We ignite change

Pioneering community music projects, bridging ‘on the ground’ engagement work with inspirational events

OUR PROJECTS

COMMUNITY MUSIC CHEMNITZ

CHEMNITZ, DE: 2025 - 2026 
COMMUNITY PROJECTS > LARGE SCALE PROJECTS

Our new, pioneering and long-term community music residency in Chemnitz

PAPER LANTERN COLLECTIVE • INPEOS • CHEMNITZ EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2025
FUNDED BY BEISHEIM STIFTUNG & DEUTSCHE BANK STIFTUNG

MUSIK FÜR ALLE:
A COMMUNITY MUSIC HANDBOOK

DORTMUND, DE & TAMPERE, FL: JULY 2024
CONSULTING > EVALUATION

A documentation, reflection, and guide to the first five years of Community Music at KONZERTHAUS DORTMUND

KONZERTHAUS DORTMUND • PAPER LANTERN COLLECTIVE • ISME CMA

A LANTERN OF HOPE, A LANTERN OF PEACE, A LANTERN OF TOGTHERNESS

INTERNATIONAL: APRIL 2024
COMMUNITY PROJECTS > BESPOKE COMMISSIONS

A remote gathering and collective breath at the start of a new journey

PAPER LANTERN COLLECTIVE

What we do

Celebration and wonder with the people, for the people, by the people. Guided by decades of collective experience internationally and continuous evaluation.

Community Projects

Inspiring transformation in places and communities

  • Our pioneering and internationally acclaimed community music and co-creation activity. Discovery and empowering individuals, communities, and institutions. Creating open, inclusive, and accessible spaces that enable all to engage in artistic practice, discover new ways of self-expression, and establish connections across social divides. Building foundations for proud, inspired, and active communities. Cultural participation for all.

  • Tailor made projects and events that inspire and bring people and places together. Let’s imagine together: small and beautiful spring festivals, joyful neighbourhood singings, big parades through city streets, massive colourful co-created performances on concert hall stages... and beyond!

  • Joy and wonder for all and available now. Workshops, participatory concerts, pop-up festivals that are fully responsive to all those who are in the room - but are also ready to go. We’ll co-create something special.

Training

Sharing our expertise with community musicians and organisations

  • Intensive training on site. Equipping community musicians with the knowledge and skills to create joyful and meaningful community events. We build, imagine, and make over a week of creative learning.

  • With our expertise we come to different institutions to share our approach, methods, and knowledge. Adapting our topics to the needs of the place.

  • Sharing our stories and experience through interactive speeches, presentations, or instant workshops.

Consulting

Supporting institutions in realising cultural participation

  • Strategy and concept development for anchoring community music in institutions and communities, supporting the development of participatory programmes and formats.

  • Implementation support for community music, co-creation, and participation projects, fully customised to address specific needs.

  • Review, reflection, and examination of participatory formats using our evaluation criteria with derivation of strategic recommendations.

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