I am passionate about creating access to instruments for children that have few opportunities for making music. By making affordable and robust instruments for school playgrounds these children will be able to explore music and sound. I also have heard children practising music that they have learnt in a recent music class out in the playground. What one child knows will soon transfer to other children as they play together. Prices vary from £350 to £1000 according to which instrument and how many octaves, fixings required etc.
With some of these playground instruments – as at Chilton School – pupils can take part in cutting and tuning the keys for a playground or class instrument in an Instrument Making Workshop
Xylophone at Blewbury Primary, Oxon
Chord Batonka at Blewbury School, Oxon The tubes are grouped in threes with three different lenghts/tunings so that a chord is played with each time they are struck.
Diatonic Batonka at Chilton Primary, Oxon
Tubular bells at Chilton Primary, Oxon
Barrel drums at Phoenix School Tower Hamlets
Metallophone and Xylophone at Phoenix School Tower Hamlets
A garden gate adapted to create a series of bass pitches.
Metallophone at Parish Church Infants School
A Diatonic batonka – Parish Church Primary
Tongue Drum and Xylophone at Houndsfield School
Instruments for Infants and Junior School Playgrounds – Fence Chimes at Crowland Infants
Metallophone made with help of year 2 Pupils in Hackney
Instruments for Special Needs Schools – Phoenix Tongue Drum
Tottenhall School Enfield
Chimes bars going up in pitch as they are higher up the banisters at a nursery
Tuned Percussion Instruments, Instrument Making Workshops, Science of Sound Workshops, Sound Sculptures, and Installations for Public Places and Playgrounds
