10 Jan 2020 | Ensembles, News, Rock School, Uncategorized
Your Opinions Well done to all the students involved in our fantastic Rock and Pop showcase at West Bromwich Library last month! The ukulele rocks! group performed a wonderful trio of rock n’ roll classics, ‘Shake Rattle and roll’, ‘Rock around the Clock’, and ‘See...
26 Apr 2018 | News, Youth Brass Band, Youth Concert Band, Youth Orchestra
Apply by 3 June 2018 ‘NYO is just awesome. All of it. The people, the concerts, the passion and the joy and excitement of the courses.’ Lawrence, Trombone, NYO The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain – the world’s greatest orchestra of teenagers – is recruiting...
8 Jan 2018 | Intermediate Strings, Junior Strings, Mini Maestros, Training String Orchestra, Youth Orchestra
We were delighted, back in October, to receive an invitation from Louise Lansdown, Head of Strings at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, inviting our viola players to attend the second Cecil Aronowitz Viola Competition and Festival. It was a rare opportunity and very...
18 Dec 2017 | Concerts, Rock School, School Events
On Friday 9th June 2017 ‘Rockulele!’ took place at West Bromwich Town Hall. It involved around 400 children from 9 Sandwell Schools aged between 6 and 11 years old. Most were armed with ukuleles singing their hearts out and strumming in earnest over two concert...
15 Dec 2017 | Ensembles, Jazz Orchestra, Youth Brass Band, Youth Orchestra
We are proud to announce that a number of the young musicians from our central ensembles have been accepted on to programmes being undertaken by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in 2018. Congratulations are due to the following musicians who will be part...
