Music research on global scale
Finding key to better concert hall links
A music producer will work with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Sydney Opera House as part of a research project.
Christopher Barr (28), from Calderwood, will travel to the Big Apple and Sydney to examine how international concert halls and music organisations in both countries engage with the community.
Former Claremont High pupil, Christopher, has been working as a programmer and producer with Glasgow Life, who are based at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, for three years and a large part of his remit is community engagement.
He was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship, in partnership with the Finzi Trust.
Christopher will be looking into ways in which the educational work at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall can be developed so that it further engages, inspires and creates opportunities for the local community and for the wider UK music education sector.
Each year the Winston Church Memorial Trust awards travelling fellowship grants to UK citizens in a range of fields to carry out research projects overseas.
In the USA Christopher will meet the New York Philharmonic education department, Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute, UCLA music school, the Los Angeles Philharmonic YOLA programme and education department and The University of Southern California Thornton music department.
In Australia he will learn about the work carried out by the Sydney Opera House education department and digital team, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Australian Chamber Orchestra education teams, the Melbourne Arts Centre and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Education and community outreach teams and the Australian Music Centre.
Christopher said: “I am delighted I have been given this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit and learn from some of the best concert halls in the world.
“I cannot wait to get started and I would like to thank the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, Finzi Trust and Glasgow Life for enabling me to undertake this research project”.
Councillor Archie Graham, chair of Glasgow Life, said: “This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from the different ways in which some of the world’s leading international music organisations and venues work with their local communities to create cultural opportunities, which enrich the lives of individuals and the wider community.”
This is a opportunity to learn from some of the best concert halls in the world