Vision and goals Leerorkest
The Leerorkest wants to give as many children as possible the chance to discover how fun and magical it is to play an instrument and make music together. At the base lies the vision that the Leerorkest stands for: democratization of music education. Initiator and director Marco de Souza says: 'We believe that art is for everyone. But music education is often organized in such a way that it is high threshold and costly. We want to make sure that the threshold is much lower, so that children in disadvantaged positions have the opportunity to learn how to make music and also have an instrument to practice at home. '
Music has so much to offer children. It is not only very fun to do, but also proven good for cognitive, social and emotional development. Making music makes children smart, social and happy. There's so much to it, concentration, discipline, persevering. Take care of your own musical instrument. In an orchestra you learn to work together and listen to each other. Performing together makes for unforgettable experiences. Feel competent and be proud. Children grow enormously from that!
Every child has talent.For us, talent development means giving a child the opportunity to learn to enjoy art and culture and to discover what it can produce. In primary school age, children are most receptive to musical development. At a young age, the germ is laid for the future. In the Leerorkest, all dormant talents are addressed, from enthusiastic amateur or enjoying spectator to future professional musician.
Equal opportunities with Leerorkest at school.With a Learning Orchestra at school, every child gets the chance to experience the positive effects of music. Just like every child learns to read and write. The design of the Leerorkest is that all children learn to play a musical instrument through weekly music lessons from professional music teachers at their own school, during school time. They learn to play on the usual musical instruments of the symphony orchestra: violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, horn and percussion. Next, it is about interplay, rehearsals and performances. There are also after-school talent orchestras and follow-up courses in secondary education.
Connection and enrichment
A Learning Orchestra at school connects. Not only with each other at school, but also with a much larger set of musical traditions in the Netherlands. For many children, getting acquainted with a symphonic musical instrument and classical music is absolutely not self-evident. The threshold to the music school is often high, just like the threshold to a concert hall. The Learning Orchestra gives children the chance to be players instead of outsiders. They reap the benefits of that throughout their lives. Moreover: The more children make music, the more beautiful the Netherlands sounds!
The five string quartets of the leather orchestra have performed together with the Dudok Quartet in the tv program “Tijd voor Max” on NPO 1. Where the Dudok Quartet and Het Leerorkest join forces and perform with the third part of Beethoven opus 18 nr. 6 and Mary Cohen's “Sing it 'n' Swing it”.
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