SOUTH MANCHESTER CLC
How South Manchester CLC use O-Generator

Students enjoy a six week stint using O-Generator music software, giving the user a chance to compose and produce a piece of their own music mastered to a CD. In time, they produce enough work which results in their own class album of songs.

Projects such as these are of great importance when trying to get students to engage more creatively. Often primary and secondary schools are unable to run such projects due to their lack of facilities, so it is a huge benefit that they can come to use the technology at the CLC.

This particular project is delivered over a six week period using O-Generator software. During this period the children work with O-Generator, taking direct instructions from the software and implementing the skills they learn in the production of their own music.

The CLC has contributed enormously in raising pupil attainment through this project. We are profoundly proud with the outcomes of these programmes as music production is a specialist area.

At the beginning of each programme the children can often seem a little nervous at producing their own music even though it is explained to them that no previous music experience is required. So to finish the programme with all children having learned some essential skills in music production - and armed with a finished album between the class to show the fruits of their labours - is very pleasing to us as a CLC.

Paul Ford
South Manchester CLC

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