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DIY: Making our own musical instruments | 2018-19

Through "Interfaces", the international interdisciplinary new music programme

Dates

Prices

Free admission

Location

Athens

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Monday - Friday
Time
9:30 - 13:30
Venue
Onassis Stegi

Information

Cost

Free admission

Application and selection:
Apply at stegi.education@onassis.org no later than 5 October 2018.
Replies to be sent out by 19 October 2018

General

For Primary-school students (4th, 5th & 6th grade)

All sessions to be held during weekdays 9:30-13:30

Average session time: 3 hours

What is a DIY electronic musical instrument? Artists-coaches/instructors jam with us making music out of up-to-date technology.

Using anything that can generate music, the whole class becomes a band in creative heat. Have you ever built a musical instrument? Do you know you can create music with nothing but basic/simple gadgets?

Our band will hack different objects and devices, while digital technology joins the game. We will explore the way every sound is produced, create our own magical soundscapes and see everyday objects with new eyes and compose original cords.

After we design and make these new musical instruments, along with the Onassis Stegi specialists and the British De Montfort University experts, we will start rehearsing for the concert to be presented in front of our friends, parents and teachers.

Workshop for teachers
A workshop aimed at primary educators will take place at Onassis Stegi as part of the programme “DIY: Making our own musical instruments” (October 2018).

Photo: Leonidas Panagopoulos

Credits

  • Sound technician & manufacturer of sound equipment/loudspeakers

    Aris Droukopoulos

  • Musicians

    Yannis Kotsonis, Thalia Ioannidou, Eugenia Eleni Palla

  • Musician, composer

    John Richards

This workshop is part of the Interfaces program, co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the EU.

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