SoundWorlds
SoundWorlds opens up new opportunities for discovering, exploring and creating music. From the project website or CD-Rom, you can navigate deep into musical worlds, stepping into the music itself to hear how it comes together, is inspired, is built and evolves. You can interact with real sounds and musicians, learning how to make music yourself, forging connections between different cultures and branching out into new kinds of music.
SoundWorlds is a compelling resource for discovering music and for inspiring musical creativity, produced by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. It will introduce a range of new musical experiences and promote a deeper and broader appreciation of different musical genres and the relationships between them. Rich in multimedia content, the project will enable you to engage with real musicians performing fascinating musical works. You can take the elements of their performances, adapt and edit them, to make up new arrangements or totally new compositions.
The project will invite you to look at elements and characteristics that are shared between different musical cultures - you can explore the connections that exist between cultures and across different art forms, and discover new connections for yourself. An investigation into the different roles and functions of music will encourage you to look at how music lives in its environment and how it impacts on culture in society. SoundWorlds will provide ways to explore musical opportunities further - going to live performances or playing, improvising and composing music yourself.
The project is aimed at young people aged 13-18 and will also appeal to adults of all ages and to younger children. Within this audience will be those that have no musical education or experience, beyond listening to music, and those who already have several years of training. The project has particular relevance to music at National Curriculum key stage 3, GCSE and A-Level, and the SoundWorlds CD-Rom will be sent free of charge to all schools in England covering these age groups. It will also be distributed to UK Music Services, providing access to instrumental and school music teachers, together with community music organisations.
During project development and dissemination the Associated Board will also be working with musical outreach initiatives and organisations such as The Drake Music Project to bring new experiences to otherwise hard-to-reach or disadvantaged audiences and those who have few music-making opportunities.