BBC Music has announced the launch of Ten Pieces III for the 2017/18 academic year.
Aimed at inspiring a generation of children to get creative with classical music, the Ten Pieces programme invites children aged 7-14 to develop their own creative responses to ten pieces of music.
The initiative has so far reached over four million school children across the UK, sold out four BBC Proms concerts and won a BAFTA for the Ten Pieces II film.
Announced today the new list of repertoire for Ten Pieces III includes works such as Purcell’s Abdelazer Suite, Sibelius’s Finlandia and movements from Mason Bates’s Anthropology of Fantastic Zoology. It also includes a new commission by British female composer, Kerry Andrew, whose work No Place Like takes words submitted by children from across the UK.
Kerry’s commission for acapella voices takes inspiration from children's words about their home, giving young people the opportunity to contribute to one of the Ten Pieces for the first time.
Composer Kerry said: ‘I am honoured to have been asked to create a piece for the BBC Ten Pieces. 'No Place Like' explores the idea of what home means to young people, and includes musical moments for schools to put their own stamp on it, depending on where they live!
‘The lyrics were adapted from a huge amount of words sent to me by primary school children around the UK. They told me where they were from - everything from 'my mummy's tummy' to 'the Big Bang'. Their contributions were heart-warming and inspiring - a portrait of the nation through the eyes of kids. I’m really excited to imagine that children all around the country will be taking my piece and making it their own.’
Ten Pieces is a project delivered by BBC Music and BBC Learning in conjunction with the BBC Orchestras and Choirs.
Schools can find out more information on the Ten Pieces website bbc.co.uk/tenpieces
Aimed at inspiring a generation of children to get creative with classical music, the Ten Pieces programme invites children aged 7-14 to develop their own creative responses to ten pieces of music.
The initiative has so far reached over four million school children across the UK, sold out four BBC Proms concerts and won a BAFTA for the Ten Pieces II film.
Announced today the new list of repertoire for Ten Pieces III includes works such as Purcell’s Abdelazer Suite, Sibelius’s Finlandia and movements from Mason Bates’s Anthropology of Fantastic Zoology. It also includes a new commission by British female composer, Kerry Andrew, whose work No Place Like takes words submitted by children from across the UK.
Kerry’s commission for acapella voices takes inspiration from children's words about their home, giving young people the opportunity to contribute to one of the Ten Pieces for the first time.
Composer Kerry said: ‘I am honoured to have been asked to create a piece for the BBC Ten Pieces. 'No Place Like' explores the idea of what home means to young people, and includes musical moments for schools to put their own stamp on it, depending on where they live!
‘The lyrics were adapted from a huge amount of words sent to me by primary school children around the UK. They told me where they were from - everything from 'my mummy's tummy' to 'the Big Bang'. Their contributions were heart-warming and inspiring - a portrait of the nation through the eyes of kids. I’m really excited to imagine that children all around the country will be taking my piece and making it their own.’
Ten Pieces is a project delivered by BBC Music and BBC Learning in conjunction with the BBC Orchestras and Choirs.
Schools can find out more information on the Ten Pieces website bbc.co.uk/tenpieces
