Three Years of Classical Music

MusicQuest was a three-year project which, from 2007 to 2010, introduced 14,500 young people to the power of live classical music. MusicQuest was funded by ClassicFM Music Makers and supported by the Philharmonia Orchestra and Yamaha Music UK.

About MusicQuest

At the centre of MusicQuest was a concert and workshops by musicians from the Philharmonia Orchestra. Members of the orchestra ran hands on in-school workshops introducing children to classical music. The workshops gave pupils a chance to try a Yamaha instrument and learn different percussion rhythms with professional musicians.

Pupils then visited their local concert hall to see the musicians they’d worked with earlier in the day live on stage and to enjoy seeing a professional orchestra for the first time. This was no ordinary concert, but a special MusicQuest concert designed especially to engage with young people:

MusicQuest did not end there. Teachers were given special training in how to open children’s eyes to the world of classical music and both teachers and children received follow-up information about how they could continue their involvement with music in their local area.

View the MusicQuest teaching materials online, or buy a copy from our shop.

Who was involved?

Over three years a new generation from across the country was introduced to classical music through MusicQuest.

Concert halls included, in 2009/10:

in 2008/09:

in 2007/08: