The Ann and Peter Law OAE Experience gives gifted period instrument musicians the chance to work alongside our orchestral players.
The two-year-long scheme is aimed at players who have already finished or are finishing their studies and allows participants to be involved in and be mentored by our musicians in a variety of events across the year.
Haydn’s symphonies are the backbone of the Experience projects. In workshops and rehearsals, students explore Haydn’s musical language and performance practice. They also discuss the intensely social aspects of the writing, the effects of this on their music-making and the interaction with the audience. The aim is to treat symphonies as enlarged chamber music with the whole group influencing and leading aspects of the rehearsals and performance.
"The way the orchestra members worked with us in the rehearsal made me notice even more what makes the difference between good musicians and brilliant musicians."
Violinist, OAE Experience 2023
How it works...
The scheme involves an Academy in London in January, a three-day intensive course supervised by our Leader, Margaret Faultless.
Following the Academy, the Experience ensemble may perform occasional concerts. Depending on the instrument, some participants go on to take part in concerts by the main Orchestra.
There are also opportunities for additional lessons with our players, to sit in rehearsals for Orchestra projects, and to partake in our Education programme.
Past Participants
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