The Chime Project

The Chime Project had a wonderful time taking young musicians from the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Schools of Specialised Excellence, Dwarka & Rohini, on a journey exploring the connections between Music and craft, culture, class, caste, gender, religion, travel, trade and economy, patronage, politics, work, and more... at the National Museum, Delhi. The walk was coordinated by the Global Music Institute, and the students' enthusiastic responses kept us on our toes!



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Today's Musical-History walk at the National Museum, was dedicated to patrons and custodians - of history and buildings that are homes to history for the public. We dove into questions like who creates the music, why, for whom, how did they learn, who created their instruments, how do these instruments make sound and music?

Whose vision was it that drove this National Museum to look this way, showcase artefacts this way, and how the public has evolved in viewing this part of collective history and heritage.

The toughest question remains - however these artefacts get displayed next, the biggest responsibility remains that of the custodians - us, you, me - because it is our history that it displays. So we must remain engaged, watchful and responsive, whilst this happens.

Today's Musical-History walk at the National Museum, was dedicated to patrons and custodians - of history and buildings that are homes to history for the public. We dove into questions like who creates the music, why, for whom, how did they learn, who created their instruments, how do these instruments make sound and music?

Whose vision was it that drove this National Museum to look this way, showcase artefacts this way, and how the public has evolved in viewing this part of collective history and heritage.

The toughest question remains - however these artefacts get displayed next, the biggest responsibility remains that of the custodians - us, you, me - because it is our history that it displays. So we must remain engaged, watchful and responsive, whilst this happens.

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With curious audience members like
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Join us on a journey through the galleries of the National Museum, unraveling stories of Musical History! Signup for our next walk on the 29th of October 2023 (link in bio)

We have been doing this particular tour and its prep, since 2019. But even before that, Shaleen used to conduct historical walks across cities since 2012, and Nymphea has been involved with music since her childhood. So in effect, we cannot count the years it has taken to make the chime project... The Chime Project.
These images are but a glimpse of that process!

Image 1-4 : the many faces in our Google meets
Image 5: folders & folders & folders of notes

LoTS - lot goes on behind the scenes to make a walk/tour happen. We spend countless hours in studying, revising, visiting, contextualising, running tester groups across ages and languages, to arrive at where we have today. Some of the processes are intangible - how fast we develop the lens to understand if our group is tired, restless, engaged, excited, and we respond to that energy faster now. Some processes are tangible - refining the research resources, talking to more musicians and historians, changing our route, customising our worksheets if it is a school group. But the most conclusive part, is watching the eyes light up in our group when there is a AHA moment. We await that AHA moment. We put in all this together, to create that AHA moment.

Last few tickets left to join The Chime Project this Saturday. Yes Shaleen and Nymphea are always this expressive. They will take you along 4500 years of Indian Sub-continent history through music. You will be immersed in audio visuals, creative imagination of your ancestors, and the story of how we came to be as we are today, gets more unraveled. Get your walking shoes and join Nymphea and Shaleen at 12noon this Saturday.

Ticket link in our bio.

The Chime Project creates learning experiences centered around history, art, music and physics. Co-founded by Shaleen Wadhwana and Nymphea Noronha. They have lead unique and engaging walks at museums and archaeological sites in Delhi.

Their USP is taking complex nuances of historical pasts to design and conduct immersive learning experiences through rich storytelling and audio-visual aids. They aim to bring alive embedded histories within objects, instruments and monuments, thus making textbook laden intimidating concepts, living breathing entities influencing our everyday.

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