Twenty years of cultural initiatives
For nearly 20 years, the Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon has been offering a wide variety of projects, through its cultural initiatives, to experience music to the full.
In the Musical Creation Workshops – a flagship initiative of the Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon – collective music making and a personal experience of the world of the orchestra are the focus of a long-term project.
Run in partnership with the Conservatoire de Lyon and the Rhône regional education authority, it is the only such project in France. It has been running for over 20 years and is constantly evolving over the years. Today, nearly 3,500 children have been able to take part in this extraordinary adventure alongside major French jazz or contemporary composers.
AN ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL EDUCATION PROJECT FOCUSED ON CREATION
Over and above the purely artistic aspect of the project, the Musical Creation Workshops address learning objectives that are specific to artistic and cultural education: the development of cognitive skills, verbal ability, the acquisition of formative concepts in the child’s development, and so on. They provide an ideal opportunity for the child to grow and develop through music making, discovering a totally new universe, listening to others and learning to use their body and their voice in a group. What sets the Musical Creation Workshops apart is their very specific learning objective, namely to create music. The composer weaves the children’s musical contributions into the final score. All have an important role to play in the process of composing the music.
The teachers are the project supervisors in their class, tasked with turning this adults’ project into a fully-fledged class project. They give this project a key role in the class; they make it trickle into all of the lessons taught and they ensure that the various actions (workshops, gatherings) have a consistent learning focus.
A YEAR IMMERSED IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC
For each new edition, 150 children from three elementary schools in the City of Lyon are trained in a process of musical creation alongside a composer. A number of major events are dotted through the year :
MUSIC-MAKING WORKSHOPS IN THE SCHOOLS
Right from the start of the school year, the children take part in a weekly music-making workshop in their school, led by a trained musician from the Lyon Conservatory. The musicians pass on fundamental skills to the pupils, stimulating their creativity, teaching them the basics of music, how to move and how to sing. The workshops are also fertile ground for musical creation and the composer often adds the pupils’ input to the final score.
MEETING MUSICIANS FROM THE ORCHESTRA
Each schools works with a group of musicians from the Orchestre national de Lyon. The pupils generally meet the musicians in December, then see them again once a month until the concert. After having presented their instruments and their jobs, the musicians then help the children rehearse in the workshops.
MUSIC CLASSES
The music classes, held from January to March, are the high point of the project, when the children are immersed in the day-to-day life a major concert venue. At that time of the year, the children have already been working on their musical composition since September. Once the initial groundwork of the project has been mapped out, the music class familiarises the children with the venue where they will be giving their concert and make considerable progress with the composer’s writing of the score.
Within the bounds of a typical school week, the children’s timetable revolves around the musical creation. There are rehearsals - attended by the musician and the composer - and workshops to learn about the instruments of the orchestra. The children also sit in on some orchestra rehearsals and are lucky enough to meet the conductor who is leading that week’s concert and ask him/her their questions.
After the music classes, the children continue working with the teachers, the musicians involved in the project, the musicians in the Orchestre national de Lyon and the composer. The latter generally presents the final score in around March.
THE CONCERT
The project concludes at the end of the school year with the children’s concert on the stage of the Auditorium de Lyon. Two performances are scheduled: the first in early afternoon for an audience of school children (including the classes that will take part in the project the year after); the second in the evening, for the children’s families and the Auditorium’s audience. Rehearsals, including a dress rehearsal, are held before the concert so that the pupils can familiarise themselves with the stage area.
SAISON 2021/2022
Retour sur les chantiers de la création 21-22
A LOOK BACK ON 20 YEARS OF MUSICAL CREATION WORKSHOPS
École Condorcet (Lyon 3ème)
École Berthelot (Lyon 7ème)
École Les Anémones (Lyon 9ème)
Composer : Karl Naegelen
École Condé (Lyon 2ème)
École Alain Fournier (Lyon 8ème)
École Audrey Hepburn (Lyon 9ème)
Composer : Antoine Glatard
Ecole Robert Doisneau (Lyon 1er)
Ecole des Tables Claudiennes (Lyon 1er)
Ecole des Fougères (Lyon 9ème)
Composer : Laetitia Pansanel-Garric
École des Tables Claudiennes – Lyon 1er
École Robert Doisneau – Lyon 1er
École des Fougères – Lyon 9e
Composer : Karl Naegelen
Title of the piece : Une journée en musique
École Montbrillant – Lyon 3e
École Meynis – Lyon 3e
École Berthelier – Lyon 7e
Composer : Fabrice Lelong
Title of the piece : Hermès
École Michel Servet – Lyon 1er
École Aristide Briand – Lyon 7e
École Les Bleuets – Lyon 9e
Composer : Alexis Ciesla
Title of the piece : Autant d’oiseaux que de robots
École les Anémones – Lyon 9e
Title of the piece: : L’appel des dieux
École Ravier – Lyon 7e
Title of the piece : Kadath l’inaccessible
École Anatole France – Lyon 3e
Title of the piece : Monster show
Composer : Fabien Waksman
Global title : « La clé d’argent »
École Les Géraniums – Lyon 9e
Title of the piece : Alice et les percussionnistes
École Nové-Josserand – Lyon 3e
Title of the piece : Les Montres molles
École Lamartine – Lyon 2e
Title of the piece : Lithophone
Composer : Pascal Berne
École : École Servet – Lyon 1er
Title of the piece : Amalgame
École : École Fulchiron – Lyon 5e
Title of the piece : La somme des parties
École : École Fougères – Lyon 9e
Title of the piece : Hey toi qu’es là !
Composer : Sébastien Eglème
École : École Léon Jouhaux – Lyon 3e
École : École Louis Pasteur – Lyon 8e
École : École Jean Zay – Lyon 9e
Composer : Jean Ribbe
Title of the piece : Trois pas de côté (inspirée du Libertango d’Astor Piazzola)
École les Grillons – Lyon 9e
Composer : André Serre-Milan
Title of the piece : Rêve d’une ligne « Opéra des origines »
École Condorcet – Lyon 3e
Composer : Robert Clerc
Title of the piece : Branches
École Joseph Cornier – Lyon 4e
Composer : Jean-Pierre Caporossi
Title of the piece : L’écrevisse américaine
École Jean Zay – Lyon 9e
Composer : Rodolphe Schacher
Title of the piece : Les joies de la musique dans toutes se formes
École Aveyron – Lyon 4e
Composer : Luca Antignani
Title of the piece : Ganesh
École Créqui – Lyon 3e
Composer : Robert Clerc
Title of the piece : Fantaisie pour un Maréchal
École Lamartine – Lyon 2e
Composer : Jean-Pierre Caporossi
Title of the piece : Météo
École Racine – Lyon 6e
Composer : Sophie Lacaze
Title of the piece : Les Planètes
École Fulchiron – Lyon 5e
Composer : Ivan Khaladji
Title of the piece : L’œil du chat
École Joliot Curie – Lyon 5e
Composer : Stéphane Borrel
Title of the piece : A destination de Villacoucou-sur-Ciel
École Antoine Charrial – Lyon 3e
Composer : Marie-Hélène Bernard
Title of the piece : C’est l’heure
École des Tables Claudiennes - Lyon 1er
Composer : Martin Moulin
Title of the piece : Eco
École Lamartine – Lyon 2e
Composer : Jean-Pierre Caporossi
Title of the piece : Météo
École Racine – Lyon 6e
Composer : Sophie Lacaze
Title of the piece : Les Planètes
École Fulchiron – Lyon 5e
Composer : Ivan Khaladji
Title of the piece : L’œil du chat
École : Aveyron
Composer : Coralie Fayolle
École Créqui
Composer : Karl Naegelen
École : Doisneau – Lyon 1er
Composer : André Serre-Milan
École La Fontaine – Lyon 4e
Composer : Clara Maïda
Title of the piece : Bowling bowls
École Nové-Josserand – Lyon 3e
Composer : Ivan Khaladji
Title of the piece : Les Inouïs
École Rebatel – Lyon 3e
Composer : Jean-Pierre Caporossi
Title of the piece : La Classe !
École Les gémeaux – Lyon 5e
Composer : Sébastien Béranger
Title of the piece : Sonorifique – chuchotements, chuchotis
École Jean Macé – Lyon 8e
Composer : Marie-Hélène Fournier
Title of the piece : Trois histoires naturelles
École Les Grillons
Composer : Coralie Fayolle
Title of the piece : A mots perdus
École Fulchiron - Lyon 5e
Composer : Sophie Lacaze
Title of the piece : Océans
École Berthelier - Lyon 7e
Composer : Michèle Reverdy
Title of the piece : Les travailleurs de la mer
École Edouard Herriot - Lyon 8e
Composer : Raphaèle Biston
Title of the piece : Nocturnes
École Créqui - Lyon 6e
Composer : Karl Naegelen
Title of the piece : On fait l’appel
École Robert Doisneau - Lyon 1er
Composer : André Serre-Milan
Title of the piece : Sur les pistes du chant
École Les Grillons - Lyon 9e
Composer : Sylvain Beuf
Title of the piece : Les saisons
École Jules Verne - Lyon 8e
Composer : Régis Campo
Title of the piece : Les saisons
École Jean Rostand - Lyon 6e
Composer : Bernat Vivancos
Title of the piece : le petit berger
École Albert Camus - Lyon 5e
Composer : Laurence Saltiel
Title of the piece : But, cool…
École Louis Lumière - Lyon 8e
Composer : Pierre Thilloy
Title of the piece : Il était une fois…
École Les Grillons - Lyon 9e
Composer : Tristan-Patrice Challulau
Title of the piece : Krunch ou les musivores
École Jean Macé - Lyon 8e
Composer : François Narboni
Title of the piece : Alpha-Beth
École Fulchiron - Lyon 5e
Composer : Lucy Flint
Title of the piece : Le papillon et l'éléphant
École Les Gémeaux - Lyon 5e
Composer : Frank Bedrossian
Title of the piece : Pleine lune
École : Philibert Delorme - Lyon 8e
Composer : Daniel Glet
Title of the piece : Aventures inouïes
École A. Laborde - Lyon 9e
Composer : Laurent Soulié
Title of the piece : ....comme deux gouttes d'eau
École : La Guillotière (Gilbert Dru) - Lyon 7e
Composer : Sabine Malnoury
Title of the piece : Eurythmia
École : J. Verne - Lyon 3e
Composer : Benjamin de La Fuente
Title of the piece : Dynamilude
École Jean Macé - Lyon 8e
Composer : Vincent Carinola
Title of the piece : Sinfonietta
École Fulchiron - Lyon 5e
Composer : Samuel Sighicelli
Title of the piece : Des sirènes donc des babouins
École Les Grillons - Lyon 9e
Composer : Laurent Soulié
Title of the piece : Nouvelle de la pluie
École Michelet - Lyon 2e
Composer : Jean-Pierre Goudard
Title of the piece : On Naît là
Écoles F.Mistral et Les Grillons - Lyon 9e
Composer : Samuel Sighicelli
Title of the piece : Pour faire le portrait d'un oiseau
Écoles J.Curie et Diderot - Lyon 5e
Composer : Vincent Carinola
Title of the piece : Le zèbre
Orchestre Démos Lyon Métropole
In September 2017, the Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon and a large number of social, artistic and educational partners embarked on the DÉMOS project and formed the Orchestre Démos Lyon Métropole.
Sound Workshops
The Sound Workshops are designed to give everyone an opportunity to explore and play music together.
Partnership with the leisure activities organised before and after school
The Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon is a partner in the leisure activities organised in primary schools before and after school, coordinated by the City of Lyon’s education department.
Community initiatives
The Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon is committed to helping underprivileged regions and the most fragile people.