Momocuri Event With Conductive Music [AD]

When you are a father of 8 years old twin girls as I am, there is one thing as a parent that never ceases to amaze me. It’s my twin daughters’ thirst to learn. Their brains are like sponges and every day I watch their inquisitive minds find something new to learn about and I watch their creative and imaginative minds try to process it and turn it into an exciting project or moment. I so often sit there in awe of them as they are growing and learning new skills.

As the girls are growing older, what is becoming more obvious is how they are getting passionate about certain subject. They both love to create stories together and then recreate the stories in the form of a play in front of their mum and I as an audience. Recently they have started to add music to this, and the result just shows how creative and imaginative their minds are.

They are of course children of the digital world and something that they are both starting to indulge in is gaming. Their ability when it comes to using a laptop or a games console is truly mind boggling considering they are only eight years old. Add into the mix that they are now learning all about coding, well there is no stopping them!

So, when I was recently approached by Conductive Music and their Momocuri Event I was instantly interested. That’s because it combines storytelling, music and gaming, three of the subjects that my girls are passionate about.

What is Momocuri Project?

Momocuri is a cross disciplinary, creative learning project. It’s aim is to inspire children, to use their imagination and creativity, and lead them into unexpected learning and career pathways.

It uses an Ancient Japanese spooky story with demons and monsters, to teach children how to code, create a story and make music, guiding them into creating their own original musical video game.

The Momocuri Event

The Momocuri event is designed to teach children how to plan, code and compose their very own video game, all in one week. In a series of colorful online sessions, you will be shown a spooky tale from Ancient Japan and how storytelling, coding and music can be combined to make a fantastic, personalised RPG game.

It’s then the turn of our children to create their very own musical game demo. By the end of the workshop, you get to take your new skills and free software to make many more games, and continue learning.

Who is it for?

It’s suitable for students aged 8-12 years of age, or even older kids! Anybody who is passionate about video games, music and stories in any combination is welcome to join.

Where and when?

The Momocuri event is on Zoom, February 15th to 19th 2021. It starts at 9am or 1.30pm for 90 minutes each day.

What you need?

All you need is a laptop or a tablet, ideally with an external screen connection, such as a TV. You also need headphones, the updated version of Chrome or Edge browser, and either the Zoom app or plug in. The software where you will be designing you game is free and browser-based. There is no installation required.

What will you learn?

You will learn to design a great story with the help of Laura Sampson, a professional storyteller.

You will turn this story into a great video game with the help of Dr Enrico Bertelli, a professional coder and music technologist.

Now that you have your game and your story, you will add the perfect music to set the mood for your video game. This will be taught by Dr Yui Shikakura, expert musician and researcher of Japanese ancient stories.

Once all this is done, you can bring it all together in your very own video game.

By signing up, you enter the Momocuri competition, and you will get the chance to win one of 3 Meowbits, to download and take your games anywhere. The prize is worth £30!

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How much does it cost?

The cost is only £5 for the whole week, but you can also pay what you can in the form of a donation. This is so that Conductive Music have the resources to bring you always better content for your children’s development. It’s fantastic value for money, and this is possible thanks to Arts Council England and the Daiwa Foundation which are sponsoring this project; each day of lessons will only costs you £1.

So what are you waiting for? Grab your ticket right here.

Who are Conductive Music?

Conductive Music is a not-for-profit organization run by a team of music producers, specialists and engineers who design and deliver in person or online creative workshops from early years to university, in the UK as well as internationally. All of their courses are in line with the national curriculum, and mix STEM subjects, science, technology, engineering and math, together with art and music, creating the STEAM learning approach. These are primarily aimed at children from challenging backgrounds, to give them the chance to learn something that otherwise they wouldn’t have a chance to learn. They organise teacher training sessions remotely or in person to encourage the understanding of educational technology, transforming them into ambassadors for the STEAM approach. They have an international presence, designing and delivering projects on commissions from festivals, universities and art organisations, to name a few.

Conductive Music’s main aim is to design, build and push their inventions until they break. Take them completely apart and then fix them whilst learning everything about them. They want to inspire inventors who know what to do when everything goes wrong. They want to teach children to embrace failure, boosting their resilience, and growing independently through trial and error. They thought they would share this with you, your kids, and your school bringing music, the sciences and creativity together. Check out Conductive Music’s website here.

Final thoughts

This is an absolutely fantastic event, which will help your children develop intra-disciplinary skills for their future; there is every chance that they could end on a career pathway as a video games designers or musicians! I love that children are encouraged to combine their creativity and imagination by using and engaging with storytelling, music and coding, and I believe this to be a truly brilliant idea. This all comes at the very affordable price of just £5 for the whole week of teaching. I would highly recommend children sign up for the half term event, where they will learn so much and tap into their very talents.

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