Musical creation workshops

In the Musical Creation Workshops – a flagship initiative of the Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon – collective music making and a personal experience of the world of the orchestra are the focus of a long-term project.

Run in partnership with the Conservatoire de Lyon and the Rhône regional education authority, it is the only such project in France. It has been running for over 20 years and is constantly evolving over the years. Today, nearly 3,500 children have been able to take part in this extraordinary adventure alongside major French jazz or contemporary composers.

AN ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL EDUCATION PROJECT FOCUSED ON CREATION

Over and above the purely artistic aspect of the project, the Musical Creation Workshops address learning objectives that are specific to artistic and cultural education: the development of cognitive skills, verbal ability, the acquisition of formative concepts in the child’s development, and so on. They provide an ideal opportunity for the child to grow and develop through music making, discovering a totally new universe, listening to others and learning to use their body and their voice in a group. What sets the Musical Creation Workshops apart is their very specific learning objective, namely to create music. The composer weaves the children’s musical contributions into the final score. All have an important role to play in the process of composing the music.

The teachers are the project supervisors in their class, tasked with turning this adults’ project into a fully-fledged class project. They give this project a key role in the class; they make it trickle into all of the lessons taught and they ensure that the various actions (workshops, gatherings) have a consistent learning focus.

A YEAR IMMERSED IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC

For each new edition, 150 children from three elementary schools in the City of Lyon are trained in a process of musical creation alongside a composer. A number of major events are dotted through the year :

MUSIC-MAKING WORKSHOPS IN THE SCHOOLS

Right from the start of the school year, the children take part in a weekly music-making workshop in their school, led by a trained musician from the Lyon Conservatory. The musicians pass on fundamental skills to the pupils, stimulating their creativity, teaching them the basics of music, how to move and how to sing. The workshops are also fertile ground for musical creation and the composer often adds the pupils’ input to the final score.

MEETING MUSICIANS FROM THE ORCHESTRA

Each schools works with a group of musicians from the Orchestre national de Lyon. The pupils generally meet the musicians in December, then see them again once a month until the concert. After having presented their instruments and their jobs, the musicians then help the children rehearse in the workshops.

MUSIC CLASSES

The music classes, held from January to March, are the high point of the project, when the children are immersed in the day-to-day life a major concert venue. At that time of the year, the children have already been working on their musical composition since September. Once the initial groundwork of the project has been mapped out, the music class familiarises the children with the venue where they will be giving their concert and make considerable progress with the composer’s writing of the score.

Within the bounds of a typical school week, the children’s timetable revolves around the musical creation. There are rehearsals - attended by the musician and the composer - and workshops to learn about the instruments of the orchestra. The children also sit in on some orchestra rehearsals and are lucky enough to meet the conductor who is leading that week’s concert and ask him/her their questions.

After the music classes, the children continue working with the teachers, the musicians involved in the project, the musicians in the Orchestre national de Lyon and the composer. The latter generally presents the final score in around March.

THE CONCERT

The project concludes at the end of the school year with the children’s concert on the stage of the Auditorium de Lyon. Two performances are scheduled: the first in early afternoon for an audience of school children (including the classes that will take part in the project the year after); the second in the evening, for the children’s families and the Auditorium’s audience. Rehearsals, including a dress rehearsal, are held before the concert so that the pupils can familiarise themselves with the stage area.

SAISON 2021/2022

Retour sur les chantiers de la création 21-22

A LOOK BACK ON 20 YEARS OF MUSICAL CREATION WORKSHOPS

École Condorcet (Lyon 3ème)
École Berthelot (Lyon 7ème)
École Les Anémones (Lyon 9ème)

Composer : Karl Naegelen

École Condé (Lyon 2ème)
École Alain Fournier (Lyon 8ème)
École Audrey Hepburn (Lyon 9ème)

Composer : Antoine Glatard

Ecole Robert Doisneau (Lyon 1er)
Ecole des Tables Claudiennes (Lyon 1er)
Ecole des Fougères (Lyon 9ème)

Composer : Laetitia Pansanel-Garric

École des Tables Claudiennes – Lyon 1er
École Robert Doisneau – Lyon 1er
École des Fougères – Lyon 9e

Composer : Karl Naegelen
Title of the piece : Une journée en musique

École Montbrillant – Lyon 3e
École Meynis – Lyon 3e
École Berthelier – Lyon 7e

Composer : Fabrice Lelong
Title of the piece : Hermès

École Michel Servet – Lyon 1er
École Aristide Briand – Lyon 7e
École Les Bleuets – Lyon 9e

Composer : Alexis Ciesla
Title of the piece : Autant d’oiseaux que de robots

École les Anémones – Lyon 9e
Title of the piece: : L’appel des dieux

École Ravier – Lyon 7e
Title of the piece : Kadath l’inaccessible

École Anatole France – Lyon 3e
Title of the piece : Monster show

Composer : Fabien Waksman
Global title : « La clé d’argent »

École Les Géraniums – Lyon 9e
Title of the piece : Alice et les percussionnistes

École Nové-Josserand – Lyon 3e
Title of the piece : Les Montres molles

École Lamartine – Lyon 2e
Title of the piece : Lithophone

Composer : Pascal Berne

École : École Servet – Lyon 1er
Title of the piece : Amalgame

École : École Fulchiron – Lyon 5e
Title of the piece : La somme des parties

École : École Fougères – Lyon 9e
Title of the piece : Hey toi qu’es là !

Composer : Sébastien Eglème

École : École Léon Jouhaux – Lyon 3e
École : École Louis Pasteur – Lyon 8e
École : École Jean Zay – Lyon 9e

Composer : Jean Ribbe
Title of the piece : Trois pas de côté (inspirée du Libertango d’Astor Piazzola)

École les Grillons – Lyon 9e
Composer : André Serre-Milan
Title of the piece : Rêve d’une ligne « Opéra des origines »

École Condorcet – Lyon 3e
Composer : Robert Clerc
Title of the piece : Branches

École Joseph Cornier – Lyon 4e
Composer : Jean-Pierre Caporossi
Title of the piece : L’écrevisse américaine

École Jean Zay – Lyon 9e
Composer : Rodolphe Schacher
Title of the piece : Les joies de la musique dans toutes se formes

École Aveyron – Lyon 4e
Composer : Luca Antignani
Title of the piece : Ganesh

École Créqui – Lyon 3e
Composer : Robert Clerc
Title of the piece : Fantaisie pour un Maréchal

École Lamartine – Lyon 2e
Composer : Jean-Pierre Caporossi
Title of the piece : Météo

École Racine – Lyon 6e
Composer : Sophie Lacaze
Title of the piece : Les Planètes

École Fulchiron – Lyon 5e
Composer : Ivan Khaladji
Title of the piece : L’œil du chat

École Joliot Curie – Lyon 5e
Composer : Stéphane Borrel
Title of the piece : A destination de Villacoucou-sur-Ciel

École Antoine Charrial – Lyon 3e
Composer : Marie-Hélène Bernard
Title of the piece : C’est l’heure

École des Tables Claudiennes - Lyon 1er
Composer : Martin Moulin
Title of the piece : Eco

École Lamartine – Lyon 2e
Composer : Jean-Pierre Caporossi
Title of the piece : Météo

École Racine – Lyon 6e
Composer : Sophie Lacaze
Title of the piece : Les Planètes

École Fulchiron – Lyon 5e
Composer : Ivan Khaladji
Title of the piece : L’œil du chat

École : Aveyron
Composer : Coralie Fayolle

École Créqui
Composer : Karl Naegelen

École : Doisneau – Lyon 1er
Composer : André Serre-Milan

École La Fontaine – Lyon 4e
Composer : Clara Maïda
Title of the piece : Bowling bowls

École Nové-Josserand – Lyon 3e
Composer : Ivan Khaladji
Title of the piece : Les Inouïs

École Rebatel – Lyon 3e
Composer : Jean-Pierre Caporossi
Title of the piece : La Classe !

École Les gémeaux – Lyon 5e
Composer : Sébastien Béranger
Title of the piece : Sonorifique – chuchotements, chuchotis

École Jean Macé – Lyon 8e
Composer : Marie-Hélène Fournier
Title of the piece : Trois histoires naturelles

École Les Grillons
Composer : Coralie Fayolle
Title of the piece : A mots perdus

École Fulchiron - Lyon 5e
Composer : Sophie Lacaze
Title of the piece : Océans

École Berthelier - Lyon 7e
Composer : Michèle Reverdy
Title of the piece : Les travailleurs de la mer

École Edouard Herriot - Lyon 8e
Composer : Raphaèle Biston
Title of the piece : Nocturnes

École Créqui - Lyon 6e
Composer : Karl Naegelen
Title of the piece : On fait l’appel

École Robert Doisneau - Lyon 1er
Composer : André Serre-Milan
Title of the piece : Sur les pistes du chant

École Les Grillons - Lyon 9e
Composer : Sylvain Beuf
Title of the piece : Les saisons

École Jules Verne - Lyon 8e
Composer : Régis Campo
Title of the piece : Les saisons

École Jean Rostand - Lyon 6e
Composer : Bernat Vivancos
Title of the piece : le petit berger

École Albert Camus - Lyon 5e
Composer : Laurence Saltiel
Title of the piece : But, cool…

École Louis Lumière - Lyon 8e
Composer : Pierre Thilloy
Title of the piece : Il était une fois…

École Les Grillons - Lyon 9e
Composer : Tristan-Patrice Challulau
Title of the piece : Krunch ou les musivores

École Jean Macé - Lyon 8e
Composer : François Narboni
Title of the piece : Alpha-Beth

École Fulchiron - Lyon 5e
Composer : Lucy Flint
Title of the piece : Le papillon et l'éléphant

École Les Gémeaux - Lyon 5e
Composer : Frank Bedrossian
Title of the piece : Pleine lune

École : Philibert Delorme - Lyon 8e
Composer : Daniel Glet
Title of the piece : Aventures inouïes

École A. Laborde - Lyon 9e
Composer : Laurent Soulié
Title of the piece : ....comme deux gouttes d'eau

École : La Guillotière (Gilbert Dru) - Lyon 7e
Composer : Sabine Malnoury
Title of the piece : Eurythmia

École : J. Verne - Lyon 3e
Composer : Benjamin de La Fuente
Title of the piece : Dynamilude

École Jean Macé - Lyon 8e
Composer : Vincent Carinola
Title of the piece : Sinfonietta

École Fulchiron - Lyon 5e
Composer : Samuel Sighicelli
Title of the piece : Des sirènes donc des babouins

École Les Grillons - Lyon 9e
Composer : Laurent Soulié
Title of the piece : Nouvelle de la pluie

École Michelet - Lyon 2e
Composer : Jean-Pierre Goudard
Title of the piece : On Naît là

Écoles F.Mistral et Les Grillons - Lyon 9e
Composer : Samuel Sighicelli
Title of the piece : Pour faire le portrait d'un oiseau

Écoles J.Curie et Diderot - Lyon 5e
Composer : Vincent Carinola
Title of the piece : Le zèbre


 

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