PROJECT PORTFOLIO

SOUND INVENTOR PROJECTS for young people

 

Composition

Projects with young people are delivered by an experienced team comprising of a composer/s, performing musicians and a manager. As well as receiving copies of the relevant Composition Kit, a recording is made to CD of each young composer's work.  Projects can range from one-day workshops to masterclasses to week-long projects. 

 

Week-long projects		Masterclasses	One-day workshops
Level 1	4 instruments	v      Prepared score for Sound Inventors ensemble	v      Time-limited tasks
Level 2	4 instruments and voice	v      Playthrough	v        Pick & mix content
Level 3	5 instruments	v      Comment & analysis	v        Customised from broad-sweep to specific e.g. .form, notation, instruments, starting points
		v      Recording	v        Tasters

 

In each case, participants need to have some notational literacy and will be working as an individual writing for professional players.

 

Improvisation

 

Improvisation Projects are led by a composer and 2 musicians and take the form of a practical one-day workshop looking at the idea of improvisation from the compositional point of view. All participants need to be instrumentalists or singers.

 
Customised Provision

 

Any and each of the above can be adapted to various forms of Applied Music, e.g:

 Music for Dance    Music for Theatre    Music for Film

Music for Animation   Music for Amateurs and Children

 

SOUND INVENTOR PROJECTS for adults

 

Our provision for young people above has successfully been adapted for older participants. Workshops, week-long projects and masterclasses can all be customised for a broad audience including those in Further or Higher Education, community learning programmes or as interested individuals.  

 

SOUND INVENTOR PROJECTS as CPD

 

This area of Sound Inventors is designed for actual or potential deliverers of composition skills development such as music professionals, teachers, tutors and workshop leaders.

 

Content might include:

 

•   Delivery to groups and individuals.
• How to start writing music.
• Controlled improvisation
• How to assess creative work.
• Notation
• Structure and form
• Orchestration/instrumentation
• How to practise composition.
• Finding performers
• How to resource a project
• Risk assessments and safe management
• Evaluation

 

    

     q       Orchestral player
q       Solo singers

q       Choir members

q       Outreach staff

q       Community musicians

q       Instrumental teachers

 

 

SOUND INVENTOR PROJECTS publications

 

Reusable written resources underpin much of Sound Inventors work, sustaining ongoing work and replication of projects and activities. 

 

Materials designed to be practical and suitable in both formal taught and individual learning settings, include:

 

Composition Kits 1 and 2 (with 3 forthcoming)

Project Manual

Worksheets in composition aimed at:

 

q       GCSE

 

q       AS Level

 

q       A LEVEL

 

q       Standard Grade

 

q       Higher Grade

 

SOUND INVENTOR PROJECTS RESIDENTIAL

 

Residential provision allows for an intense experience. Week-long residential projects allow and support participants to work through the Sound Inventors process at each level as well as undertake additional activities in performance, improvisation, music software and applied music.

 

See also Customised Provision above for details of how the week can be tailored to particular areas of interest

 

SOUND INVENTOR PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL

 

Sound Inventors is easily transferable to other geographical settings. English language versions are readily available for use beyond the UK and we are in the process of developing non-English materials.

 

Particular account is taken of differences in education systems, ways of working and musical traditions.

 
SOUND INVENTOR CURRICULAR PROJECTS

 

If preferred, Sound Inventor projects of all kinds can be designed with an in-built emphasis on explicit curricular cross-references. Particularly relevant under our CPD provision and with applicability across all age and ability ranges, mapping Sound Inventors work against various national curricula can either be embedded into delivery or worked through as an advice surgery post-event.

 

The work covers all aspects of music curricula from listening to performing to creating to peer assessment.

 

eSOUND INVENTOR PROJECTS

 

In addition to the range of face-to-face delivery means above, Sound Inventors is well-suited to exploiting the potential of new technology. A new range of provision will include:

q       eLearning and blended-learning opportunities

q       Website based information and resources

q       Sound Inventors discussion and learning groups

q       eTutoring and “learning platform” support
VIrtual Masterclasses and workshops