Wiltons Music Hall

This programme aims to introduce local children in years 4-6 to the experience of art and live performance. The children will become our essential audiences of tomorrow.

Our team of scenic artists, actors and musicians run interactive workshops where participants are introduced to different performance arts and given the materials to produce pieces of set that are used in a final show, performed at Wilton’s.

Past projects have included the performances of Peter and the Wolf, with live narration and artists painting the story on huge backdrops as the music is played live. The local school children made the leaves and animals, which became the set.

We have also produced Hansel and Gretel, which culminated in an interactive multimedia exhibition produced by participants. It took the audience on a journey through Wilton’s and the surrounding borough, inviting them to see the local environment through the children's eyes.

We run a special book making programme, using the rich history of the local area as inspiration. The children produce the artistic material for the books which are then professionally bound and given back to the schools. Volunteers from local banks help facilitate the days.

In terms of involving the full family our music making days are a riot. The whole families come to Wilton's and join in with professional musicians who help them compose their own music which gets recorded onto a CD for them to take home.

The partners for our Young Audiences programme are the Concordia Foundation, The Lyndon Arts Trust and The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, who make it possible for us to produce a multi-discipline project and performance once a term, involving around 600 local children and families.