Music Services
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Lead Partner - Music Services Cumbria Music Hub spoke logo

Where: Across Cumbria

What we do:

CMS works alongside schools across Cumbria to deliver the National Plan for Music Education by: Our day-to-day activities include: [maxbutton id="2" url="http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/childrensservices/schoolsandlearning/lss/tradedservices/musicservice.asp"]  

Bridge Organisation - Curious Minds curious-minds

Where: Across Cumbria

What we do:

Curious Minds is one of 10 Bridge organisations funded by The Arts Council, connecting the cultural and education sectors for the North West, covering Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire. They engage with local schools, art organisations, museums, libraries, music education hubs, local authorities, Further Education and Higher Education Institutions and many other partners to develop a network of cultural provision, catalyse and coordinate the activity to meet the Cultural Education Challenge.  They do this through working to form Local Cultural Education Partnerships and through programmes like Arts Award and Artsmark.
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BlueJam Arts BlueJamArts logo 2012bw

Where: Eden

What we do:

BlueJam Arts promotes creative youth leadership through music and arts activities in and outside school. We run a jazz and improvisation programme incorporating 'Girls In Jazz', a youth-led community samba group, gamelan, composition, studio production workshops, Big Sing and Children's Orchestra. We offer a range of workshops for schools and colleges.   [maxbutton id="2"]  

Brewery Arts Centre Brewery_Arts_300_300_c1

Where:South Lakeland

What we do:

Brewery Youth Music is part of the education and learning department at the Brewery Arts Centre, delivering classes, outreach activity and partnership projects. Our ambitious Early Years Music Transition programme has been funded through Youth Music. This programme will see us work in partnership throughout 2017/18 with Cumbria Music Hub, Barnardo’s and local nurseries and primary schools and will support the personal, social and musical skills development of 3-5 year olds during the transition from nursery to reception class. The annual La'al Sing event celebrates singing with a mass performance from around 300 primary school children perform in the Brewery Theatre. Teachers are welcome to attend three Singing Squad Sessions for Creative Professional Developement in the Spring Term.   [maxbutton id="2" url=https://www.breweryarts.co.uk/youth/brewery-youth-music/]  

Carlisle Cathedral Carlisle Cathedral

Where: North Cumbria

What do we do?

Carlisle CantateCarlisle Cantate Children’s Choir - the choir is open to all children aged 7-13 years and there is no audition. We sing a programme of mainly secular music in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. [maxbutton id="2" url="http://www.carlislecathedral.org.uk/music"]  

Carnegie Theatre Trust carnegie-music-centre

Where: West Cumbria

What we do:

A new partnership for Autumn 2016 sees the start of the Carnegie Music Centre in Workington. Find out more about the activities being offered. [maxbutton id="2" url="http://www.carnegietheatre.co.uk/"]


Cockermouth Music Centre

Where: West Cumbria

What we do:

Cockermouth Music Centre is held on Saturday mornings at Cockermouth School from September to April each year offering a range of activities for children between 6 and 18 years. [maxbutton id="2" url="http://www.cockermouthmusiccentre.org/"]  

Egremont Town Band egremont town band

Where: West Cumbria

What we do:

Egremont Town Band, which has been alive and well since 1904, is a traditional village band promoting brass band music in the local area. We are a friendly non-contesting band, who enjoy making music and performing for both private and public events in West Cumbria. We have players of various ages and mixed abilities who play purely for pleasure. In partnership with Music Services we support a Junior Band, which meets on Monday evenings and welcomes young musicians who have experienced the First Access Programme in school and who wish to continue to develop their brass playing skills. [maxbutton id="2" url="http://www.egremonttownband.com/"]  

Furness Music Centre FMCLogo

Where? Furness

What we do:

We are a community music centre located in the Muse at Dowdales School in Dalton-in-Furness. We offer opportunities for musicians of all ages and ability to make music with others. [maxbutton id="2" url="http://www.furnessmusiccentre.com/"]  

Lake District Summer Music ldsm-logo

Where: South Lakes

What we do:

Lake District Summer Music is a closely integrated International Festival and Summer Music Academy for instrumentalists seeking dedicated chamber music training or pre-formed chamber groups. [maxbutton id="2" url="http://www.ldsm.org.uk"]


Rosehill Theatre rosehill-theatre-logo

Where: West

What we do:

Music Makers inspires children and young people through participation in high quality music activity in intimate and unusual settings. Our programme of classical concerts, choral workshops and stage productions performed and delivered by nationally acclaimed musicians are designed to take participants and audience members on a journey, increasing their confidence and aspirations by giving them the opportunity to find their own voice and express themselves in a creative way. St John Passion will be performed by English Touring Opera and community singers including children. We will work with community choirs and local school children to teach them the music for this semi-staged production which will be performed in Workington in December 2016. BBC Ten Pieces - opens up the world of classical music to children and young people. Rosehill is delighted to be a Champion of the BBC Ten Pieces project and is supporting primary and secondary schools and communities to participate in this project and to respond creatively to the Ten Pieces repertoire  

Soundwave 

Where: West

What we do:

We use music and singing to cram more music-making into your life - every rural location, school, digital platform, venue, bedroom studio & each and every square foot of outdoor space!

West Lakes Music Centre west lakes

Where: West

What we do:

We are a community music centre based in Egremont, meeting on Tuesdays during term time. We welcome everyone - age 5 or 95 - beginner, relearning or with years of experience – to make music together. [maxbutton id="2" url="http://www.wlmuscentre.org.uk/"]  

Westmorland Youth Orchestra wyologo

Where: South Lakes

What we do:

The WYO is based in Kendal and we provide young musicians with the opportunity to play and perform in an orchestral setting. We meet on a Friday evening during term and aim to perform in events at least three times a year. There is an active support programme to encourage young players to feed into our main orchestra. [maxbutton id="2" url="http://www.wyo.org.uk/"]  

Other Active Partners

BBC Radio Cumbria BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Cockermouth Music Society Cumbria Rural Choirs ESTA (Cumbria) Jazz North Kirkby Stephen Silver Band Lancashire Music Service Manchester Camerata Music Links National Youth Choirs of Great Britain National Youth Jazz Collective National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) Newcastle Music Service Northumberland Music Service Orchestras Live Sands Centre Carlisle The Forum Barrow in Furness Westmorland Music Council Workington Town Band