Past Projects

Hearing Colours, Seeing Sounds

31 May 2006

An exploration of synaesthesia with musicians, scientists, and artists.

Speakers:

Daniel Glaser (chair), Jamie Ward – scientists

Samantha Moore, Lynette Kay - artists

And musicians from the New London Orchestra

If music be the food of love, play on

7th February 2007

An evening of live music, fine food, wine and discussion on the themes of music and emotion, and why music can ignite feelings of romance, happiness, or melancholy.

Speakers:

Daniel Glaser (chair), Lauren Stewart – scientists

Ian Lynn, David Stoll – composers

And musicians from the New London Orchestra

In 2005, in collaboration with English Heritage, the New London Orchestra created two projects for the Chiswick House Summer Festival: creating and performing an original song with three local primary schools, and creating a unique installation using spatial sound, CCTV and live orchestral musicians in collaboration with Thor McIntyre-Burnie.

In 2003-2004, supported by the National Lottery’s Community Fund, and Network Pathfinder, Urban Voices involved 300 people from schools and community groups in Gospel Oak, Camden. The participants wrote text about their area for a composition by Ronald Corp which was performed in February 2004 at Talacre Sports Centre. This project also included DJ workshops for the Queens Crescent Youth Inclusion Project, who performed their track at the final concert.

Music and the Mind Festival, April 2003

Patron: Baroness Greenfield

This festival was the first major creative and research collaboration in a partnership between the New London Orchestra and University College London (UCL). It took place at the UCL Bloomsbury Theatre.

The festival explored many aspects of music and its relationship with the brain, mental health, learning and psychology.

Over four days ‘Music and the Mind’..

•Presented new research relating to music and the mind in an accessible way

•Used music and visual art as a platform from which to spark interest in the workings of the human brain, increasing and broadening the public’s appreciation and understanding of science

•Explored how children with disabilities (especially deafness, blindness and autism) perceive, produce and appreciate music, and how music can be employed to enhance their quality of life

Speakers at the festival included:

•Paul Robertson

•John Sloboda

•Daniel Glaser

•Vincent Walsh

•John Gruzelier

•Lauren Stewart

•Graham Welch

Performers at the festival included:

•The Pirasti Trio

•Craig Ogden guitar  

•Helen Reid piano

•Tim Whitehead

  saxophone

" This is the first conference on music psychology I know about that has been the result of a collaboration between an orchestra and researchers, specifically with the initiative for the event being in the hands of the orchestra. The consequent combination of scientific and artistic events was unique, and was reflected in the very high attendance from a wide range of participants. "

Professor John Sloboda

" I believe ‘Music and the Mind’ forms the beginning of a new renaissance… truly an immense gift to both musicians and scientists alike. "

Professor Paul Robertson

Concert for Cancer Research UK

28 September | 7.30pm

Grosvenor chapel

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