We run subject workshops for Year 12 students which can be delivered at your school or college or at City St George's, University of London
MUSIC AT CITY ST GEORGE'S
Situated at the heart of one of the world's greatest music cities, City St George's combines world-leading research with exceptional teaching in performance, composition, and musicology, with a strong community feel. Our outstanding facilities for performance, sound recording, and composition include our famous sound studios, and students are also able to access conservatoire-level tuition, music industry professionals, and composers.
Our Music department runs a variety of sessions available for schools and colleges, including talks on what it is like to study music at university and taster lectures to give students a feel for university-level study in the subject.
ACTIVITY DETAILS
We run sessions in the following topics:
Music Department Overview:
In these sessions, one of our academic staff, alongside a current student or alumnus where possible, will talk you through our BA undergraduate programmes, discussing the facilities and opportunities on offer as well as the course content and the types of employability prospects you might expect following graduation. This will usually take the format of a short presentation followed by a mini-taster session, tour of the facilities, and a Q&A.
Production and Performance
Outstanding performers drawn from our academic and instrumental staff are able to lead masterclasses. These offer invaluable insights into musicianship and technical approaches to performance. Participants and listeners report finding the experience inspirational and stimulating, both musically and intellectually.
Composition
Our award-winning composition staff cover an extremely broad range of compositional styles and approaches. We can offer workshops for composers wishing to explore instrumental and vocal music, studio composition, and music and the moving image. We can also cut across these areas to deliver workshops that help students and teachers identify new strategies for developing compositional ideas and materials.
Music Technology
We have longstanding research interests in the connection between music and technology and can provide lecture-demonstrations exploring some of the creative techniques composers use to develop distinctive aural materials that explore the boundaries between sound-design and music. We can introduce a range of open-source DSP (Digital Signal Processing) tools and innovative sound manipulation techniques for enhancing students' sound palettes.
Theory & Analysis
We have several theory and analysis specialists in the department who are able to guide students through the building blocks of tonal materials, both traditional and beyond. Our workshops will help to improve students’ skills relating to the appreciation, evaluation, analysis, and composition of music using standard Western staff notation.
Music History & Cultural Context
Our historical musicology workshops will encourage students to examine aspects of the relationships between musical development and reception and the geographic, historical, and social contexts in which they occur. Taster sessions can be broad or specific as required, either discussing the concepts of representation and meaning in music, and the interweaving of art, culture, and society more generally, or applying these concepts to a specific area of music.
Improvisation and Experimental Music
Building on our very successful Experimental Ensemble, we are able to provide workshops for groups of students that focus on new ways of listening, performing, and interacting. We explore basic improvisation warm-up techniques and then develop methods to interpret graphic and animated scores. This is open to all students regardless of performing experience. Along with the workshop leader, this enjoyable activity is also often facilitated by some current student members of our Experimental Ensemble.
Why study Music
Why study Music? A look at Music as a subject and career opportunities (talk).
WHO CAN BOOK THESE EVENTS
This event is only for teachers making bookings for their school groups.
These workshops are only suitable for year 12 and 13 (pre-UCAS deadline) students.
Individual students interested in events at City St George's, University of London are encouraged to attend an open day, taster day, or book a campus tour. More information can be found here: http://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/study/visit-us
WHERE THESE SESSIONS TAKE PLACE
At your school or college
Or at City St George's as part of a visit to our Clerkenwell Campus
HOW TO BOOK US TO VISIT YOUR SCHOOL OR COLLEGE
Sessions typically last 1 hour - 1.5 hours depending on the activity.
Fill in the enquiry form with the following information:
Let us know you'd like us to deliver a session at your school/college
Select a talk or workshop from the list above
Potential dates & times
The number of students
The qualifications the students study
HOW TO BOOK A VISIT TO CITY ST GEORGE'S
Visits to City St George's, including department sessions, usually last a half day.
Fill in the enquiry form with the following information:
Let us know you'd like to arrange a visit to City St George's
Select one or two workshops from the list above. We will usually add in an introductory talk about this course at City St George's and a campus tour.
Potential dates & times
The number of students
The qualifications the students study
HOW MUCH DO THESE ACTIVITIES COST?
All of our activities are free!
However, we unfortunately cannot cover transport or food costs for school groups if you're visiting City St George's Clerkenwell Campus.
WHERE IS CITY ST GEORGE'S LOCATED?
City St George's (Clerkenwell) is based in Central London, so we do not have anywhere for coaches to park.
We are located a short walk from Farringdon (Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, Circle, Elizabeth, Thameslink, and Great Northern lines) and Angel (Northern Line) stations.
All activities are subject to the availability of City St George's staff. Whilst we do our best to accommodate requests, we reserve the right to decline bookings if we do not have the capacity to deliver them.