We went to the Glasshouse International Centre for Music to find out what they’re up to this Halloween and to discuss the classes they have on, as well as looking at their ethos.
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00:00We are a not-for-profit music charity and venue.
00:05We are the home of the Royal Northern Symphonia.
00:08We also have the Foilmate Music Centre, which is our education centre,
00:13where we'll do classes for adults, young people, anyone really, from 0 to 100.
00:19As well as their educational work, Glasshouse also put on films with the live orchestra,
00:24such as the Halloween night showing of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho,
00:27which Gemma assures me will be well worth coming to.
00:29Why it's different here is because, as well as watching the film,
00:32you'll hear the R&S play the live score, which is, like, beautiful.
00:37Even though it's a scary film, the experience of hearing that music live
00:41and being in the room, like, at points you don't know what to look at
00:44because you're, like, watching the orchestra and you're watching the film.
00:47I think it's just a bit of a different experience, it hits differently.
00:51Still scary, though.
00:52Psycho's sense of dread and panic is successful in major part
00:55because of the Bernard Herrmann score.
00:57So chilling during the infamous shower scene.
00:59But imagine what that sounds like with the full force of the Northern Sinfonia
01:03bouncing around your eardrums.
01:05Events like this really do bring films to life.
01:07The staff here work hard to ensure that every performance or class
01:10brings music to life for all customers, whatever the occasion.
01:13We do classes for, like, toddlers and parents who want to come in
01:18and experience music for the first time.
01:20We do bursaries to help people get into music education
01:24who maybe it's not possible for them.
01:26And we work with adults with special educational needs
01:29as well as, like, if you just want to join a choir
01:32and come and sing with people, we have a class for that too.
01:36I asked Gemma if this sort of work was important to Glasshouse's ethos
01:39and how they see themselves.
01:42Music is for everyone.
01:44Like, whatever your experience with music is,
01:47it's, like, something that speaks to everyone across languages,
01:52across experiences.
01:55And so what we want is for people to come here
01:58and experience that and have that.