By Sophie Drysdale | COO
Thanks to your support we have been able to rise to the challenge of the past 18 months. A particular high point was a special performance by the North Kensington Children’s Orchestra together with violinist Braimah Kanneh-Mason, singer Ella Knight, and conductor Natalia Luis-Bassa. The North Kensington Children’s Orchestra Unmuted! project gave our young musicians the opportunity to meet and hear from the professional musicians in a Q&A session, take part in online masterclasses and play alongside them.
It also provided a chance for young people of colour, who make up most of our musicians, to connect with two Black professional artists and learn from their experiences. Musicians of colour are a very small minority in the world of classical music at professional level. The same is true of female conductors. Braimah, Ella and Natalia have been inspiring role models for our young musicians.
‘I loved playing with Braimah because he gave us lots of tips and advice on how to play the pieces and also he improvised on the way he played and gave us a few improvisation tips.’
It was a real joy for our young musicians to play together as an ensemble once again, and very exciting for them to do so alongside professional artists. The recording can be watched here.
We are delighted to now be back teaching in person and we’re looking forward to a day not too far off when we can be back in the room with our favourite audience-members – we miss you all! On behalf of all the children at Nucleo, thank you for transforming lives through music.
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