Secondary School Events

Spring 2013

Fantastic Symphonies Concert

Thursday 21 March 2013, 12pm, Barbican Centre

Explore the secrets behind four symphonic masterworks with LSO Animateur Paul Rissmann. In a new Discovery concert format, the LSO will perform single movements from Haydn’s Symphony No. 104, Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, and Mahler and Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphonies. Paul will guide your class through important aspects of the musical styles and will shed light on the history and cultural context of the composers and their music.
This concert is a general exploration of the symphonic form and is equally suitable for A-level students, GCSE students, or KS3 students with existing knowledge of orchestral music.

Booking is now open for this concert

Please download and fill in the booking form found at the bottom of this page.

Guided Concert Nights

Tue 11 June 2013, Barbican Centre

The LSO's Guided Concert Nights offer the chance to learn the stories behind the notes and attend an evening LSO performance. This informal pre-concert workshop for secondary school groups, presented by LSO Animateur Rachel Leach, will give you an introduction to the repertoire you will be hearing in the concert. You will also meet an LSO player, who will play excerpts from the music and talk to you about life in the orchestra.

Workshops take place 6–7pm and the LSO Concerts begin at 7.30pm. Tickets to the evening concert are included in the workshop cost.

Booking is now open for this workshop

Please download and fill in the booking form found at the bottom of this page.

A-level Gamelan Workshops

We are now offering Gamelan workshops for students in Key Stage 5 that focus on Baris Melampahan. For more information and how to book click here.

A-level Seminar

The 2012 A-level Seminar took place in November. A video of this seminar will be available in the new year on the LSO's YouTube channel.

The video will include Rachel Leach and LSO players exploring Poulenc's Sontata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone – one of the Edexcel set works for both AS and A2 exams in 2013.

Most previous A-level Seminars are made available for students to watch online. Click here to watch the 2011 A-level seminar (Brahms Piano Quintet in F Minor, Opus 34) or click the link below for more videos.

LSO Discovery A-Level Seminars are supported by the Clore Duffield Foundation