Gloucestershire Music News

Wow, it's Music Next!

All Key Stage 2 classes in Gloucestershire schools will receive 10 free whole class sessions between 2008 and 2011, a chance to experience strings, brass, clarinet , recorder, Samba percussion or singing. This is a programme funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) to enable all Primary aged children over time to have the opportunity to play a musical instrument or sing.

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Music for Youth Festival a Great Success

Over 1,200 young musicians performed as part of our very first Music for Youth Regional Festival. Read our review.

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Gloucestershire Young Musician 2010

Five Young Musicians perform to become Gloucestershire Young Musician 2010.

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North Cotswold Music Centre

Gloucestershire Music is proud to announce the launch of the North Cotswolds Music Centre. Our aim is to provide young musicians with the opportunity to rehearse and perform under the direction of our experienced staff and provide them with the opportunity to perform as part of YOUTH MAKES MUSIC 2010 at the prestigious Cheltenham Town Hall.

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A big thank you!

A big thank you to Cheltenham Area Youth Orchestra, Cotswold Flute Choir, Gloucestershire Jazz Live, Gloucestershire Youth Sinfonia, Gloucestershire Youth Orchestra, Brookfield Music Centre and Five Valleys Music Centre for a great week of music making.

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Latest news from Lithuania

Young Lithuanian Musicians benefit from Gloucestershire's support - read on for full details.

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Gloucestershire Youth Brass Band Perform at National Festival

The Gloucestershire Youth Brass Band are awarded a Silver Award at the 2010 National Youth Brass Band Championships.

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Gloucestershire Music and school groups to appear at the National Festival of Music for Youth

Following the first ever regional festival organised by Music for Youth in Gloucestershire in March of this year, a number of groups from the county have been invited to perform at the National Festival of Music for Youth at Symphony Hall, Birmingham in July 2010.

Gloucestershire Youth Sinfonia, Gloucestershire Youth Brass Band and Gloucestershire Youth Wind Orchestra, all run by Gloucestershire Music, will be joined by Pates Grammar School Orchestra, and Cleeve School Jazz Band and Choir performing at the week long festival taking place from 5th to 10th July in one of the UK's finest concert venues.

GYBB will be performing on Thursday 8th July at 18:00. GYWO on Friday 9th July at 17:25 and GYS on Saturday 10th July

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Youth Makes Music 2010

On each of four nights at the end of June hundreds of young musicians performed to packed houses at Cheltenham Town Hall. Talent was showcased at many different levels, with Gloucestershire Music's county ensembles being joined by classes of beginner instrumentalists from the county's Primary schools who had recently benefited from government funded Wider Opportunities sessions.

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