The RPO resound is the community and education programmes of the RPO, the first London Orchestra to establish a Community and Education Department. Musicians from the Orchestra deliver projects in many community settings harnessing the transformative power of music to improve participants’ aspirations, abilities and life chances..
RPO resound has the following aims:
- To promote music education in the broadest sense through artistically driven projects
- To promote opportunities for all members of the community to participate in music projects regardless of age, sex, religion or ethnic background
- To provide access for people to hear and participate with musicians from a world-class musical organisation
- To explore a diverse range of musical genres
- To bring our collective expertise to any situation; not just into formal educational establishments but also to the wider community and other challenging social situations
- To forge partnerships within the community to create jointly-owned projects
- To promote cross art-form collaborations and cross-curricular interaction