Concordia Foundation

Building bridges through music and the arts

The Pied Piper of Tower Hamlets and ‘Little Critics’

November 2011

Supported by Beazley PLC, Reed Elsevier and Dasha Shenkman

Concordia presented The Pied Piper of Tower Hamlets providing an innovative platform for Concordia Mentee, Tanya Cooling to create an exciting new experience for children of this famous fairy-tale.

The children’s activities include making drums and shakers from recycled objects and combining simple British and African stories, culture and wildlife.

The children in year 4 and 5 participated in performances at Wilton’s Music Hall with Tanya and Concordia Artists Abigail Burrows, Edgar Baily and Tom McLauchlin and talented young actors Richard Maxted and Tom Radford with designs by Rosie Mayhew and Michelle Leong.

In ‘Little Critics’, Tanya guided the children through writing up their own critique of the performance.