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LIFT Music: An Inclusive Ensemble Performance

Experience an orchestra where everyone can take part.

Students from TCES (The Complete Education Solution) will perform together using LIFT Music, the movement-controlled music app that makes music creation accessible without traditional instruments or specialist musical skills.

Using LIFT Music’s new Ensemble mode, students will create and control different musical parts through movement, working together to perform as an orchestra. The performance demonstrates how technology can remove barriers to music-making and make ensemble performance possible for young people with a wide range of abilities.

The students performing are from TCES, a specialist provider of therapeutic education for children and young people with SEMH needs and Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC). Through a therapeutic, child-centred approach, TCES places each young person at the centre of their learning and development.

Stuart Grimshaw, founder of creative technology company Headsoup and creator of LIFT Music, will introduce the performance. Stuart began his career as a performer and musician, working in bands and musical theatre and later leading his own orchestra as composer and conductor. He holds degrees in Music Composition and Music Performance & Education and has spent his career combining music, technology and creativity to develop new ways for people to participate in music.