Middleton Primary School are very grateful to the Blue Spark Foundation who kindly funded a composer to work with their children.
Various composition workshops ensued which introduced the children to the process of composing as well as developing their improvisation skills. These were led by Tamsyn Durrant who got a feel for the children’s musical abilities.
Once armed with this knowledge and the children’s ideas for the composition Tamsyn cleverly composed a piece of music with parts specifically created for each section of the orchestra based on their level.
The children thought the piece should be inspired by the Middleton Railway as the steam engine features on their school logo. The piece has a lot of clickity clacks and choo choos!
The chairman of Middleton Railway Trust, Charles Milner, was at the premiere of this piece. He commented:
“It was a pleasure to listen to the piece and also to the improvised piece which proceeded it. You must be very proud of your orchestra and its members should all be very proud of their performance. I think that the children of Middleton Primary School are very fortunate to have such committed and enthusiastic teachers to introduce them to the pleasures and joys of music.”
The composer, Tamsyn Durrant, said it was special to “hear the whole piece being played with such energy.”
This post is based on a press release issued by Middleton Primary School
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