BBC Ten Pieces

A project about classical music and creativity

Open to every primary school in the country

A collaboration between the BBC, music and arts organisations

Takes place over 10 months between October 2014 and July 2015

Ten Pieces – Aims

Introduce a generation of children to 10 pieces of classical music

Act as a catalyst for creative activity

Help schools to deliver the music curriculum

Collaborate with partners to maximise the impact of music and arts education

Ten Pieces – Stakeholder Partners

• Arts Council England• Arts Council Wales• Arts Council NI• Creative Scotland• Music Mark• ABO• Youth Music • Into Film

Ten Pieces - Phases

Phase 1 – Inspiration: October 2014

Phase 2 – Exploration and Creativity: October 2014 – March 2015

Phase 3 – Presentation & Performance: April 2015 – June 2015

Phase 1 - Inspiration

• Project launches with free nationwide screenings in cinemas of a 50-minute film introducing 10 pieces, featuring celebrities and specially shot footage of performances

• Film also available on DVD and online

• Pan BBC coverage will create sense of a ‘national moment’

Phase 2 – Exploration and Creativity

Children explore the music and composers further, and develop their creative response to one or all of the 10 pieces through:

• Musical composition (e.g. beatbox, folk, classical)

• Dance• Digital Art (e.g.

animation)

Phase 3 - Performance & Presentation

• Schools submit video clips to the BBC of children’s creative responses to the 10 pieces

• Community concerts to be organised by schools, Music Education Hubs etc. will celebrate children’s creative work locally• Regional concerts

by the BBC Performing Groups will feature the original 10 pieces and the children’s creative responses

Finale• Major BBC finale in the Summer of 2015

showcasing some of the dance, music and digital art produced nationwide in response to the 10 pieces

• Ten Pieces website will feature the clips of the children’s creative responses from around the country