Developing pupils' ability to listen to music with attention and pleasure is one of the main goals of music lessons. This aim is achieved through various activities such as active listening to music and through attending concerts. One of many challenges facing music educators is to find ways to bring children closer to contemporary music. This paper focuses on an educational-artistic project dedicated to primary school students. The concept was to familiarise the pupils with the selection of works by Polish composers of the 20th and 21st century. The project was based on the assumption that innovative presentations of the musical works will make listening more understandable for children. Five contemporary pieces of Polish composers were presented at the concert and recorded on a DVD. Four of the pieces were composed in the 1970s-80s. The last one, the fifth, was composed specially for the project. During the performance, elements of dance, multimedia, narration and visual art produced in real time were utilized. The project had already been presented to children at several primary schools in the North of Poland. The research focused on the children's perception of contemporary Polish music. The presentation of each piece with the accompanying stimulation of musical and non-musical imagination in children can attract them to the New Music compositions. The observations could aid in formulating curricula and suggested classroom activities for general music lessons.