As a musician it can be surprising when someone says that they do not possess an interest in music. Not least because music is so different from one genre to the next, from one decade to the next, and from one culture to the next.

Thus, it is not typically the case that these people are disinterested in music, but rather that they have not yet experienced a style of music that they are naturally drawn to.

Indeed, to demonstrate this music diversity to your students you could take them to see the Palestine Youth Orchestra at Town Hall Birmingham at the end of the month (29 July 2016).

The Palestine Youth Orchestra (PYO) brings a musical programme featuring Arabic songs from Egypt and Lebanon alongside contemporary British music, Beethoven, and Mussorgsky’s much loved musical interpretation of an art gallery.

The PYO was established with the vision of bringing together young Palestinian musicians from around the world as one ensemble. And over its first decade, it has performed throughout the Middle East and Europe.

If you have any questions about the event, please do call me on 0121 644 6078 or email antony.pickthall@thsh.co.uk.

Antony Pickthall

Head of Marketing and Communications