them to move/dance.’ (Teacher)

Tue 17 June, 1.30pm and other dates and venues*

The Hallé • Euan Shields conductor • Ruth Rosales presenter

‘One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.’ Neil Armstrong on landing on the Moon, 20 July 1969.

Inspired by Neil Armstrong and the moon landings, explore amazing worlds in space through music from across the galaxies, and play along with the world-famous Hallé!

Working with schools through our many Music Education Hub partners, Come and Play with the Hallé is a specially-designed concert for Key Stage 2 children learning a musical instrument through the Whole Class Ensemble Teaching Programme (also known as First Access). This concert presents a variety of music which enables collaboration between the world-class musicians of the Hallé and young instrumentalists at the start of their musical journey.

Our journey into Space includes two instrumental pieces to play along with, two songs to sing and a dance piece to get you moving. Young musicians experience the power of a symphony orchestra first hand, as well as being a part of it. Children are welcome to attend without instruments if you prefer.

music will include:

R. Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra MMC Y2

Britten Four Sea Interludes: Dawn and Storm MMC Y3

Beethoven Symphony No.5 (extract) MMC Y4

Copland Fanfare For The Common Man MMC Y4

Holst The Planets: Mars (MMC Year 1) and Jupiter MMC Y8

Grainer and Derbyshire, orch. Murray Gold Doctor Who Theme MMC Y9

All schools will receive free resources in advance of the concert including a CPD video, instrumental parts that have been written specifically for Key Stage 2 children to play, song resources and backing tracks. These resources will enable teachers to have fun in your music classes, make Model Music Curriculum links and prepare the children for the concert experience.

We advise to arrive approximately 45 minutes prior to the concert start time. The concert running time is approximately 65 minutes.

TO BOOK:

In the first instance, please contact your local Music Education Hub or Music Service.

* The concert on Tuesday 17 June 2025 at The Bridgewater Hall is open to any school who, for whatever reason, is not able to join a specific Hub/Music Service concert: tickets will go on sale in January 2025.

To register your interest or if you would like to be contacted on ticket release, please visit halle.co.uk/projects/come-and-play-concerts

HALLÉ FOR YOUTH

Concerts for Key Stages 2 and 3

‘The interactive elements meant that children had opportunity to feel like they were a part of the event. The presenter was amazing and the music was fantastic! It was a hugely positive experience, which all our children (and staff) enjoyed.’’ (Teacher)

Are Sitting You Comfortably?

Tue 4 Mar 2025 10.30am and 1pm (Key Stage 2)

Wed 5 Mar 2025 10.30am (Key Stage 2)

Thu 6 Mar 2025 10.30am (Key Stage 3)

The Hallé • Euan Shields conductor • Tom Redmond presenter

Bring your school to hear the mighty Hallé live in concert at The Bridgewater Hall! This concert is a perfect introduction to the exciting sounds of a large symphony orchestra, and includes a large screen showing live-stream footage, enabling the whole audience to see the instruments of the orchestra more easily.

Love reading? Join us in the week of World Book Day to explore music inspired by classic texts and to discover new stories you have not yet encountered.

music will include:

Dukas The Sorceror’s Apprentice MMC Y3 (Goethe)

Prokofiev Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet MMC Y3 (Shakespeare)

Bernstein Mambo and Cool from West Side Story MMC Y1 and 8 (Shakespeare)

Wagner Ride of the Valkyries from The Valkyrie MMC Y8 (Volsunga Saga)

Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre MMC Y3 (Illustrated sermon texts)

Offenbach Cancan from Orpheus in the Underworld MMC Y6 (Virgil)

All schools will receive free resources in advance of the concert to have fun in your music classes, make Model Music Curriculum links and prepare the children for the concert experience. For the Key Stage 2 concerts only, this will include resources to help prepare to sing along to ‘The Bare Necessities’ from The Jungle Book with the orchestra.

We advise to arrive approximately 45 minutes prior to the concert start time. The concert running time is approximately 70 minutes.

TO BOOK: tickets are on sale now. To book visit halle.co.uk/project/halle-for-youth

For GCSE and A level students

ORCHESTRATHROUGHTHEAGES SET WORKS

Fri 18 Oct 2024 1.45pm

The Hallé • Euan Shields conductor • Tom Redmond presenter

The Hallé’s dedicated set works concert, ‘The Orchestra Through the Ages’, has been created in collaboration with teachers and music educators across the country to provide a unique resource for pupils studying GCSE and A-level music.

‘The Orchestra Through the Ages’ takes pupils on a guided tour of music from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Featuring a number of orchestral pieces from the AQA, OCR, WJEC and Edexcel syllabuses for GCSE and A-level music, the concert demonstrates the development of the symphony orchestra with a brief history and musical analysis of some key pieces.

music will include extracts from:

Haydn Symphony No. 104, ‘London’

Mozart Clarinet Concerto

Beethoven Symphony No. 1

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’

Stravinsky The Rite Of Spring

Herrmann Prelude from Psycho

Stephen Schwartz Defying Gravity from Wicked

We advise to arrive approximately 45 minutes prior to the concert start time. The concert running time is approximately 75 minutes.

This concert is presented in collaboration with The Bridgewater Hall.

TO BOOK:

Tickets are on sale NOW. To book tickets for this concert, please visit our website halle.co.uk/project/set-works-concert

‘We all thought the concert was outstanding… it felt like the best music lesson ever!’ (Teacher)

Music is for everyone, and we welcome you to get involved!

Hallé Connect brings together all of the Hallé’s work away from the formal concert platform, working across the whole community, from schools to care homes, nurturing young talent and bringing music in its broadest terms to those who may choose not to attend the concert hall.

Hallé musicians work in various settings across Greater Manchester and beyond, releasing creativity and raising aspirations through very accessible and practical projects. In 2023-24 over 41,000 participants took part in over 75,000 engagements across all Hallé Connect programmes.

The Hallé is an Arts Award supporter and our education programme provides opportunities for schools and individuals working towards Arts Award and Artsmark qualifications.

Please visit halle.co.uk/connect to discover more about our in-school projects and community outreach initiatives. Our family of ensembles offers opportunities for making music regularly, all of which are free for children and young people.

‘I will be eternally grateful to you for helping my boy realise that life is not for fitting into the standard, one fits all, box and helping him realise that being himself is good enough.’

Hallé Children’s Choir parent

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Find out more about our schools concerts by visiting halle.co.uk/connect

Artists and programme correct at time of going to print, but we reserve the right to change them if necessary.

Photographs and videos will be taken at all of our concerts and may include occasional shots of the audience broadcast live on a big screen in the auditorium for Hallé for Youth. Some of this material may be used for promotional purposes and the Hallé asks all schools to seek the relevant consent and permissions. If any school has any issues with this, please raise these on the booking form or contact rachel.graff@halle.co.uk.

Our concerts have pieces that form part of the Model Music Curriculum for Key Stages 1–3. Pieces in the curriculum are marked with this graphic followed by the relevant school year.

We’d like to thank our partners, sponsors, funders, patrons and every loyal supporter for their generosity which means we are able to perform these concerts.