Conductive Music STEAM workshops

Conductive Music offer workshops for EYFS-KS3 pupils across Essex, Southend and Thurrock combining music with computing, science and maths to inspire creativity in every learner.

The workshops will cover coding and creative play, enabling pupils to imagine, explore and invent their own digital instruments using accessible technology, with no prior music or computing experience required.

What’s included?

  • Interactive workshops for up to 30 children per session, delivered in school by Conductive Music specialists. Up to 120 children can benefit across the day.
  • Typically delivered by two tutors in one day, or occasionally one tutor over two days.
  • Resources and learning that pupils and staff can continue to use after the workshop.

Cost

The cost for the equivalent of two days of delivery is £275 per school.

Booking information

Schools can register their interest through the booking form. Available dates are scheduled locally and need to be within a practical travel distance for tutors, so schools will be matched to suitable dates after expressing interest. To express an interest, please complete the form provided below.

Express an interest in Conductive Music STEAM workshop

Learn more: free online showcase sessions

Schools can find out more about the programme by attending a free 30-minute online showcase. These sessions explain what the programme involves, how it supports curriculum learning and inclusion, and what schools can expect from participation.

Current showcase dates:

Key benefits for your pupils

  • Engages pupils through music, technology and creative problem-solving.
  • Supports cross-curricular learning in music, computing and STEAM subjects.
  • Accessible for primary-aged and SEND learners.
  • Requires no specialist musical or coding knowledge from staff or pupils.
  • Ongoing access to activities and resources.

Workshop content

The current provision is divided into year groups as follows.

Year 1 and 2 – Mindful Soundscapes 

Join us for an immersive musical journey where mindfulness meets music. We start with playful exploration, touching the instrument, creating melodies, and learning to control breathing and posture to create unique sounds. Soon after, we control the instrument, challenging each other with engaging musical games. We then create simple graphic scores, learn to sign our songs, play along with backing tracks, and combine our voices with a touch of choreography. The spirit of this workshop makes it the perfect solution for your students to embrace their creativity, explore musicality, and collaborate to create something unique. Watch a taster session here

Year 3 and 4 – Tech Tunes 

Prepare for an exciting journey into gamification and new technologies as we create custom-built musical instruments! We start with free play, encouraging students to explore. Gradually, we guide them to create melodies using call-and-response techniques. We then connect crocodile clips and explore graphic notation with chords and backing tracks, teaching students to count, sing, and play together. Next, we explore body conductivity, making music by touching fingers, ears, and noses—a mesmerising experience! Finally, students build a more advanced instrument with rulers and tin foil, playing a song guitar-hero style. We combine gamification and technology to inspire and engage your students uniquely. 

Year 5 and 6 – Micro Melodies 

Welcome to an exciting workshop where music, coding, and science, unite! We touch, connect, and explore the musical capabilities of the Micro Bit, a small device coded via blocks, like Scratch. We assign a few notes, create a collaborative song using graphic notation, and play it while singing, moving, and following the drum beat. We delve into rhythmic elements, coding crotchets, quavers, and semiquavers into a catchy tune. Finally, we explore our environment by measuring classroom light, creating a theremin-like instrument, playing a choreographed song, and casting shadows over our instrument. Unleash your students’ musical potential, and let’s compose together! Watch a musical video game online school taster session here.