Music Licensing In Schools
As all Music staff working in schools should be aware there are rules concerning Music Licensing in Schools. We have added the latest guidance to our Information for schools page. Please click here to visit this page and download the PDF document to use the links on...
Introducing the staff of the Wolverhampton Music Service!
As we all know, in Music education new faces arrive, others move on to new challenges, and the Music Service is no different! So on the website, we decided it was time to add a photo page with our latest staff photos so you can see exactly who is who at the...
A new Secondary Representative for the Wolverhampton Music Hub Board
Introducing Claudie Leary "My name is Claudie Leary and I have joined the Music Education Hub Advisory Board as a Secondary School representative as I currently work in the Central Learning Partnership Trust, as a Secondary Music Teacher. The three secondary schools...
Fantastique For Schools (Primary & Secondary) Your chance to help develop this resource.
Fantastique for schools is a great resource for Primary and Secondary Schools around the work of Hector Berlioz. This is your chance to get involved in the development of this resource based around the unforgettable music of Berlioz Click here for the introductory...
ORA Singers Competition 2022
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Reel Music
This is an excellent resource for all music teachers and management, both instrumental and class, primary and secondary!. We have sent log ins and invites to all teachers who receive the newsletter. If you haven't received yours please check your junk e-mail folder. ...
CBSO Concerts and Events 2021-22
CBSO New Adventures – FREE KS2 & KS3 Digital Concerts – Extended viewing until 17th December 2021 In this hour-long Schools’ Concert, presenter Tom Redmond will take you on a musical adventure, exploring some of the CBSO’s favourite pieces they have...
Christmas Performances and Open Rehearsals!
Many of our Music service ensembles had live open rehearsals in December. Some prepared some fun seasonal music, others showcased where they are at with the music in preparation for their concerts in March! In the meantime the Youth Orchestra and Youth Wind Orchestra...
Azaad Arts/Dhol Group Events!
Here are the events the group have been involved in recently! JoiThe BCM celebrate a Festival of Light bringing together a celebration of their historic lighting collection and inspiration from the cultural festival of light, Diwali. Some in attendance made their own...
Wolverhampton Youth Music Theatre & Bedazzle
Over half term WYMT met for a week of Halloween and musical fun, with a weeks workshop and a sharing performance for friends and family on the Saturday night, right here at Music School. There was certainly lots of tricks and treats for all involved! We are currently...
Inclusic/Music Service December Showcase
Each year in the Autumn term Inclusic Music have traditionally delieverd an exceptionaly popular series of workshops at Wolverhampton Secondary Schools. Many students really look forward to their cahnce to take part in these workshops which can focus on a number of...
Sing 4 Christmas
OK folks here it is - the flyer for the Sing 4 Christmas 2021!
The Stringcredibles work to ‘Elevate’ student progress!
The Stringcredibles work to ‘Elevate’ student progress – Saturday 14th November Back in 2018, Wolverhampton Music Service was awarded £10,000 by the Associated Board of the Royal School’s of Music (ABRSM) to run a fast track programme for students. Unfortunately COVID...
Try Day Free Event! 20th November
On Saturday 20th November we ran our very first Try Day at the Music School to encourage instrumental students to Try playing in a band. As a result we are really pleased to have welcomed some of the players to our ensembles which is excellent news! This was the flyer...
Royal Opera House Create & Sing & CPD
https://learning-platform.roh.org.uk/opera It has been a busy start to the year and we have been consulting with many of our partner organisations see how best to deliver ROH Create and Sing teacher training across the UK in 2021/22. For those interested, we are now...
Mike Hardacre Wolverhampton Cabinet Member for Education and Skills. Donation To The Wolverhampton Music Service
We are extremely fortunate and grateful to Dr. Michael Hardacre Wolverhampton Cabinet Member for Education and Skills for his generous donation to the Music service of an excellent Saxophone, Ukuleles, stands and music. Thank you for your support and we look forward...
Inclusic Music
Inclusic summer program hits all the right notes! It’s been an incredibly busy and successful summer for Inclusic, with the organisation delivering 4, week-long performance and song-writing courses for the young people of Wolverhampton! Summer Rockschool The ever...
Wolverhampton Youth Music Theatre News – Monster Mash Up Half term Course and Bedazzle’s Mental Health First Aid Course
September saw the return of live local theatre, with our very own youth theatre, WYMT, being one of the first companies to perform the wonderful ‘Matilda the Musical’, at the Arena Theatre in Wolverhampton. After virtual auditions through summer and just two weeks of...
Model Music Curriculum & Ofsted Music Review
Don't forget our website includes the Important Documents Page Remember the New Model Music Curriculum is Non Statutory and we will be exploring these documents in our Network meetings this term!
CBSO Free Concerts etc.
CBSO New Adventures – FREE KS2 & KS3 Digital Concerts In this hour-long Schools’ Concert, presenter Tom Redmond will take you on a musical adventure, exploring some of the CBSO’s favourite pieces they have recorded over the last 18 months. The CBSO is delighted to...
Music First Young Composers Competition
An excellent Young Composers competition for your students
For those interested in Music technology details (an advert we received) of a conference you may be interested in!
Online conference 16-18 November 2021 View this email online Music Technology in Education Online conference, 16th-18th November 2021, 4.30pm-7pm each day Technology’s place in the classroom has never been more prominent. Music Teacher magazine’s second Music...
SingUp Resources
SingUp A number of Wolverhampton schools subscribe (a paid subscription) to SingUp and several may be interested so here is their latest news. For more information visit their website here On 30 June 2021, over 24,000 singers got involved across 5 continents for a...
Music Mark 2021/22
As a result of engagement with the Music Service in the city, as in previous years we have been able to nominate a large number of schools for Music Mark recognition. This allows them access to numerous resources, CPD, webinars etc (which we often use) that are...
Charanga Schemes -Additional Non Statutory Resources
Charanga is the complete Primary Course which we fund for Schools in the City. We are really pleased that every school has taken advantage of Charanga in the last 12 months, whether that is to use as a complete course, a source of materials, or to aid a...
Network Meetings For Music Leaders and Heads of Department Return!
This year is turning out to be one of the busiest and most important for Music Education with the New Modern Music Curriculum upon us, The New Ofsted Review of Music Education published and the New National Plan for Music soon to be revealed. And, at long last we are...
Fusion Fives Ensemble expanded to cover all of Key stage 2
Fusion Fives, ensemble has been expanded to cover all of Key Stage 2 We have 23 members now and it is growing each week. It gives pupils the chance to access our ensemble system from the beginning of their musical journey, and offers them the opportunity to play in a...
Musical Futures Free Training Sessions
Greetings from Team MF! It's been a busy few weeks with the launch of our new Find Your Voice resources - available to Musical Futures Online subscribers, and the new easy to follow video tutorials and integrated music technology tasks are proving a big hit with...
Welsh National Opera presents a FREE Schools Concert at the Birmingham Hippodrome on 21 October 2021 at 12:30 pm
Welsh National Opera presents a FREE Schools Concert at the Birmingham Hippodrome on 21 October 2021 at 12:30 pm This concert is the perfect way to introduce primary school children, at key stage 2, to opera and classical music. WNO Orchestra will guide you through...
Ensembles begin rehearsals at the Music Hub September 2021
We are very pleased to announce the ensembles returned to rehearse at the Music Service w/b 6th September (YWO on 17th September) All students who have been invited to attend a Music School group must register again for 2021 – 2022. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Lets look...
WMS Newsletters PDFs
Below is an archive of all the previous seasonal Newsletters, containing summaries of the news articles featuring here on the website during that allotted period.
