Sound Workshops

The Sound Workshops are designed to give everyone an opportunity to explore and play music together.

They take the form of either several sessions or a single workshop, and are designed for adults and children, participating as a family or individually. Early childhood specialists, musicologists and professional musicians lead the workshops with tremendous enthusiasm in a room specially set up for these activities. A dedicated stock of instruments is made available to the workshop participants so that everyone can enjoy a new and unique experience.

The youngest children are introduced to music through a sensory approach that alternates handling sound objects, discovering sounds, listening to nursery rhymes and musical games, while the collective music making is reserved for the older children.
> Workshops for children and teens 2022/2023

Families get together on the weekend for an introduction to collective music making.
> Family workshops 2022/2023

For adults interested in taking a musical break, no prior musical training is necessary: they just have to be curious!
The Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon runs lunchtime sessions in playing an instrument or singing in a group, designed simply to have fun or to discover their hidden talents.
In the early evening, question time: two formats to discuss and answer all of the questions asked by beginners and participants with some experience, in a fun, relaxed atmosphere.
> Adult workshops 2022/2023

Twenty years of cultural initiatives

For nearly 20 years, the Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon has been offering a wide variety of projects, through its cultural initiatives, to experience music to the full.

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.

Orchestre Démos Lyon Métropole

In September 2017, the Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon and a large number of social, artistic and educational partners embarked on the DÉMOS project and formed the Orchestre Démos Lyon Métropole.

Partnership with the leisure activities organised before and after school

The Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon is a partner in the leisure activities organised in primary schools before and after school, coordinated by the City of Lyon’s education department.

Community initiatives

The Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon is committed to helping underprivileged regions and the most fragile people.