For the last 11 years the Gryphon Trio has been successfully introducing new audiences to chamber music by commissioning exciting new works, producing multimedia projects and by creating hands-on outreach and education programmes. The Constantinople project is the most ambitious realization of the group’s ongoing efforts to place chamber music in new performance contexts thus introducing the art form to larger and more diverse audiences. This project is a very large undertaking for this ensemble but its successful completion and subsequent international touring will open new doors and create opportunities for everyone involved.

Because Constantinople involves artists specializing in instrumental and vocal music, sound design, movement, computer animation as well as stage and costume design the project has a great deal to offer communities which present the work. The Constantinople education programme will be made up two separate initiatives that will be integrated into the touring schedule.

Pre-Concert Discussions

Discussions with Constantinople artists and creative team members will focus on the issues that are explored in the work as well as on revealing all the performance and technical means in which the artistic goals are achieved.

Constantinople in the Schools

This initiative will thrust the artists and technical specialists involved in the project into local schools, colleges and universities where they will offer masterclasses or presentations in music, movement, stage design, lighting, multimedia presentation and sound engineering.