With over 70 years’ experience offering high quality instrumental and vocal teaching for children inside schools and out.
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SCHOOL Instrumental Lessons - Registrations
Please register if your child is receiving Music Service lessons in school (if you have not already done so).
Orchestras/ Bands/ Ensembles/Groups - Registrations
Please register if your child attends any of our orchestras, bands, ensembles or groups at the Music School in the evenings/ weekends (if you have not already done so)
New for 2024
EVENING TUITION at the Music School
For children of school age and adult learners alike, WMS will provide out of school, high quality, instrumental or vocal lessons. With FREE loan of an instrument for up to 1 year.
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We provide weekly tuition on over 30 different instruments, along with the long term free loan of a musical instrument. Our leadership team regularly offer guidance and support to schools on contracting with parents or subsidising the cost of lessons in school.
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Friends of WMS
The Friends of the Wolverhampton Music Service have continued to provide longstanding support and belief in the work of Wolverhampton Music Service. Find out more about what they do, how you can help and as now a fully registered charity make a donation!
Latest News
Council invests to keep the music playing!
The City of Wolverhampton Council is investing £90,000 over the next three years to ensure children and young people can continue to experience the joy of live music. The funding will build on a pilot project launched in 2023 with support from Arts Council England,...
Future Talent – applications open!
Applications for Future Talent are now open, and close on Friday 24th April. This year, Future Talent are introducing an important change: their awards will now run on a two-year cycle, giving young musicians greater continuity of support and enabling them to work...
2026 YOUNG COMPOSERS’ PROGRAMME
Are you interested in composing? Apply for the 2026 Young Composers' Programme to get FREE mentoring in composition with the award-winning ORA Singers! Click HERE to find out more Apprenticeships Receive first-class mentoring through a course of online Composition...
Children
We currently teach over 6500 children every week in Wolverhampton schools!
Years’ of Experience
Nurturing and celebrating young lives through musical experiences.
Instrument Loan
We provide the long term loan of over 5000 musical instruments, at no extra cost to schools or parents!
Musical Groups
We run 15 progressive bands, orchestras and ensembles out of school, at no extra cost to parents, for children to develop their playing and progress with others.
From September 2024, Wolverhampton Music Service joined a formal collaboration with Dudley Performing Arts Service , SIPS Music Service and Walsall Music Education Service. This formal collaboration is now the overarching Black Country Music Hub led by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. It is the legal group of Music Services that will deliver the National Plan for Music Education in the region.
The Hub will deliver against three aims as set out in the National Plan for Music Education (NPME), published in 2022:
- To support schools and other education settings to deliver high-quality music education
- To support young people to further develop their musical interests and talent, including into employment
- To support all children and young people to engage with a range of musical opportunities in and out of school
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