Making Music Virtual Field Trip

Working with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra (CSO), LEARNZ offers students and teachers the chance to join the orchestra on tour, during a rehearsal and at the orchestra’s concert, Rodgers and Hammerstein - A Tribute, playing on the 31 July at the Christchurch Town Hall. Classes get to meet musicians, conductors, front of house and marketing teams as well as going back stage to see how the concert is managed. In the build up to this concert students will also learn about playing in an orchestra, different musical genres, the art of making music, the life of a musicians, instrument families of the orchestra, music reading, composition and conducting.

LEARNZ is a free online education programme for students in New Zealand state, private and integrated schools. During the virtual field trip experience students stay at school but visit places they would never otherwise go to and interact with people they would never meet. Students' participation is supported by online background materials and activities, and is enabled using live audioconferencing, web board and diaries, images and videos uploaded daily.

Click here for more information about how to get involved in the Making Music virtual field trip.