Led by deaf British pianist Danny Lane, the workshops introduce deaf students to the instruments of the orchestra.

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra have successfully delivered a new outreach project to offer deaf high school students the opportunity to play music with its members and acclaimed deaf pianist Danny Lane. 30 students from the Victorian College for the Deaf (VCD) attended the special workshop, which was held on Saturday.

Collaborating with Lane, who is also the artistic director of the charity Music and the Deaf, and the MSO, Melbourne-based music educator Karen Kyriakou devised the education workshop for students at the Victorian College for the Deaf to allow them the same musical learning opportunities and experiences of non-deaf students. Kyriokou was inspired to develop the ground-breaking project in Australia after travelling to the UK on a Churchill Scholarship in 2013 to complete her studies in musical education of deaf children. During the workshop, students were initially asked to attend a MSO rehearsal at Hamer Hall. After the rehearsal, MSO members introduced students to select instruments, demonstrating the mechanics of music through the vibrations of the playing.

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