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Wide of play Orchestra at the South Bank Centre, London2. Play Orchestra 3. Mother and daughter walking to the play orchestra4. Young boy standing on the music cube 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Slaney, Educational and website...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLondon \u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of play Orchestra at the South Bank Centre, London\u003cbr/\u003e2. Play Orchestra \u003cbr/\u003e3. Mother and daughter walking to the play orchestra\u003cbr/\u003e4. Young boy standing on the music cube \u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Slaney, Educational and website officer for the Philharmonic Orchestra, Britain:  \u003cbr/\u003e\" Well basically we have made pieces of music using samples we have used from our philharmonia musicians.  We are playing classical music and new commissions by some young composers. We have made those into sixty lines of music which are playing behind me  and as you  sit down on the seats you hear the music of the instrument you have just sat down on.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Various of men sitting on the cubes \u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Slaney, Educational and website officer for the Philharmonic Orchestra, Britain: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The cubes are set exactly like a full size orchestra. An orchestra has sixty seats and they are laid out properly strings, winds brass and  percussion and there are different colours rating to there section     \u003cbr/\u003e8. Various of kids sitting on the music cubes \u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE Neil Quentin, Music coordinator for the education team at the South Bank Centre:\u003cbr/\u003e\" One of our main buildings - the Royal Festival Hall -  is shut at the moment.  It amazing how many people do not even know what goes on inside it.  This is a very busy place as you can see  we have thousands of commuters coming by, tourists and we were just really concerned  that across the sight especially in the outdoor spaces we do stuff and engage the public in the arts in the broader  sense possible. With this project well you con not get inside the hall at the moment and listen to orchestral music but you can listen to it and take part in it outside the hall and that was really important to us.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Various visitors sitting on the play orchestra stage \u003cbr/\u003e11.  SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Slaney, Educational and website officer for the philharmonic orchestra Britain: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Yeah  its quiet a complicated system  as you can probably see from this room we have a cable coming in from each seat to this box here.  This recognises when someone has sat down on it and and what that effectively does is turns up the volume on one of the channels through this power full computer here a specialist piece of software which turns up the volume on the right instrument.  When someone sits down on violins its turns it up in here and they hear it out there, simple as that really.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Various of computer screen controlling the music\u003cbr/\u003e13. Various of wires connected from each seat to the computer \u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (English) Neil Quentin, Music coordinator for the education team at the South Bank Centre:\u003cbr/\u003e\"As you can hear we have Elgar (1857-1943 British classical music composer) which is a very kind of quiet and meditative piece and its just amazing sitting there and people just kind of stop and calm themselves.  Last week we had Tchaikovsky (1840-1893 classical music composer) which was much more full of pomp and bravado, and at the end of it people would start clapping people are conducting I think it really makes an impact.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. VOXPOP (English) No name available,Tourist:\u003cbr/\u003e\" Well I think its good.  A good opportunity to hear a bit of classical, I think they should like all types of music so its perfect.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. VOXPOP (English) Katie Harris, Tourist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"if you don't play an instrument it can inspire you to play an instrument that your sitting on.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. VOXPOP (Gale honey) American tourist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"well just sat down I think its a wonderful idea, i think its a wonderful idea.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Tilt down from women sitting on the cube to the speaker\u003cbr/\u003e19. Baby hitting the cube\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Slaney, Educational and website officer for the Philharmonic Orchestra, Britain: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Well the blue tooth aspect is one of the main reasons we started this project as you are sitting here if you have a mobile phone with blue tooth on you will be sent a ring tone of the piece your listening in.  We are asking people to contribute via blue tooth sounds for a new piece we are creating in a couple of weeks time. So send in a sound via blue tooth and that will become part of a new piece.\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Toddler walking on the Play orchestra stage\u003cbr/\u003e22. VOXPOP (English)Terry Spencer, American tourist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is like really fun to be able to experience something like this.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. VOXPOP (English)Sam Robinson(left), Rebecca Robinson (middle), Holly Hare (Right), Visitors:\u003cbr/\u003e- Rebecca Robinson (middle):\"Its really educational because you know what sounds they make.\"\u003cbr/\u003e- Holly Hare (Right): \"Its a really good set up because it attracts people and it brings you right of its all set up.\"\u003cbr/\u003e- Sam Robinson(left): \"I think the sound of it is quite nice too.\"\u003cbr/\u003e24. Various children sitting on the cubes\u003cbr/\u003e25. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Slaney, Educational and website officer for the philharmonic orchestra Britain:\u003cbr/\u003e\" Its pretty much everyone really we want to get young and old to come down here try out some instruments, come down on a saturday morning enjoy our saturday morning workshops with our live philharmonia  musicians and just experience what orchestra is all about.\" \u003cbr/\u003e26. Various of visitors sitting on the play orchestra cubes\u003cbr/\u003e27. Baby crawling in front of speaker\u003cbr/\u003e28. Wide of Play orchestra \u003cbr/\u003eLondon's South Bank, famous for the Festival Hall and the London Eye, is now home to a new musical art installation called the \"Play Orchestra\".\u003cbr/\u003eVisitors who fancy themselves as the next Mozart, Beethoven or Bach can sit on any of the 58 electronic seats, as they represent different musical instruments.\u003cbr/\u003eThe sounds the seats emit go on to create a unique master piece.\u003cbr/\u003eThe South Bank Centre in London has a long standing tradition for producing and performing classical and world music.\u003cbr/\u003eIt is home to the the Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Play Orchestra\" is the result of a collaboration between Central Saint Martins College of Art \u0026amp; Design  MA Creative Practice for Narrative Environments, South Bank Centre Education and the Philharmonia Orchestra. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Play Orchestra installation has 56 plastic cubes, and three Hotspots, laid out on a full size orchestra stage. \u003cbr/\u003eEach cube contains a light, speaker and a photo of the instrument you are sitting on. \u003cbr/\u003ePeople of all ages can sit down on the cube, or stand on a hotspot to turn on that instrument\u003cbr/\u003eEach cube represents one of the classical instruments, in the usual 58 - 60 piece orchestra.\u003cbr/\u003eThe orchestra will play  two different pieces of music a day including a new commission by a young talented composer.\u003cbr/\u003eNeil Quentin, music coordinator for the education team at the South Bank Centre, says the psychological effect the music has on the visitors is amazing.  \u003cbr/\u003eWith the slower calmer music visitors will sit back and relax, but with the faster more upbeat pieces the visitors will feel the music and move in time.\u003cbr/\u003eIf you bring along 58 friends and family you can make up a full orchestra.\u003cbr/\u003eRichard Slaney, educational and website officer for the Philharmonic Orchestra Britain, and the inventor and developer of the Play Orchestra, believes that it is important to introduce people to classical music and make it accessible to everyone.\u003cbr/\u003eInstalling and designing the play orchestra was a complex project.  \u003cbr/\u003eEach  seat is linked to a computer backstage via a cable. \u003cbr/\u003eWhen pressure is placed on a cube a signal is sent to the main frame computer and the instrument begins to play.  \u003cbr/\u003eThe designers have also included bluetooth technology.\u003cbr/\u003eBluetooth is a cable-free connectivity between mobile, phones, mobile PCs and handheld computers.\u003cbr/\u003eWhen visitors switch on the blue-tooth technology in their mobile phones they will be able to download classical music played on that day. \u003cbr/\u003eThey are also able to record samples, and send them back to the Play Orchestra sample bank.\u003cbr/\u003eComposers will then use the music samples in one piece of music, and play it to 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