Sheffield Music Service
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What is Sheffield Music Service?
Sheffield Music Service supports, delivers and coordinates music lessons and other music activities in Sheffield for young people. We also work with independent partners including Sheffield Music School and Sheffield Academy (Saturday music schools), Music in the Round and the Sheffield Cathedral Singing Project. We believe that every child's music matters.
What does Sheffield Music Service provide?
- Instrumental lessons which take place in schools.
- Music groups for children and young people including bands, orchestras, percussion and guitar group.
- Affordable instrument hire for pupils having lessons with the Service.
- Music exams, residential courses and tours.
- Training opportunities for class teachers and community musicians.
- Live performances and workshops.
The Service is committed to the Sheffield Children's Plan, Every Child Matters and the Music Manifesto. It is a member of the Federation of Music Services.
For further information please contact us:
Sheffield Music Service
Bannerdale Centre
125 Carterknowle Road
Sheffield
S7 2EX
Telephone: 0114 250 6860
Fax: 0114 250 6885
Central Ensembles
The Sheffield Music Service (SMS) Central Ensembles provides the opportunity for around 800 children to rehearse and perform together in over 20 ensembles ranging from post beginner groups to some of the most respected senior ensembles in the UK.
- Most of our teaching takes place in schools during normal lesson times for 33 weeks of the school year.
- Children from all over the city meet in the evening at the Bannerdale Centre to rehearse in one of our many orchestras, bands or choirs.
- The senior ensembles represent the city at many prestigious competitions and concert venues across Europe.
- SMS has a large stock of musical instruments which children and parents can hire for their SMS lesson.
- A programme of Wider Opportunities is presently being rolled out into 70 primary schools involving 1,900 children.
- Groups of SMS teachers visit schools to perform to pupils and to deliver workshops.
- The SMS has its own elementary examinations in music which is taken by 1000 pupils per year.
- SMS also provides evening music theory classes at the Bannerdale Centre in Sheffield. Tuition less than £4 per hour. Classes Monday / Thursday night for children and adults, for application forms call 0114 250 6860.
- An ensembles calendar is provided on the Central Ensembles webpage as a downloadable document which details planned ensembles taking place in Sheffield during 2009/10.