An unsigned piece in Friday’s (3/14) Hindustan Times (Mumbai, India; subscription required) reads, “Children from the red-light areas of Kamathipura and Falkland Road got a lesson in orchestra music … on Wednesday. Six musicians from London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), which is set to perform in the city on Friday and Saturday, spent two hours with 15 children aged between four and 15 years, at a workshop organised by Songbound, a UK-based music outreach programme that works to expose underprivileged children to music. At Thursday’s session … LSO conductor Daniel Harding showed the children how he directs musicians. The children meet every week to practice singing for a few hours with choir teachers. On Thursday, their teachers were also seen taking notes from the LSO musicians. ‘The idea is for us to give them the joy of music,’ said Preeti Iyer, project manager at Songbound. ‘Working with Songbound is about getting these children to feel trust, gain confidence, listen to music and be a part of initiatives that involves trust and working together as a microcosm of the community…. We are different people when we play music. It’s a safe place to grow and experience art,’ said Harding.”
Posted March 14, 2014
