News & Events

Wolverhampton Music Service is part of the new West Midlands Music initiative. 14 Music Services in the West Midlands have come together to create West Midlands Music. With more than 400 years of collective experience in music education, we will be collaborating...

NYO Inspire Orchestra West Midlands: 3 - 12 July 2019 NYO Inspire Orchestra consists of 70 teenage musicians from NYO Inspire projects across the year. They will meet for a six-day rehearsal residential, followed by a four-day concert tour. Performances will take...

The John Barker Bursary Registered charity number: 513451 John Barker was a previous Head of the Wolverhampton Music Service in the 1970's. The bursary was set up in his name to support students intending to pursue Music in further education (Including Music...

The Wolverhampton Youth Music Theatre are celebrating their 20th Anniversary. Over the Easter break they rehearsed a great concert revisiting numbers from their shows over that 20 years. As always they will be rehearsing over the summer for their show at the Arena...

Birmingham City University questionnaire on composing in schools. It would be very useful if teachers in schools in Wolverhampton could spend a few minutes completing this important survey for BCU It's certainly full of lots of pertinent questions regarding how...

Our two exceptionally popular singing events are back again this year starting on Tuesday 11th June in Queen Square, Wolverhampton with “Singing in the Rain” Hundreds of our Primary and Special school children from the city will join forces in this very special...

This summer our concerts begin on Saturday 11th May St Jude’s Church, Tettenhall Road with our Youth Orchestra/Youth Wind Orchestra. We then have an Informal Concert at our Centre Stage venue at the Music School on Monday 10th June. Don't forget to pop along to Queen...

This year our prestigious Wolverhampton Youth and Wind orchestras under the batons of Mr Morgan & Mr Brailsford will undertake a concert tour in July, based in Palencia, Spain. That's 2 Orchestras, 76 Students, 8 staff, 2 Coaches, 5 Concerts The repertoire is a truly...

We are exceptionally proud of our large number of ensembles at Wolverhampton Music Service. All our ensembles rehearse regularly and perform in concerts and our Youth and Wind Orchestra will be touring Spain this summer. (Click here for further information) Youth...

In January 2019 Nicola launched “With Nicky”, an online series of educational videos that intends to provide information, guidance, and support for young musicians throughout their musical and personal development. The educational series can be found on​...

Music-making for the ‘D’ in SEND The Music service are looking to find children in Wolverhampton schools who have an upper limb disability. It may also be that they have a condition that means they can only functionally use one arm. OHMI have some funding to start...

Saturday 25 May WOLVERHAMPTON Newhampton Arts Centre Explore English folk music, learn from inspiring tutors and play with other young musicians. Take part in a day of creative folk music workshops and, if you want to, audition for the 2019–20 National Youth Folk...

Some 15 schools were represented at this important meeting and CPD session. Ciaran O'Donnell Head of the Music service introduced details of our exciting new offers to schools. Pete Edwards introduced more opportunities such as the Rockshool Easter course,...

Do you know a young songwriter wanting to get their songs heard? Help us reach young people who are passionate about songwriting. BENEFITS FROM SONGWRITING IN YOUR SCHOOL Motivates your pupils to express themselves creatively Songwriting helps build strong mental...

We had a fabulous string day on Wednesday 6th March - well over 60 young string players spent the day working with our visiting professional Quartet the Leo Quartet together with our highly skilled music service staff rehearsing and performing a wide variety of...

The renowned BBC Concert Orchestra is offering schools the chance to bring Key Stage 2 students to see a live orchestral performance at Dudley Town Hall of  music from Ten Pieces free of charge. These school-friendly concerts will feature the Orchestra, with a world...

We are proud of three of our talented musicians from Wolverhampton Youth Orchestra took part in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain’s NYO Inspire Ensembles at February half term hosted in partnership with Resonate, Liverpool’s Music Education Hub, at Notre...

2019 Awards Flyer_pdf (1)2019 Awards Flyer_pdf (1)Do you know a talented young instrumentalist who needs help with musical costs? They may be eligible to apply to @AwardsAYM for up to £2,000. For more information and to apply by Friday 8 March 2019 visit their website...

Thanks to all our wonderful musicians for three evenings of fantastic music. Thanks also to parents, friends, staff and the Friends of the Music Shool. Our winter concerts were a great celebration of the musical talent we have in the city and...

On 29th January we welcomed a fantastic 76 Woodwind players from Wolverhampton Primary and secondary schools, taught by Music Service staff to our Pop Goes Woodwind event. The players ranged from Grade 1 -4 and spent the day rehearsing and performing various...

Tettenhall Operatic is a small and friendly company that has been performing concerts and shows in Wolverhampton for over thirty years. We seek to involve singers and musicians of all ages and over the past few years have welcomed many new members. We have a...

We are pleased to offer students the opportunity to participate in the very popular and exciting Rockschool Easter course. Funded by the Music Service and run by RML at Newhampton Road Art's Centre, this years' course runs from 15th - 19th April. The course is...

Open Now! (7th January - 4th) Arts connect are offering support to schools interested in starting or progressing Arts Award. Arts award inspires young people to grow their arts and leadership talents and is creative, valuable and accessible.  Arts award can be...

A special piano concert by Margaret Fingerhut The internationally acclaimed Pianist tells stories of refugee composers in music and words in a special charity concert. 6.00pm Sunday February 10th 2019 at The Royal School, Penn Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 0EG Adults £10 /...

Students who an instrument with Wolverhampton Music Service benefit from the use of an instrument FREE OF CHARGE. Many people, however, choose to purchase their own instrument once they have reached a particular level, usually after learning for a year or two. The...

To get the most out of learning an instrument, it needs to be practised! For 2019 we are issuing a new comprehensive practice diary to all students receiving lessons from Music Service staff. The diary is an essential tool to set weekly tasks and targets, to record...

The Music service run 13 free ensembles to ensure there are extensive opportunities for all String, Woodwind, Brass, Percussion and Guitar players. We also have the very popular Azaad Dhol Group. These cater for all standards from those just starting their musical...