Tuning In

Hi. My name is Luke Crookes. I am a bassoonist, workshop leader & presenter. I work with galleries, museums, heritage sites, community groups, SEND schools, schools, cultural institutions & hospitals.

You can choose a specific project from the dropdown menu in the top right corner.

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A participant

“I could feel my creativity being tapped into. I thought the way you were so inclusive and encouraging with everyone was great, a rare skill!“

My workshop practice begins by making space for participants to relax and connect with their body, voice, space, place & expression in an easy-going way through relaxed (often optional) invitation to notice things, with a non-judgemental atmosphere of inclusion. Some people might call it a warm up but it’s even more relaxed than that. I can look very relaxed about it but that’s intentional, I call this arriving. It is a way of beginning before the traditional modes of joining-in that music and performance can initiate and often include: conditions of expectation, modes of being in a group and unconscious judgments like the need to fit in or get it just right. All expression is encouraged and included, the more abstract the better.

Please get in touch with any questions or enquiries: lukecrookes@me.com

A Teacher

“Thanks for an amazing project. It was inspiring, creative, educational, and most importantly FUN for the staff and the pupils”.

A collaborative artist

“Brilliant work with children working with @luke_crookes – inspiring music practitioner – truly talented and genuinely searching for the innate power of creativity in young people”.

Dissolve SIRF

This is a human story rather than a love story… with water.

‘Beautiful’

Stella Hall, Festival Director of Festival Of Thrift, Redcar and programmer.

‘Stunning’

Rachel Swanwick, Promoter/ programmer, Oldham Council.

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The North Sea radio Orchestra

MANCHESTER ART GALLERY CERAMICS & ADHOC DANCE

A moving and meditative performance by Adhoc and bassoonist Luke Crookes creating a sense of Halima Cassell’s sculptures almost becoming alive. Beautiful!

Project manager

OPEN CITY SPECIAL SCHOOLS ARCHITECTURE

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Adhoc Community Dance on Zoom

Adhoc on zoom

I just wanted to say how much joy this project has brought into my life – and sparked off creativity again after such a reduced life in lockdown! To be part of Ad Hoc from afar has been a great privilege.

I was able to weave my extreme lockdown experience into this.

It’s fab! Amazing to be part of this!

Here are some of the organisations I have worked for:

BBC. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. THE PRINCES TRUST. THE MUSEUM OF LONDON. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC & DRAMA. THE ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL. WIGMORE HALL. THE WALLACE COLLECTION. THE MUSEUM OF LONDON. THE BARBICAN. PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA. EVELINA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. CREATE. THE ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL. SIRF (STOCKTON INTERNATIONAL RIVERSIDE FESTIVAL.OPEN CITY.OPERA NORTH. HERON CORN MILL. LEIPZIG GERWANTHAUS ORCHESTRA. THE SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. BT. THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. BARINGA PARTNERS. INTERCRUISES. GROWING OLD DISGRACEFULLY.

DOCKLANDS MUSEUM

“The morning was amazing and the children’s performance was incredible! Thank you so much for all of your hard work on the project” Sophie Draper project manager. Open City.

“Not only is your sensitivity to the dance amazing but the fact that you seem to produce it in such a short time” Liz Patrick, participant.

“Thank you all for a wonderful project and experience” Class Teacher

“Thank you so much for all the fantastic work you put into the project. It was a pleasure to work on this with you.”

“The mystery of interpretation of OWCH’s journey became a joyous recollection which was a quite different way of owning the feelings in which we normally express ourselves.” Participant.

ORCHESTRAS

Musicianship – creativity – performance

Nominated for a Royal Philharmonic Society Award 2015

“Your musicality, professionalism, collaboration, communication, team work & dedication is such a joy & pleasure to work with.” Project Manager.

“Thank you for last night. I really enjoyed it and found it very compelling……. a visual treat. Loved the bassoonist…..live music just adds that extra magic!! I left feeling very uplifted!!” Audience member Pauline Gibson.

“it was absolutely magical – to see how the painting became alive through the careful selection of detail and then interpreted through music, singing and movement and back to painting – all of it was wonderful ! I met one of the pupils yesterday and she was talking to me about “the baby” ( signing actually). the speech therapist that she was with said the class team said it was the best trip they’d been on.”

“Thank you so much for this morning. It was absolutely brilliant and all of the teachers and people involved in the project said how amazing it was” Project Manager

ORCHESTRAS

Scottish heritage & poetry

“A very inspiring project that led to real creative freedom and an end result that was entirely the students.”
Teacher, Candlebird Creative Composition Workshop, 2015.