What does a Music Unpacked session look like?

 At Music Unpacked, we believe in giving all children the chance to encounter high-quality music making.

Music Unpacked test event: A live performance outdoors after a morning of online workshops in class 'bubbles'.

Our model is designed to improve accessibility to all schools, regardless of their music budget. One of the expensive parts of hiring professional musicians is the fact that they need to travel to you and set up in an unknown space. At Music Unpacked, we have kept costs to a minimum with our pre-planned digital concerts, broadcast to your school via Microsoft Teams or your preferred platform. 

When a school chooses one of our core digital packages, we can perform a set concert which aligns with the Model Music Curriculum, but can still interact with students via their interactive whiteboard to personalise the experience and ensure they never get bored! Whether we are broadcast to one class or the entire school, we always include creative activities, bespoke to each situation. For example, if space is at a premium and students can't move around, we could get everyone drawing and performing their own graphic scores, while a school hall with more space might be better suited to dancing a waltz! 

Tech set-up at a Music Unpacked test event: broadcasting to all class 'bubbles' simultaneously on Microsoft Teams from the school music room!

At the more bespoke end of our offering, we can provide fully live sessions at school, or a hybrid of live and digital, perhaps spanning over several weeks as a creative project to include broader school topics or curriculum areas. We are always happy to work with the school to provide the best possible option for their students. All three of our founding members trained at the Royal College of Music, with Sarah also an experienced Qualified Teacher, so schools can be reassured that all of our lesson plans are built around quality music learning with the curriculum in mind. 

We are extremely grateful to the Royal Philharmonic Society and Harriet's Trust, which awarded us with an Enterprise Award to get this project off the ground.


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