Auditions for National Children’s Orchestras of Great Britain 2024 are open!
If you know a young musician aged 8-13 years old as of 31st August 2023, who plays an orchestral instrument to the appropriate standard and is a British citizen or lives/studies in the UK then they might be interested in auditioning to be part of National Children’s...
Same Difference Youth Festival: SIGN-UP FORM OPEN NOW!
We are delighted to announce this year’s Same Difference youth festival! #WVSameDifference A creative festival showcasing talents of young people (11-18) in Wolverhampton. Wolverhampton CEP (Cultural Education Partnership) are hosting a youth festival for the second...
Parents’ Guide to Motivating Students to Practise
A brand new guide to help parents to motivate their child to practise, is available to download here.
New School Music Development Plan Template
The School Music Development Plan Template can be downloaded here. We will be running an online training session on how to complete the template on Microsoft Teams on Thursday 8th June 4pm to 5pm. Please sign up here to join the session. The template supports the DfE...
Jazz Band Performs at Fairtrade Event
The Music School’s Big Jazz Band wowed the mayor and her guests at a civic reception in March. The occasion was to mark Fairtrade Fortnight, highlighting the work done in Wolverhampton schools to raise the profile of fairtrade. The reception was a highlight of the...
Azaad Arts – update
Azaad Arts recently participated in a community performance to celebrate May Day at the Wolverhampton Workers’ Day Festival. The day commemorates various rights for workers and the celebration is funded each year by local trade union branches. The performance...
International Organ Day at St. Peter’s Church
Our role as a local Music Education Hub involves supporting opportunities where we can work with new partners to bring new experiences to young people. On Saturday 23rd April we were able to support the Royal College of Organists’ International Organ Day, where young...
Future Talent Development Programmes – Applications by 11th April
Future Talent runs Junior and Development Programmes which support young musicians under age 18 from low-income backgrounds across the UK. Please note, the deadline for applications is 11th April. They provide each musician they support with one-to-one mentoring,...
National Youth Orchestra Opportunities
The National Youth Orchestra have opportunities for teenage musicians from Grade 6 level (exams not necessary). The National Youth Orchestra Tune into the greatest adventure you can experience through orchestral music and apply now to be part of a nationwide...
Wolverhampton Symphony Orchestra
Our partner organisation Wolverhampton Symphony Orchestra reports an very exciting increase in the number of young string players now performing in the orchestra. In the concert on Saturday 18th March there were 46 string players and 23 wind and percussion. An...