Gloucestershire Music

21/11/2024

Trinity Certificate for Music Educators: Bespoke CPD training for music educators / teachers - sign up now! Make 2025 the year you invest in you and your needs. 🤩

1 – 2 year, Level 4, bespoke, focused CPD course for those who teach music privately or peripatetically / lead music or teach music in schools.

The course can help build confidence, improve musical understanding, inform effective curriculum planning, provide a more enhanced educational toolkit and can be tailored to suit individual needs. 4 seminar days to be attended spread over 1 or 2 years. Level 4 recognised qualification run by highly experienced music educators and professional musicians.

For more details:

https://www.gloucestershiremusic.co.uk/certificate-for-music-educators/

Deadline for applications: 10th January 2025. Course begins Feb 2025.

19/11/2024

Tomorrow’s the big day! 🌝

Get ready to soar to the moon on a magical musical adventure - LIVE from your classroom! 🎻✨

Don’t miss the Watch Party! 🚀

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Yfory yw’r diwrnod mawr! 🌝

Paratowch i hedfan i’r lleuad ar antur gerddorol wefreiddiol – YN FYW o’ch ystafell ddosbarth! 🎻✨

Peidiwch â methu Parti Gwylio ! 🚀

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18/11/2024

🎷 🎶 GYJA & GYJO: January - February 2025 Trials 🎶 🎺

Gloucestershire Music welcomes young musicians keen to:

- JOIN weekly rehearsing jazz ensembles.

- DEVELOP their musical skills and musicianship with likeminded musicians.

- PERFORM at great local festivals and venues eg. Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Jazz Stroud, Upton Jazz Festival, Cheltenham Town Hall, Pittville Pump Rooms, Stroud Subscription Rooms.

🗓️ PRIME opportunity to join our Jazz groups for the new year 🎼

** Have a NEW Jazz ensemble experience with Gloucestershire Youth Jazz Academy

GYJA offer TWO (free of charge) trial rehearsals with no audition necessary, however have more dates available to attend.

🔍 We do need more trumpets, trombones and a bassist

** Take your Jazz playing to the NEXT LEVEL with Gloucestershire Youth Jazz Orchestra

GYJO trialees must attend TWO trial rehearsals (free of charge) and audition to become a member.

🔍 We do need more trumpets, trombones, guitar and a bassist.

😀 To FIND OUT MORE and EMAIL your interest:

https://orlo.uk/p4XJb

Our various GYJA recordings:
https://orlo.uk/CaRDt

Our various GYJO recordings:
https://orlo.uk/mzXod

18/11/2024

What a weekend!
As well as our usual Saturday morning music centres, we also had our first Gloucestershire Youth Choir course of the year, a festive performance from Gloucestershire Youth Wind Orchestra at Gloucester's Christmas lights switch-on and a Gloucestershire Youth String Orchestra concert as part of Painswick Music Society's concert series.
A huge congratulations to everyone involved! 🎉🎶

15/11/2024

Glos County Youth Choir - November Course - This Weekend! 😎

We are super excited to be meeting this weekend for our Jazz vocal course. We have the awesome Melissa James joining us as our guest artist. I know our choir will be inspired by her beautiful, soulful voice. 🤩

The choir is also going to have the wonderful experience of performing with the Glos Youth Jazz Combo in our Winter Concert at Pittville Pump Rooms on 8th December 2024. There is nothing like performing with an ensemble and we can’t wait to sing with these super talented jazzers! 🎷🎺🎤

13/11/2024

Gloucestershire Youth String Orchestra in concert this Sunday 17th November at St Mary’s Church, Painswick 6.00pm as part of Painswick Music Society

Refreshments in the Church Rooms from 5.00pm ☕️

Music by Sibelius, Haydn, Purcell, Bloch and Kilar.

Free entry. 🎻

10/11/2024

We will remember them.

08/11/2024

Gloucestershire Youth Wind Orchestra can't wait to perform as part of Gloucester's Lantern Parade & Christmas Lights switch-on next weekend. Yes, there will be tinsel! 🎄🎄

SAVE THE DATE! 📣

The Lantern Parade and Christmas Light Switch On is back on Saturday 16 November! Enchanted Winter Forest lanterns will light the streets of Gloucester to mark the start of the Festive season!

Father Christmas and the rousing Gloster Gladiators Scout Band will lead the parade, bringing musical cheer and greeting families as they pass. As the parade arrives, the Tree of Light in Kings Square will have ceremonial switch on as part of the annual Rotary club fundraiser. For the grand finale at Kings Square, Gloucestershire Youth Wind Orchestra will perform a medley of festive and popular tunes to fill the night’s sky!

Schedule:
Gloucester Cathedral Carol service: 4:00 - 4:30pm
Lantern Parade start: 4:45pm (Gloucester Cathedral Grounds)
Tree of Light switch on Ceremony: 5:15pm Kings Square
Lantern Parade Finish: approx 5:45pm

The event is free to attend, and many Gloucester businesses will be keeping their doors open late for the thousands of visitors expected in the city.

Find out more: https://ow.ly/Bz5250TZgHW

08/11/2024

We can't wait for this tomorrow!

Gloucestershire Music are delighted to be holding an open day at Brookfield Music Centre!
When: Saturday 9th November, 9.30 – 12.30
Where: Sir Thomas Rich’s School, Oakleaze, Longlevens, Gloucester, GL2 0LF – (please use the access via car park gate 1 and head for the small door labelled ‘reception’)
How much: FREE
What to bring: yourself, your instrument & a drink / snack. Parents / carers are very welcome to stay or to leave (once we’ve taken some emergency contact details from you).
What: Our music centre is open to anyone aged 5 – 18 who can play a musical instrument to any standard (we ask that you have had at least a few lessons on your instrument before coming along to music centre). Our open day is a chance for you to find out what happens at music centre, get involved in our music-making and to get to meet other young people that enjoy music. We welcome students who have only just started on their musical journey as well as more accomplished, experienced players.

We look forward to welcoming you on 9th November. No need to sign up, just come along!

04/11/2024

🎷 Tuesday 17 December 2024 at 19:30 🎺

Our Senior youth Jazz group the Gloucestershire Youth Jazz Orchestra are excited to return for the Cheltenham North Rotary Carol concert at the Cheltenham Ladies' College , Princess Hall on Tuesday 17 December 2024, 19:30 start.

Also featuring the Leckhampton Junior School Choir, several soloists and compere Mark Cummings, the evening promises to be a superb concert and is a charitable occasion too.

Similar to last year’s involvement GYJO will of course have some festive Jazz ensemble and Vocal repertoire with our 2 GYJO singers, as well as showcasing the band’s current stylistic prowess, plus the many talents of our Jazz soloists and whole band together.

Get your tickets now to avoid any disappointment!

Book tickets £15 (£12 concessions) on this weblink:

https://orlo.uk/eLe4l

04/11/2024

Gloucestershire Music are delighted to be holding an open day at Brookfield Music Centre!
When: Saturday 9th November, 9.30 – 12.30
Where: Sir Thomas Rich’s School, Oakleaze, Longlevens, Gloucester, GL2 0LF – (please use the access via car park gate 1 and head for the small door labelled ‘reception’)
How much: FREE
What to bring: yourself, your instrument & a drink / snack. Parents / carers are very welcome to stay or to leave (once we’ve taken some emergency contact details from you).
What: Our music centre is open to anyone aged 5 – 18 who can play a musical instrument to any standard (we ask that you have had at least a few lessons on your instrument before coming along to music centre). Our open day is a chance for you to find out what happens at music centre, get involved in our music-making and to get to meet other young people that enjoy music. We welcome students who have only just started on their musical journey as well as more accomplished, experienced players.

We look forward to welcoming you on 9th November. No need to sign up, just come along!

31/10/2024

Colwell Arts Centre will be closed tomorrow - Friday 1st November 2024. We will reopen on Monday 4th November 2024 as normal. Please contact us at [email protected] and we will respond on Monday.

30/10/2024

Are you a composer aged 18-30? If so, take a look at this fantastic opportunity!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/452NgWDZstvscFNG5TjlT5j/tune-into-nature-music-prize?fbclid=IwY2xjawGPBzZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXJ2lJzg_RqmgSaHb9w89rxmUJyHpDRKdv6DwcpHGCslPUCfeqYFYzjL6w_aem_5UUktke_bQOqE7o0PLeSsw

Details of a new prize for musicians and singer/songwriters aged 18-30.

28/10/2024

This is the concert given by the National Youth Concert Band on Saturday 6th April, 2024. This performance was in the Warwick Hall at Warwick School and was ...

17/10/2024

The National Orchestra for All (NOFA) is the UK's only completely inclusive national youth orchestra. It brings together 100 young musicians from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, using music as a catalyst for social change.

16/10/2024

GYWO / GYSO have a venue change for rehearsals this week & next. Please check your emails for details & make every effort to attend!

10/10/2024

GYSO & GYWO rehearsal at St Peter's is CANCELLED tonight.
Members, please see your emails for details.

10/10/2024

This Saturday!

Five Valleys Music Centre open day !

When: Saturday 12th October, 9.30 – 12.30
Where: Archway School, Stroud – (please use the access via Paganhill Estate and head for the school hall)
How much: FREE
What to bring: yourself, your instrument & a drink / snack. Parents / carers are very welcome to stay or to leave (once we’ve taken some emergency contact details from you).
What: Our music centre is open to anyone aged 5 – 18 who can play a musical instrument to any standard (we ask that you have had at least a few lessons on your instrument before coming along to music centre). Our open day is a chance for you to find out what happens at music centre, get involved in our music-making and to get to meet other young people that enjoy music. We welcome students who have only just started on their musical journey as well as more accomplished, experienced players.