- Akram Khan Dance Programme in Tower Hamlets Schools
- Arts Education Fund 2025-26
- Encounters Online Exhibition April 2024
- Foundation for Future London Funding Grant
- Funding for new music project with Grand Union Orchestra, Sound Connections and Shoreditch Town Hall
- Lights Camera Score 2024: The Place I Love
- Lights Camera Score 2025: Seeds of Hope
- Lights Camera Score – new student films released
- Music projects for primary schools, September 2025
- Restore the Music UK Funding Grant
- Rich Mix’s ‘Flip the Script’ programme
- Saturday Music Centre Promo Video
- Soundbox perform at the Young V&A opening festival
- THAMES Festival 2024
- THAMES Partnership Projects 2024-25
- THAT network online exhibition
- Tracks in Time 2023 - a THAT network Online Exhibition
- Work Experience at Musical Creatures
- Youth Advisors needed in June 2024
Music Projects for Primary Schools
Published on Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Spitalfields Music – Big Sing
The Big Sing has already reached over 1,500 Year 4 & 5 pupils across Tower Hamlets over the last three years, boosting confidence and classroom engagement.
This year’s project includes:
- Two iterations in the autumn term and summer term – schools can take part in either
- Activity includes massed rehearsals, in-school coaching, and a final performance at Tower Hamlets Town Hall
- Participants will learn 4 songs; teaching resources will be provided
- Cost: £150 per class
- View project info
- To register interest, contact Alex Jackman at alexandra.jackman@spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk
English Touring Opera – KS2 Opera Tour Ada and the Code Crusaders
Ada and the Code Crusaders by East London composer Anna Pool explores the life, work and legacy of the world’s first computer programmer Ada Lovelace against the backdrop of Victorian England in a fun-filled, adventure-fuelled, participatory opera.
- Dates: 14, 15 & 20 April 2026
- Performed in school halls
- We have space for 5 schools
- Small cost to schools based on pupil premium percentage
- View project info
- To register interest, contact Alison Porter at alison.porter@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Wyatt Sinfonia – Beyond EartH composition and singing project
East London based orchestra Wyatt Sinfonia are inviting schools to take part in a free large-scale project based on Holst’s The Planets, featuring new choral parts created with pupils.
- Spring 2026: Composition workshops to create new music and lyrics
- Autumn 2026: Vocal workshops to learn the new vocal parts
- November 2026: Final performance at EartH Hackney alongside professional orchestra and singers, and a 300-strong children’s choir
- View project info
- To register interest, contact Alison Porter at alison.porter@towerhamlets.gov.uk
VOCES8 Foundation – singing projects
VOCES8 Foundation is a music education charity based in the City of London and have worked with schools in Tower Hamlets for many years. They have two singing projects available this year:
- Postcards and Songs / suitable for years 3 & 4 / spring term – view project info
- Sing Together / suitable for years 1-4 / spring or summer terms – view project info
To register your interest, contact Sarah at sarah@voces8.foundation
A New Direction Primary Arts Programme
The Primary Arts programme offers free opportunities for schools in partnership with a variety of cultural partners. It aims to unlock the creative potential, cultural capital and skills of teachers and children, offering opportunities to support wellbeing, confidence, personal interest and development. The programme includes five strands:
- In-school performances and workshops
- Free tickets for theatre, film and visual arts
- Teacher CPD exploring creative approaches to literacy and reader development
- Creative practical twilight sessions for teachers
- Cultura Education Leadership Programme: for teachers interested in leading a change in their school’s approach to arts, culture and creativity
- Booking opens: 10 September 2025
- Explore the Programme