Association of British Orchestras

Publications

Education

From Bingo to Bartok: Creative and Innovative Approaches to involving older people with Orchestras

September 2019

The publication spotlights a range of orchestral work supporting older people living better lives and meeting the challenges of health and loneliness.

Education

Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing

July 2017

The report presented the findings of two years of research, evidence-gathering and discussions with patients, health and social care professionals, artists and arts administrators, academics, people in local government, ministers, other policy-makers and parliamentarians from both Houses of Parliament

Education

Reaching Further: British Orchestras in the Community

January 2016

A report on British orchestras’ work in the community

Education

ABO Youth Ensembles Scotland Survey Report

March 2015

Extension of the Youth Ensemble mapping work to Scotland

Education

ABO Youth Ensembles Survey Report

February 2014

Mapping Youth Ensemble reach in England

Education

Live the Experience Scotland

August 2011

A report mapping the current access for children to orchestral concerts in Scotland.

Education

Live the Experience

August 2009

A report mapping the current access for children to orchestral concerts in England.

Education

£25 - Make the Difference: Evaluating Education Projects

June 2009

This guidance, produced in partnership with the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, provides a set of principles and practices to help orchestras make their evaluation more meaningful and useful. Email info@abo.org.uk to order a copy.

Education

The Turn of the Tide

June 1993

The ABO commissioned Sir Peter Maxwell Davies to write a piece of music for orchestra and children on the theme of the environment. 16 orchestras participated in the project which was aimed at helping primary school teachers who were not confident in teaching music, to encourage them in their own creativity, backed up with a Teachers’ Pack as a written resource.

Annual Conference

The next ABO conference will take place in Gateshead,
hosted by The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, from 5-7 February 2025.

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