The project builds on the success of music tuition through Wider Opportunities - but music services can struggle to provide exciting performance and ensemble opportunities for young musicians, especially those with little playing experience. As the students move to secondary school, there is a need to inspire them to continue with their playing - it is a time when many give up. Orchestral music can be dismissed as 'too hard' or seem inaccessible, we need to build our future audience.

The Halle will work with schools & music services to provide specially arranged repertoire that allows for young people of varying standards of playing to take part. The Come & Play Concerts will give them the chance to play these pieces alongside the world class musicians of the Halle, inspiring them with a love of music that we hope will lead them to play & enjoy music throughout their lives. By showing them how it can engage, move & inspire, we create the musicians & audience of the future.