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National Youth Orchestra Inspire Birmingham, 15 March 2020 Newcastle, 22 March 2020 We are excited to let you know that applications for our next two NYO Inspire Days are now open. Our NYO Inspire Days will take place on Sunday 15 March in Birmingham and Sunday 22...

Last term, Wolverhampton Music Service launched its newest group; the Rock and Pop group. This gives young people who play Rock and Pop music a chance to hone their skills by playing together in a group. They learn how to play their instrument, be it guitar, vocals,...

Please note the elevate programme has been suspended until Autumn 2020 We are delighted to announce that Wolverhampton Music Service has been succesful in its proposal to secure funding from, and work in partnership with the ABRSM in this exciting new programme. The...

The Big Month of Music is a large scale celebration of the musical achievements of children enabled through partnerships between schools and Music Services. March 2020 will provide a snapshot into the daily work of Music Services, by highlighting gigs and concerts,...

West Midlands Music is a collective of 14 Music Services committed to working together to ensure high quality, progressive and sustained music education for all children. On Monday 6th January staff from these services joined forces for a conference held at Edgbaston...

We are really pleased to announce the launch of the new Wolverhampton Youth Choir here at the Music Service on Tuesday evenings at 5.30 -7.00pm in the  Infant Hall.  It is open to anyone years 6 to 13. Rehearsals will be taken by Aimee Fisher (recently in "Wicked" and...

New for 2020 we have introduced an online booking system for our parents evenings. If your child receives instrumental lessons they will have been issued with details (in their practice diary) for you to log on to the TicketSource website to book an apapointment with...

"Music is an international language and we encourage talented young people by providing this opportunity to demonstrate their musical skills.The Rotary National Young Musician Competition is a well-established and successful competition promoted by Rotary...

We are pleased to remind everyone that our Friday lunchtime Art Gallery concerts recommenced on 24th January with some excellent woodwind performances. (see programme below)Our next concert is scheduled for 28th February "Wolverhampton Art Gallery is pleased to be a...

Make Music Day 2020 – West Midlands network event About this Event Join us to hear about the international celebration that is Make Music Day (always on 21 June) on Monday 3 February in Stourbridge! There will be representatives from Make Music Day UK and Making Music...

Opportunities for young Jazz Musicians We’re delighted to announce that applications for NYJC’s 2020 Summer School Audition Tour are now open, they’ll be taking place across the country from 21st March -17th April. Our Summer School will return to the East Midlands in...

As part of our Secondary Music network meetings, The Wolverhampton Music Education Hub are pleased to offer a twilight CPD session run by the London Philharmonic Orchestra for music staff in Wolverhampton and the surrounding areas on January 22nd 2020 from 4.30 - 6.30...

We are pleased to have hosted this course at the Music School. There's lots more info on Bedazzle and this course at https://www.bedazzle.org.uk/ You can also e-mail Ben Cole directly at 3encole@gmail.com for more specific information about Bedazzle and its work in...

This year WYMT (Wolverhampton Youth Music Theatre) celebrated their 20 year anniversary, having been established as an outreach programme for the Music Service in 1999. They are now governed by Bedazzle, a local youth development charity that specialises in wellbeing...

We have published our 2019/20 ensemble calendar detailing our larger concerts throughout the year. This is available as  a hard copy from the Music Service (all students attending our ensembles will have been issued one - if you need one they are available in the...

They/You/We did it!!! Thanks to everyone for contributing to our Make Wolves Rock Campaign. Over £10,000 was raised, instruments bought, lighting installed and the classes started after half term with over 25 students taking part in the initial sessions.  Bravo...

Once again the Music Service contributed to the City Diversity celebrations at Aldersley Sports Village. The event is a celebration of the City we live in and those who live in it. The compere for this years' event was our own Ciaran O'Donnell Head of the...

Wolverhampton Music Service are part of West Midlands Music, a collective of 14 regional music services with a shared commitment to ensuring high quality, progressive and ongoing music education for all children. In March 2020 West Midlands Music will be embarking on...

The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain will be bringing a performance and evening of free events to Warwick Arts Centre on Saturday 4 January. We’d like to see these filled with young people. The performance is called Rise Up!, and celebrates the power of young...

For anyone who knows or works with a youngster with an upper limb impairment this is a great chance for them to experience playing a specially adapted instrument [pdf-embedder...