Bassline Symphony®
Youth Symposium
Music. Production. Performance.
Creative futures.
The Bassline Symphony® Youth Symposium is a one-day creative engagement programme for young people aged 11–25, connecting bassline culture, orchestral music, production skills and creative career pathways.
Taking place alongside the Bradford Live 2026 show, the symposium brings together schools, young adults, artists, facilitators and industry professionals for hands-on workshops, panels, networking and live creative activity.
It is designed to help young people see music not only as something they listen to, but as something they can make, shape, perform and build a future around.
11–15s
A daytime schools programme with hands-on music workshops, creative exploration and introductions to bassline, orchestral music and production.
The schools strand is designed to support curriculum learning, cultural capital, confidence and creativity.
A late-afternoon and evening programme focused on young adult progression, DJ culture, music careers, networking and industry insight.
The 16–25 strand offers deeper creative and professional pathways for emerging artists, producers, DJs and young people interested in the music industry.
What is the Youth Symposium?
The Bassline Symphony® Youth Symposium is a single-day creative engagement programme designed for young people aged 11–25.
The model brings together schools, young adults, artists, facilitators, music industry professionals and cultural partners for a day of practical learning and creative inspiration.
The programme is designed around two age groups: a daytime schools strand for 11–15s, and a later young adult strand for 16–25s.
16–25s
Why It Exists
Bassline Symphony is bigger than one night on stage.
The live show celebrates bassline culture at orchestral scale. The Youth Symposium opens up the process behind that work, giving young people access to the skills, stories and creative pathways that make a production like this possible.
For some participants, it may be their first time exploring music production.
For others, it may be their first encounter with orchestral music as something connected to their own culture.
For others, it may be the first time they see a future for themselves in music, events, production, performance or the wider creative industries.
A future built around music.
What Young People Experience
Workshops & Masterclasses
Hands-on sessions exploring music production, vocal performance, DJing, songwriting, bassline culture and creative practice, led by artists and industry professionals.
Performance & sharing Opportunities
Opportunities to share creative work, build confidence and experience what it means to make music in a professional cultural setting.
Creative Futures Panel
Conversations with artists, producers, DJs and creative industry professionals exploring music careers, progression routes and the realities of building a creative future.
Orchestral Immersion
An introduction to how orchestral music and bassline culture can work together, exploring the bridge between underground and classical worlds.
How the Day Works
11–15s
The daytime session is dedicated to 11–15-year-olds, introducing the core elements of music production, bassline culture and the relationship between electronic music and orchestral performance.
Students rotate through high-impact activity zones before coming together for a shared creative experience.
The schools strand is designed to support learning across music, technology, creativity, confidence and cultural understanding.
16–25s
The later session is built for young adults and emerging creatives.
This strand offers deeper professional insight into the industry, exploring career progression, DJ culture, production, performance and creative pathways.
Participants engage with industry professionals and explore what it takes to scale a grassroots sound onto a major stage.
For Schools
Curriculum mapping connects sessions with KS3 Music, Computing, English, Art & Design, Gatsby Benchmarks and cultural capital outcomes.
The Youth Symposium is designed to be more than a trip out of school.
It gives students access to real-world creative learning connected to music, computing, English, art and design, cultural capital and careers education.
Students are introduced to working artists, facilitators and music professionals, helping connect classroom learning with creative industries and future pathways.
The programme can support:
KS3 Music
Performance, composition, listening, music technology and understanding musical history and context.
KS3 Computing
Digital creation, sound manipulation, software, hardware and creative use of technology.
KS3 English
Lyric writing, spoken language, performance, vocabulary and creative expression.
Art and Design
Visual identity, creative process and design in music culture.
Careers education
Encounters with employers, links between curriculum and work, and information about future opportunities.
What Young People Leave With
A deeper understanding of bassline as cultural history
First-hand experience of music production and creative tools
Contact with working artists and industry professionals
Insight into music careers and creative pathways
Confidence to make, perform or share creative work
A stronger sense that cultural spaces can belong to them too
School-age participants: access, confidence, exploration
16–25s: progression, networks, careers, next steps
Building on
Proven Impact
IN 2025
102
1,500
92.9%
YOUNG PEOPLE
CAPACITY SELL-OUT
SATISFACTION
Why Partners Should Get Involved
Venues
Create visible public value alongside a major live event, connecting your stage with new audiences, young people and local cultural engagement.
Funders
Support proven youth engagement, creative education and Northern cultural pride with clear outcomes for skills, confidence, access and participation.
Schools
Offer curriculum-linked creative learning in a professional cultural setting, with direct links to music, computing, English, art and design, cultural capital and careers education.
Sponsors
Align with an authentic cultural movement that connects underground music heritage, young people, creative futures and large-scale live performance.
Partner with the Movement
VENUES • FUNDERS • SCHOOLS • SPONSORS • BRANDS • YOUTH ORGANISATIONS •
Help young people see music as something they can make, shape, perform and build a future around.
We are looking for partners who share our commitment to creative equity, cultural excellence and the next generation of Northern music.