Our Music Our Way - Free Workshops and Concerts for Schools
Unlock the magic of music with Our Music Our Way at Middlesbrough Town Hall! Dive into interactive workshops tailored to ignite creativity and passion for music.
Royal Northern Sinfonia are pleased to be hosting a series of free workshops and concert tickets for Middlesbrough/Redcar and Cleveland based secondary schools at Middlesbrough Town Hall, as part of the Our Music Our Way partnership programme.
There is no cost to attend for students or staff, and some financial help with transport costs is available on a first-come-first-served basis.
Each school is initially able to bring up to 25 students and the required number of accompanying staff. If you would like to bring more students, please get in touch to see if we can make that work. Total workshop capacity is limited to 50 students.
Each bespoke workshop has been specifically designed to support the key elements of the music curriculum: performance, composition, and listening/understanding music.
If you’d like your school to attend a workshop but feel the evening concert may be a barrier, please get in touch.
Need to know
Booking closes one month before each workshop. You can book for one or multiple workshops.
If you have any questions, please contact classical@theglasshouseicm.org.
For full workshop details and curriculum links, view our programme brochure.
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Performance Workshop and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Concert
3.15pm: Schools Arrive
3.30pm – 5.30pm: Performance Workshop
5.30pm – 6.30pm: Dinner Break
6.30pm – 7pm: Pre-Concert Talk
7.30pm – 9.30pm: Concert
Enjoy refreshments on arrival and meet our workshop leader, professional orchestral musician David Tollington. Consider critical elements in preparing for a performance including repertoire, delivery, expression, style, managing anxiety and more.
Evening concert features Sibelius’ Violin Concerto and Brahms’ Symphony No.4 performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
Wednesday 19 November 2025
Songwriting Workshop and Royal Northern Sinfonia Concert
2pm: Schools Arrive
2.15pm – 3pm: Meet the Musicians
3pm – 5pm: Songwriting Workshop
5pm – 6.30pm: Dinner Break
6.30pm – 7pm: Pre-Concert Talk
7.30pm – 9.30pm: Concert
Chat with members of the orchestra over refreshments, then meet our workshop leader musician Frankie Jobling. Perfect for anyone interesting in making their own music or preparing coursework, we’ll explore common chord patterns, generating lyrics, and combining these elements with melody.
Evening concert features Schubert’s Symphony No.9 and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.
Wednesday 11 February 2026
Composition Workshop and The Halle Concert
3.15pm: Schools Arrive
3.30pm – 5.30pm: Composition Workshop
5.30pm – 6.30pm: Dinner Break
6.30pm – 7pm: Pre-Concert Talk
7.30pm – 9.30pm: Concert
With composer Ben Lunn, learn how to write music for a brief, how to create rhythmic interest, develop use of tempo and metre, and interesting harmonic techniques – all influenced by the pieces in the concert programme and some of Ben’s own work.
Evening concert features Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony and Elgar’s Cello Concerto.
Thursday 26 March 2026
Listening / Understanding Music Workshop and Royal Northern Sinfonia Concert
2pm: Schools Arrive
2.15pm – 2.45pm: Meet the Musicians
3pm – 5pm: Understanding Music Workshop
5pm – 6.30pm: Dinner Break
6.30pm – 7pm: Pre-Concert Talk
7.30pm – 9.30pm: Concert
Join professors from Durham University for a workshop focusing on listening to and understanding music. This interactive session will explore analysing concertos and how changing ideas about the symphony influenced composers.
Evening concert features Brahms’ Piano Concerto No.1 and Beethoven’s Symphony No.7.
With thanks to:
Our Music Our Way is co-produced by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, Orchestras Live, and Tees Valley Music Service. We are grateful to our funders, Woodsmith Foundation and Arts Council England, for making this project possible.
