Cultural actions of the Orchestre national d’Île-de-France — 2012

The report lists the cultural activities of the Orchestre national d’Île-de-France carried out during 2012. Eager to introduce the world of classical and symphonic music to its audience of tomorrow, the Orchestre national d’Île-de-France develops and proposes each season an inventive, rich and... playful cultural action! Each cultural action is developed in relation to the symphonic season of the Orchestra and adapts to all its different audiences. The objectives of these actions are to: * Discover the world of symphonic concert * Educate young people — and other audiences — about the orchestra’s repertoire * Involve them in musical projects with the orchestra The various cultural actions proposed are: **Components (workshops)** The students create an original work, in relation to a concert of the symphonic season, helped by a composer and musician of the orchestra. Collaboration with the orchestra is part of a journey of discovery (meeting with musicians of the orchestra, presence at a rehearsal, discovering the professions of the orchestra, visit the House of the Orchestra). The participants then interpret their creation. ** Rendezvous with — to discover (meetings) ** Soloists, conductors and musicians of the orchestra reveal to the public, with the help of a mediator, the secrets of their profession and the classical repertoire. A rare opportunity to simply dialogue with great musical personalities. Musicians of the orchestra, in small numbers, can also come to interpret a work during a mini-concert. **Light on the concert (conferences) ** A mediator presents to the public the works of the concert planned at the theatre of the city. With musical excerpts, it guides listening and encourages listeners to identify identity and the flavor of each piece. **Let’s sing before ** Just before the concert, invite amateurs to come and sing choirs or tunes in echo on the program. The choir consists of people of all ages who will work with the chef choir and will be accompanied by a pianist. After two or three repetitions will take place public representation. **Musical show ** In recent years, the orchestra has been creating musical performances (tales, children’s opera) adapted to young audiences for reciting, singer(s) and orchestra. **Educational Concert — Class the Orchestra! ** The educational concert presents a work of the symphonic program with the help a mediator who does not want to make listening more active. **Song with the orchestra ** Let’s sing with the orchestra is a participatory project where students, during a school year, discover choral practice and become choristers by living a musical adventure unique with the Orchestre national d’Île-de-France.