In 1969 at a school in Shoreditch, England, children young and old learned to experiment with avant-garde music composition using tape recorders, loops, electronics, and other techniques. The BBC documented the program with this short documentary, "Music In School: A New Sound." I would like to have been a student of these teachers. (via Toys & Techniques)
Experimental music in UK elementary and high school (1969)
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