Musicalis Education
Musicalis Education explores creative ways to invigorate the teaching of music. We investigate individual creation and performance of music, working with all groups ranging from small classes to large orchestras and choirs.
Offering the opportunity to work with highly trained professional musicians educated at top Universities and Conservatoires, Musicalis Education presents:
- Workshops in schools and colleges
- Private teaching
- Participation in high-profile concerts in major venues
At our fingertips we have vocal coaches, orchestral and choral directors, and specialists in virtually every instrument, tailored for primary and secondary schools, University-level and beyond.
Some examples of workshops include:
- Vocal technique and choral singing
- Group improvisation
- Collaborative composition of community operas
- New music written for amateur ensemble/orchestra
- New solo repertoire commissioned especially for young people
Musicalis Education encourages students to engage and discover music through participation and collaboration. In addition to providing practical and technical experience, we examine performance skills often neglected elsewhere in classical music training, such as the presence of the performer on stage, the physical connection with an audience, communication, gesture and breathing.
Large-scale community projects involving a great number of participants (often from several schools) can be included in upcoming high-profile Musicalis concerts in major venues.
Musicalis Education Associates
Alexander Campkin studied Music at Oxford University, where he was Choral Scholar, Assistant Organ Scholar, and conductor of the Oxford Chamber Choir and Arcadian Singers of Oxford University. He completed a Masters in Composition at the Royal Academy of Music in 2008, after which he began a Postgraduate Diploma in Vienna at the Universität für Musik. Alexander was a finalist in the 2008 British Composer Awards, and he was highly commended in the BBC Proms Young Composers’ Competition. Alexander was recently appointed Composer-in-Residence in Neresheim Abbey in Germany and Composer-in-Residence of the Fulham Camerata; other commissions have been from the Southbank Centre, the Royal School of Church Music, the Manson Ensemble, the Royal Academy String Orchestra, the Kaxan String Quartet and Pusey House Choir, Oxford. His music has received performances by the London Sinfonietta, the BBC Singers, the London Oratory Choir, and in music festivals in the UK and Europe. His music has been the subject of a number of radio broadcasts in the UK, US and South America.
Samuel Quartermaine Smith recently completed the MMus Composition programme at the Royal Academy of Music studying under Paul Patterson and Simon Bainbridge for which he attained a Merit and received the Charles Lucas Award. Born in Coventry, Smith’s early experiences of music were highly influenced by his time in the Cathedral choir. For his first degree Smith attended Guildhall School of Music and Drama studying Composition under Matthew King. Smith has received a number of awards including the Charles Black Fellowship, the Harvey Lohr Award, grants from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust in 2007-08 and 2008-09 Scholarship (2007-08 and 2008-09) and the Charles Lucas Award (2009). Smith has had a number of high profile performances in recent years including Photonox (2009), premiered by the London Sinfonietta in the Purcell Room, Undercurrents (2008), premiered in the Dutch Church as part of the Spitalfields Festival and Psalm 150 (2007), premiered by the BBC Singers in St Giles Cripplegate.