MusicLab is the 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra's new project for secondary schools. In Autumn 2006, the project ended with a concert at Watford Colosseum on Wednesday 18 October 2006. Watch the highlights You can watch highlights of the MusicLab concert in broadband or narrowband quality - just click on the link below.
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Recorded Wednesday 18 October 2006. Running Time: 20 minutes The Project The project involved five Watford schools with each school having a role in participating in the concert as presenters, players, composers and singers. This exciting concert included music by Sigur Rós, Arvo Pärt and Jocelyn Pook as well as compositions, arrangements and visual media (thanks to the involvement of 91Èȱ¬ 21CC) created and performed by the school students themselves. Conducted by Robert Ziegler, and presented by 91Èȱ¬ 1Xtra's Iyare, the event was a unique musical experience for the young people involved, broadening and deepening their ideas about the orchestral sound world, and supporting and enriching their music making at home and at school. Concert Details Watford’s favourite overture (One piece only, pre-chosen by students from William Tell, Carmen, The Bartered Bride) Dr Who Music (Bushey Hall School)
Students’ composition to a clip from Dr Who with big screen projection arranged for orchestra by Alasdair Malloy Tonetag (Watford Boys and Girls Grammar Schools)
8 original compositions/ring tones from Year 11 GCSE students. Facilitator: Robert Ziegler Jocelyn Pook Returns of the Day (Parmiter’s School)
Pupils sing choral parts with the 91Èȱ¬ CO. Introduction from the composer. Sigur Rós Glósóli
Orchestral version with student choir (Parmiter’s) by Fung Lam and students from St Joan of Arc perform their own version of Glósóli led by Jan Hendrickse. The concert also included music by Arvo Pärt with an accompanying film created by students, and a medley from Howard Shore's score forÌý Lord of the Rings. | 
