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23rd January 2019

Singing opportunities for schools in Chorley

18th January 2019

The Lancaster & District Schools’ Singing Festival, started over 70 years ago, has seen the most significant increase in the number of schools and children engaging with the Festival for 2019 with over 1400 children from 28 primary schools will taking part.

6th December 2018

Local young musicians got the chance to learn from top folk duo Twelfth Day in November as part of a masterclass, funded by Lancashire Music Hub. Fiddler Catriona Price and harpist Esther Swift […]

22nd November 2018

On Sunday 11th November, Lancashire Youth Brass Band took part in a large scale Armistice Show at Preston Guild Hall “The Great War Remembered”. It was a magnificent disparaging of team work with the story of World War 1 told in music, song, dance, drama, and with a cast of over 700 children taking part.

22nd November 2018

Sing Up Day is the perfect opportunity for bringing your local community together in song. It’s easy to take part, the song and event are free, and it’s an easy fit with your planned singing events

19th November 2018

Lancashire Music Hub are working in partnership with HMDT Music to support their TIME project taking place in 6 Lancashire schools over the next 3 years. TIME – Testing Impact, […]

19th November 2018

This year LYCB (Lancashire Youth County Band) had a change of venue for their residential and went to Borwick Hall for their annual weekend trip. The residential’s provide great musical […]

16th October 2018

Lancashire Music Hub are excited to announce the launch of a new group for young singers – Lancashire Jazz Youth Vocal Ensemble (JYVE)

8th October 2018

After school music making opportunities with ensembles and tuition available

2nd October 2018

For over 50 years, generations of young people from across Lancashire have been making music together in our county ensembles. Building on this long history, the six ensembles we have […]

17th September 2018

Lancashire Music Hub has created a new and improved music offer designed specifically for secondary schools.

12th September 2018

We are thrilled to announce our new long-term collaboration with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra which will see a NYJO Regional Academy launched in the county in early 2019

12th September 2018

An amazing opportunity to collaborate with musician and composer Chris Sharkey (trioVD, Roller trio, Acoustic Ladyland) Listen play, experiment and have fun making music that represents the personalities within the […]

16th July 2018

The weather held out at Lytham St Annes for a glorious weekend of brass at our first Brass at the Seaside festival…

21st June 2018

Manchester Camerata and Lancashire music hub worked together to provide school pupils and young participants a unique opportunity to work alongside their professional musicians, build new musical skills, knowledge and experience.

13th June 2018

More Music brought together PMLD (Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties) students from three SEND schools early this month to share the vocal work they’ve been doing in school over the year and to collaborate as an ensemble.

6th June 2018

More Music’s annual Catch the Wind Kite Festival returns to Morecambe Promenade on Saturday 23 & Sunday 24 June from 12pm to 5pm. Catch the Wind regularly attracts thousands of people to Morecambe […]

4th May 2018

Since the beginning of the academic year, our ‘Trombone Trio’ have been on a tour of the county with a little help from pBone.

30th April 2018

Music technology specialist and practitioner David Ashworth has provided a free resource for music teachers which demonstrates how iReal Pro app works – covering the essential functionality of the app.

27th April 2018

Two of our county ensemble youth bands have been invited to play at the acclaimed National Festival of Music for Youth this July. Lancashire Youth Brass Band and HONK! The […]

9th April 2018

More Music is delighted to announce the appointment of Loz Kaye as Artistic Director and successor to Pete Moser who founded the organisation in 1993.

28th March 2018

Earlier this year Lancashire Music Hub appointed a new Music Director for one of its County Ensembles Lancashire Youth Concert Band (LYCB), Gayle Coleman.

28th March 2018

In early Spring Lancashire Youth Brass Band recently spent a residential weekend at Borwick Hall for the 3rd year running. The weekend not only gave the young musicians the chance […]

28th March 2018

More than 1300 local school children came together to perform four concerts at The Ashton Hall to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Lancaster and District Schools’ Singing Festival.

12th March 2018

Has your school had The Lazy Mondays experience? Now in their 14th successful year this is a real live band experience in your school hall!

9th March 2018

A young person in Morecambe has responded to an international project building an 80 minute film for an event in Hong Kong in 2019.

1st March 2018

Lancashire Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Lancashire Schools Symphony Orchestra delivered a sold-out String Day – young string players from across Lancashire enjoyed a free fun day of music making…

26th February 2018

A new StringStars was launched at the end of February and are looking for interested boys and girls to come along and join the session. The group is aimed at complete beginners and will be taught by violin specialist, Rodger Boyes.

26th February 2018

More Music in Morecambe have been developing young musicians in the community for the last twenty years. They set up Stages over six years ago with a view to engage more young people in the region with music making and access to instruments, but in a fun relaxed environment where they make friends and get together.

20th February 2018

Beats and Pieces bandleader Ben Cottrell visited sixth form students from Runshaw College and Lancaster Royal Grammar School in January and February this year for two inspiring jazz masterclasses.

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