Innovative &

Interactive Music

Workshops for GCSE

& A - Level

www.berkshiremaestros.org.uk/academy

“The composition

workshop was really

relevant to my school

work”

LIL Participant 2014

“It was great to meet

like-minded students

and get tips on writing

our own pieces”

LIL Particpants 2014

“I enjoyed hearing the

live music dissected”

LIL participant 2013

What is Learn It Live? Learn It Live is an innovative music workshop

experience for A-level & GCSE students across Berkshire.

LIL Workshop Days draw together students from across the county

and combine interactive live performances of set works with detailed

musical analysis and composition. Participants work with professional

musicians, composers & animateurs to develop and refine their

composition ideas.

‘I really enjoyed “jamming” and the composition workshop for the freedom

of ideas’ - LIL participant 2014

LIL brings high level performances of A-level set works to your doorstep.

Ask questions, dissect ideas, manipulate sounds, challenge your

knowledge and create your own compositions - all in one day!

LIL participants will all have the opportunity

to:

Hear live performances of selected set works

Explore instrument specific

techniques and timbres in a real life setting

Play/Improvise in the style of set works

alongside professional musicians

Immerse themselves in the key features of

selected set works

Share their knowledge with other A-Level

students

Be guided in composition by

composers and professional musicians

Create and compose a new work for alive

ensemble

Record their compositions for further study

and revision (notation and audio/visual)

What Will Students Gain?

“…really engaging, interesting and

beautifully executed”

Reading University PGCE Tutor 2012

“A great chance for pupils to meet each

other … and get involved in music making”

LIL School Teachers 2014/15

“The Composer’s Toolkits were really useful

for developing initial ideas”

LIL School Teacher 2014/15

What The Students Say...

“The musicians and workshop leaders were

passionate, inspirational, fearless and really

supportive”

LIL participants 2014

“It was absolutely rocking in there”

LIL participant 2014

“Fabulous, interactive activities that really

made us think…”

LIL participant 2013

“I will take away lots of new ways to use

instruments which I do not play

myself….and apply these ideas in my

compositions”

LIL participant 2014

What The Teachers Think

GCSE - East Meets West

Explore ‘Rag Desh’ and the

music of India through live

Sitar and Tabla performances.

Learn and perform music

using Indian Raga as a full

ensemble and in traditional

Indian style!

9.30am - 10.00am Registration

Arrival, welcome &

refreshments for staff

and students.

10.00am - 1.00pm Carousel

Workshops

Exploring rhythm,

harmony structure

and live performance

in mixed school

workshop groups.

1.00pm - 2.00pm Working Lunch

Design brief project

leading into

afternoon

composition

sessions.

2.00pm - 4.00pm

Composition

Sessions

Create a brand new

‘fusion’ composition

with visiting

composers and

animateurs.

4.00pm - 5.00pm Performance

Group sharing and

audio/visual

recording of new

music created.

What’s involved

Sit inside

our orchestra as

you discover Handel’s

‘Water Music’ from the inside

out. Includes demonstrations of

period instrument techniques

and a performer’s eye view of

the orchestra.

A2 Workshops

Miles Davis ‘Four’ &

Brahms Piano 5tet in F minor

Examining thematic

development within contrasting

genres. Discovering how

themes are exploited by the

composers

for musical

effect.

Registration

Arrival, welcome and

refreshments for staff

and students.

12:30—1:00pm

Workshop 1

Choice of AS/A2

workshops exploring

key musical features

and concepts through

live performance

1:00—2:30pm

Afternoon Tea

2:30—3:30pm

Workshop 2/

Teachers’ Tea

Workshops as opposite

continue.

An opportunity to meet

and share resources,

ideas and compare

sample coursework.

3:30—4:30pm

Round Up Challenge

Quiz games and

activities linked to the

set workshops

competing for the

musical prizes

4:30—5:00pm

AS

Workshops

Haydn ‘The joke’ Quartet &

Desmond Dekker ‘You can get it …’

Delving into the role that

melody and harmony play

creating humour and altering a

musical atmosphere.

A Level - UNWRAPPED!

What’s involved

Getting involved with your students is

easy!

Email:

learnitlive@berkshiremaestros.org.uk

And let us know by Friday 10 July that

you want to reserve some places….

We will send you a booking form and

ask for provisional student numbers by

the end of July 2015.

All event fees are inclusive of

refreshments, workshop packs, revision

toolkits and audio visual recordings for

students and teachers.

Confirmation of numbers:

A-Level unwrapped Sessions will be

required by Monday 21 September 2015.

GCSE East Meets West Events will be

required by Monday 14 December 2015.

How to Get Involved…

You can also keep updated on our webpage

www.berkshiremaestros.org.uk/academy

Event Date & Time Venue Fee

A-Level Unwrapped Monday

19 October 2015

1pm -5pm

Stoneham Court,

RG30 4EZ

£15 a student

(including

afternoon tea)

GCSE - East Meets West Monday

8 February 2016

10am - 5pm

Kennet School

RG19 4LL

£25 a student

(including pizza

lunch)

GCSE - East Meets West Tuesday

9 February 2016

10am - 5pm

St Crispins School

RG40 1SS

£25 a student

(including pizza

lunch)