‘Atmospheres' is a full day workshop for 30 GCSE Music and Music Technology pupils encouraging their composition and performance skills and offering them the opportunity to learn from, and be inspired by a composer, music technology expert and professional musicians from the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera.

During the day the pupils will take part in time structured improvisation and composition, source sounds from the school environment and each others performances, manipulate these in software and create a 20-minute film score using their own instruments and/or music technology such as sound collection and sampling. The finished score will be performed and recorded at the end of the day and pupils will get to keep their own individual copies of the film.

Download resource pack here.

'Atmospheres' will be visiting:

Bristol - Thursday 21 October 10
Liverpool – Thursday 4 November 10
Wrexham – Wednesday 17 November 10
Southampton – Thursday 25 November 10
Cardiff - Tuesday 29 March 11
Plymouth - Tuesday 5 April 11
Milton Keynes - Tuesday 12 April 11

For more information please contact WNO MAX Åsa Malmsten on 02920 635 063, asa.malmsten@wno.org.uk

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Atmosphere Film - Bristol Mix from WNO MAX on Vimeo.

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Liverpool Mix from WNO MAX on Vimeo.

Composer - Pete M Wyer

Composer/Music Technology - James Clarke

Writer - Scott T Fitzgerald

Film Maker - Gavin Porter

Producer - Asa Malmsten