Concerteenies: Piano (pre-crawlers)

Live music for young children and their grown-ups with sensory engagement

This special series aims to give you and your very little ones (pre-crawlers) a relaxing and inspiring concert experience, within the beautiful setting of Whirlow Spirituality Centre. Ryan Taylor will play beautiful piano music weaving in well-loved classical music, nursery rhymes and lullabies - there won't be many spoken introductions to the music nor formal applause. We encourage you to bring a blanket and a pillow so you and your little can enjoy a lie on the floor - maybe even a little sleep! There will also be gentle sensory elements encorporating sound, sight, touch, including bubbles, scarves, feathers and simple baby massage techniques for you to explore with your little one at your own pace. Sit in the relaxing lounge or gardens after the concert for a free coffee or a selection of teas and enjoy a calm catch up with fellow new parents.

Ryan Taylor is an award-winning Sheffield, UK based improviser, composer and producer with a special interest in music for the moving image and interdisciplinary collaboration. Having recently graduated from Leeds College of Music with a BA in Jazz and an MA in Performance and Composition, Ryan is currently taking his research forward to explore and enquire into music's potential in science public engagement at PhD level at University of Sheffield. Ryan’s latest release “Aquakulture” recently won the Royal Society’s “Colin Pillinger Award for Public Engagement” and saw it’s launch in November 2019 at Hobart, Australia. “‘Aquakulture” is available via ryantaylorlive.com or via signed CD at the Concerteenies concert.

Performers

Ryan Taylor (Piano)