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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ at East Bank: Schools Programme

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½’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:

  • Schools concerts for Key Stage 2 with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra will take place in April 2026 at Hackney Empire
  • Termly Meet a Musician workshops continue with schools across East London - inspiring workshops with musicians from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers

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

Teaching resources available to all:

2023: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and school choirs perform to Gaia at UCL East

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and school choirs perform to Gaia at UCL East

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers & children from 3 East London partner schools perform to Gaia at UCL East.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½’s new music studio, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ and UCL event marks the first of many exciting collaborations.

Conductor Nicholas Chalmers
Choir ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers
piano Harry Baker
double bass Jonny Wickham