Gloucestershire Music

10/10/2025

Play at Grade 3 or above? 🎻💥

Join us for a free day of creative music-making this autumn!

🎶 Connect with other young musicians
✨ Play your part in creating a brand-new piece
🎺 Learn from NYO’s creative team and alumni

You’ll be amazed how easy it is to make music with new people.

We’re coming to Yorkshire, Wales, Midlands, North West and South East.

👉 Sign up now for an NYO Open event near you.

https://www.nyo.org.uk/events-and-performances

23/09/2025

Come and join us at our new Forest Music Centre. A community focused place for adults and young people in the Forest of Dean to come together to make music. Come and make friends with other people who love to make music. We are supportive of all levels of ability so come along and try it out. Free trial sessions available. Drop us an email if you’d like to come along on the 30th September. It might just be the best decision you’ve ever made. Music makes a difference to people’s lives. Come and find out why.

19/09/2025

BBC Young Composer Competition 2025 - Final Reminder!
Summer’s over, school’s back and there’s just over one week left to enter the BBC Young Composer Competition 2025.

If you’ve been waiting for the right moment – this is it!

Whether you spent the holidays scribbling ideas in a notebook, layering beats on your laptop or just dreaming up sounds in your head, now is the time to share your music with us.

We want to hear all styles, genres and ideas – from classical to electronic, from acoustic to experimental.

ENTER HERE:

Find out about BBC Young Composer: a scheme for 12 to 18-year-olds making their own music

17/09/2025

GYJA
Tonight’s rehearsal is cancelled - please see email.
GYJO and Jazz2Go rehearsals are still on!

11/09/2025

Calling young string players working at Grade 5 standard or above!
Come and spend a day at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire working with fantastic tutors and meeting other like-minded young people.
And all FREE of charge!

Violin and Cello - Sunday 5th October
Viola and Double Bass - Sunday 12th October

Book now at the link below.

https://www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/events-calendar/string-gym-05-12-10-2025

09/09/2025

🎺🎶 GYJA & GYJO - September / October 2025 Trials 🎶 🎷

Gloucestershire Music welcomes young musicians keen to explore more music-making in the new academic year:

* Have a NEW Jazz ensemble experience with Gloucestershire Youth Jazz Academy - no auditions, just 2 free of charge trial rehearsals and plenty of dates available to attend.

* Take their Jazz playing further with Gloucestershire Youth Jazz Orchestra - free of charge trial rehearsals and an audition.

🎵 JOIN weekly term-time rehearsals
🥁 DEVELOP your musical skills and musicianship with like-minded musicians
🎶 PERFORM at great local venues and festivals

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

💻 To FIND OUT MORE and EMAIL your interest:

https://orlo.uk/qKmj2

🎧 Our various GYJA recordings:
https://orlo.uk/fWEOW

🎧 Our various GYJO recordings:
https://orlo.uk/Qd639

05/09/2025

Great to see Seth, one of our fabulous Five Valleys Music Centre alumni out on tour this autumn and they're coming to Stroud! 🎉🎉

03/09/2025

Are you looking to make music with others? Here is a snapshot of the instrumental groups that we offer. Please note that grades are just a guide and you don't have to have taken formal exams.
More information can be found on our website or drop us a line to let us know you're interested.
https://orlo.uk/K6tQH

02/09/2025

We are absolutely delighted that Gloucestershire Youth String Orchestra have been invited to play at the Music for Youth Proms at the Royal Albert Hall! What an amazing achievement 🎉🎉🎉

🚨THIS IS NOT A DRILL! THE MUSIC FOR YOUTH PROMS 2025 LINEUP IS HERE! 🚨

From classical and pop, to world and folk music, choral groups and inclusive ensembles, we're showcasing the full spectrum of youth music!

We can't wait to see all of our mainstage groups bring their unique musical voices to the iconic stage of the Royal Albert Hall on November 10-11.

You can find out more info about this year's MFY Proms via: https://mfy.org.uk/get-involved/prom-2025/

🎻🎶

02/09/2025

Happy new term!
We're really looking forward to welcoming current and new members to our activities this term. Full details can be found on our website but here is a snapshot for you of when we start back.
https://orlo.uk/c4Ewe