- event type:Classical:NEXT 22 Conference
- date:17 May 2022
- time:16:45 - 17:45
- city/area:Hannover
- venue:HCC, Konferenzraum 27
- country:Germany
- event posted by:Piranha Arts
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Session 5
Chaired by Kate Whitley (UK), ceo & artistic director, The Multi-Story Orchestra
with Prince Farron Shodipe (UK), young leader, The Multi-Story Orchestra
We are The Multi-Story Orchestra – an orchestra that plays in car parks. Last year some of the teenagers we work with asked us to help them make a piece of music about gang culture, after a friend of theirs was killed in a knife fight.
Together we created a piece that told the story from their perspective. This was a completely new way to make music for The Multi-Story Orchestra, transforming the traditional ways that orchestras create and perform. It also completely changed the orchestra's relationship with the local community and gave the work an incredible sense of purpose.
In this session, The Multi-Story Orchestra founder Kate will introduce Prince and Flame – two of the young people who created The Endz – to talk about this unique way of working. The session will include an interactive discussion with the audience, creating and exploring ideas about what working like this mean for the future of classical music.