Basildon: Jack Petchey Music Bursary Award

We are thrilled to announce that we have funding from Jack Petchey to offer fully funded lessons to students in the Basildon area this year!

Who is eligible?

  • Secondary school aged students
  • Household income of less then £24,000, or Looked After or Adopted Children
  • Have been learning an instrument or shown commitment to an instrument

What is on offer?

Eligible students can access:

  • A 30-minute group lesson in either Guitar, Drums, Keyboard or Vocals
  • A 30-minute band
  • Free instrument hire

Where and When?

Venue: De La Salle School, Ghyllgrove, Basildon SS14 2LA (Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/i5KdHGynB51c4kfWA)

Date and Time: Fridays after school, starting from 27 September 2024.

Extra Opportunities

At the end of each term, there will be an Open Mic Night at the Towngate Theatre in Basildon to showcase what young people have been learning.

Apply for a bursary place here where you can let us know whether you are interested in guitar, drums, keyboard or vocals. We will be in touch with more information and timings.

Essex Youth Orchestra performs in Coggeshall (Sunday 1 September 2024)

Essex Youth Orchestra, directed by Robin Browning, is Essex’s flagship orchestra.

EYO will give a concert following their tour to Salzburg, with a programme including:

  • Bernstein: Overture to Candide (6 mins)
  • Ravel: Bolero (18 mins)
  • Panufnik – Sinfonia Sacra (21 mins)
  • (Interval)
  • Márquez: Danzón No. 2 (10 mins)
  • Williams: Theme from Schindler’s List (3 mins) featuring Maximilian Pietrzak on violin
  • Mussorgsky – Extracts from Pictures at an Exhibition (25 mins)

Details:

  • Sunday 1 September 2024 at 7.00pm
  • St Peter ad Vincula Church, Coggeshall, CO6 1UD (click here for location)
  • No booking required for this free concert.

For further details on this concert, please contact Beverley Heard, Music Ensembles Lead Officer, telephone 0333 013 8953 or email: musichub@essex.gov.uk

County Ensembles

We are proud to have a number of leading and high-achieving top-level ensembles offering opportunities for young musicians in Essex including:

Essex Youth Orchestra
Essex Youth Choir
Essex Youth Jazz Orchestra
Essex Youth Symphonic Wind Orchestra
Essex Youth Brass Ensemble

This doesn’t happen by accident – we also run a number of starter ensembles in our community music venues as well as intermediate ensembles including our Essex Young People’s Orchestra to bring together young people together in making music with each other.

If you have a young person in your setting who would benefit from joining such an ensemble, please contact Beverley Heard, Music Ensembles Lead Officer, telephone 0333 013 8953 or email: musichub@essex.gov.uk

 

Essex Young People’s Orchestra & String Octet performs in Felsted (Sunday 28 July 2024)

Essex Young People’s Orchestra is a youth orchestra of talented children from across Essex

This concert features extracts from West Side Story & Les Miserables plus pieces by American composer Aaron Copland, and Gustav Holst – a famous educator and composer who settled in Thaxted, and was born 150 years ago this September.

  • Sunday 28 July 2024 at 5.00pm
  • The Chapel, Felsted School, Felsted CM6 3LL (click here for location)
  • No booking required for this free concert.

Essex Youth String Octet will also feature in this concert, who last year performed for Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla in Colchester’s Library as part of the Year of Celebration marking Colchester’s city status.

For further details on this concert, please contact Beverley Heard, Music Ensembles Lead Officer, telephone 0333 013 8953 or email: musichub@essex.gov.uk

 

County Ensembles

We are proud to have a number of leading and high-achieving top-level ensembles offering opportunities for young musicians in Essex including:

Essex Youth Orchestra
Essex Youth Choir
Essex Youth Jazz Orchestra
Essex Youth Symphonic Wind Orchestra
Essex Youth Brass Ensemble

This doesn’t happen by accident – we also run a number of starter ensembles in our community music venues as well as intermediate ensembles including our Essex Young People’s Orchestra to bring together young people together in making music with each other.

If you have a young person in your setting who would benefit from joining such an ensemble, please contact Beverley Heard, Music Ensembles Lead Officer, telephone 0333 013 8953 or email: musichub@essex.gov.uk

 

Essex Youth Symphonic Wind Orchestra performs in Witham (Saturday 10 August 2024))

Hear the Essex Youth Symphonic Wind Orchestra directed by David Rowland

EYSWO will bring an early evening of music-making including extracts from The Planets Suite by Gustav Holst, a famous educator and composer who settled in Thaxted, and was born 150 years ago this September.

  • Saturday 10 August 2024 at 6.00pm
  • New Rickstones Academy, Conrad Road, Witham CM8 2SD (click here for location)
  • No booking required for this free concert.

For further details on this concert, please contact Beverley Heard, Music Ensembles Lead Officer, telephone 0333 013 8953 or email: musichub@essex.gov.uk

 

County Ensembles

We are proud to have a number of leading and high-achieving top-level ensembles offering opportunities for young musicians in Essex including:

Essex Youth Orchestra
Essex Youth Choir
Essex Youth Jazz Orchestra
Essex Youth Symphonic Wind Orchestra
Essex Youth Brass Ensemble

This doesn’t happen by accident – we also run a number of starter ensembles in our community music venues as well as intermediate ensembles including our Essex Young People’s Orchestra to bring together young people together in making music with each other.

If you have a young person in your setting who would benefit from joining such an ensemble, please contact Beverley Heard, Music Ensembles Lead Officer, telephone 0333 013 8953 or email: musichub@essex.gov.uk

 

Free Jazz Concert in Colchester (Saturday 6 July 2024)

Hear our Youth Jazz in Concert for Free!

  • Saturday 6 July 2024 at 7.00pm
  • Price – Free

As part of our #YearOfJazz, come and hear our young musicians from the Essex Youth Jazz  Orchestra, Young Essex Jazz  and Essex Youth Jazz Quintet for a free concert in Colchester!

Led by Martin Hathaway, Tom Jiggins and Paul Moylan, this will be their performance ahead of going on tour to Salzburg this summer.

For further information on joining Essex Youth Jazz  Orchestra, Young Essex Jazz or any of our instrumental and also vocal music groups, contact 03330138953 or email musichub@essex.gov.uk

 

We are proud to have a number of leading and high-achieving top-level ensembles offering opportunities for young musicians in Essex including:

Essex Youth Orchestra
Essex Youth Choir
Essex Youth Jazz Orchestra
Essex Youth Symphonic Wind Orchestra
Essex Youth Brass Ensemble

This doesn’t happen by accident – we also run a number of starter ensembles in our community music venues as well as intermediate ensembles including our Essex Young People’s Orchestra to bring together young people together in making music with each other.

If you have a young person in your setting who would benefit from joining such an ensemble, please contact Beverley Heard, Music Ensembles Lead Officer, telephone 0333 013 8953 or email: musichub@essex.gov.uk

Essex Youth Jazz Orchestra auditions (Sunday 15 September 2024)

Join the Essex Youth Jazz Orchestra!

  • Sunday 15 September 2024, 10.30am to 4.30pm
  • Price – Free

Become a member of Essex’s top jazz orchestra!

Young jazz musicians are invited to an open audition rehearsal on Sunday 15 September at Chelmsford County High School.

Spend the day rehearsing with Essex Youth Jazz Orchestra (EYJO) members – find out about the music, get to know current members and work with top Jazz Musicians, Martin Hathaway and Paul Moylan.

At the end of the workshop, young jazz musicians will be invited to join either the Essex Youth Jazz Orchestra or Young Essex Jazz depending on their jazz experience and ability.

All instruments welcome!

Both jazz music groups recently performed in Colchester and a member of the audience said:

“What a fantastic evening! This was our first taste of youth Jazz in Essex and we were truly impressed with the quality of the music we were presented with. We were entertained by accomplished musicians of all ages and were impressed with the assured way they tackled such a wide variety of musical styles. What really made the performance for us was the obvious enjoyment and excitement on the faces of the performers. So glad that live music is back on the calendar. Thank you young musicians and inspirational teachers.”

For further information on joining our Essex Youth Jazz  Orchestra, Young Essex Jazz or any of our instrumental and also vocal music groups, contact 03330138953 or email musichub@essex.gov.uk

To apply for the workshop, click Book Now below

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We are proud to have a number of leading and high-achieving top-level ensembles offering opportunities for young musicians in Essex including:

Essex Youth Orchestra
Essex Youth Choir
Essex Youth Jazz Orchestra
Essex Youth Symphonic Wind Orchestra
Essex Youth Brass Ensemble

This doesn’t happen by accident – we also run a number of starter ensembles in our community music venues as well as intermediate ensembles including our Essex Young People’s Orchestra to bring together young people together in making music with each other.

If you have a young person in your setting who would benefit from joining such an ensemble, please contact Beverley Heard, Music Ensembles Lead Officer, telephone 0333 013 8953 or email: musichub@essex.gov.uk

Essex Youth Orchestra auditions (Sunday 8 September 2024)

Join Essex’s top orchestra – Essex Youth Orchestra!

  • Sunday 8 September 2024, 9.30am to 5.00pm
  • Price – Free

Become a member of the Essex Youth Orchestra

Young orchestral musicians of Grade 7 and above are invited to audition for the Essex Youth Orchestra.

Auditions are being held on Sunday 8 September at Chelmsford County High School.

Tony Hougham, Principal Double for the Royal Opera House, will lead a workshop where young musicians will learn how to prepare and present for auditions.

At the end of the day, players will perform to the audition panel with the aim of gaining a place in the prestigious youth orchestra.

Beverley Heard, Ensembles Officer, said:

“It is a great opportunity for any young musician to learn how to audition well, in any situation, whether that is for an orchestra audition or for entry to a Music Conservatoire.”

For further information on joining our Essex Youth Orchestra, Essex Young People’s Orchestra or any of our instrumental and also vocal music group, contact 03330138953  or email musichub@essex.gov.uk

To apply for an audition, click Book Now below

BOOK NOW

 

We are proud to have a number of leading and high-achieving top-level ensembles offering opportunities for young musicians in Essex including:

Essex Youth Orchestra
Essex Youth Choir
Essex Youth Jazz Orchestra
Essex Youth Symphonic Wind Orchestra
Essex Youth Brass Ensemble

This doesn’t happen by accident – we also run a number of starter ensembles in our community music venues as well as intermediate ensembles including our Essex Young People’s Orchestra to bring together young people together in making music with each other.

If you have a young person in your setting who would benefit from joining such an ensemble, please contact Beverley Heard, Music Ensembles Lead Officer, telephone 0333 013 8953 or email: musichub@essex.gov.uk

2024 Summer Holiday Musical Activities

Come and join us at our Summer Holiday musical activities – making music and making memories!

We’ve a wide range of activities from orchestral experience days to music theatre, half day and taster workshop sessions across the county.

Click the image to find out more about what’s on offer in your area!

How to apply

To apply for courses, please use the following link: www.tinyurl.com/SummerMusicCourses.

Please note that registration for all courses will close on 8 July 2024.

You will receive a confirmation email the following week as long as minimum numbers have been reached.

Financial assistance is available for all Summer courses for families on a low income. For further details please go to our Financial Assistance page.

Contact us if you have any questions at musichub@essex.gov.uk

Open Mic Night opportunity in Chelmsford (Saturday 27 April 2024)

Join us for our latest Essex Music Service Open Mic Night!

  • Saturday 27 April from 5.00 to 7.00pm
  • Galleywood Youth Centre, Watchouse Rd, Chelmsford CM2 8PT (click here for location)
  • No booking required for this free event

For further details on this concert, please contact Oliver Colquhoun or Emma Stoffer at telephone 0333 013 8953 or email: musichub@essex.gov.uk

 

County Ensembles

We are proud to have a number of leading and high-achieving top-level ensembles offering opportunities for young musicians in Essex including:

Essex Youth Orchestra
Essex Youth Choir
Essex Youth Jazz Orchestra
Essex Youth Symphonic Wind Orchestra
Essex Youth Brass Ensemble

This doesn’t happen by accident – we also run a number of starter ensembles in our community music venues as well as intermediate ensembles including our Essex Young People’s Orchestra to bring together young people together in making music with each other.

If you have a young person in your setting who would benefit from joining such an ensemble, please contact Beverley Heard, Music Ensembles Lead Officer, telephone 0333 013 8953 or email: musichub@essex.gov.uk

 

Essex Youth Orchestra and Essex Young People’s Orchestra perform in Chelmsford (Friday 12 April 2024)

Come and hear our Youth Orchestras live in concert in Chelmsford!

  • Friday 12 April 2024 at 7.00pm
  • Christ Church, 164, New London Road, Chelmsford, CM2 0AW (click here for location)
  • No booking required for this free concert

 

For further details on this concert, please contact Beverley Heard, Music Ensembles Lead Officer, telephone 0333 013 8953 or email: musichub@essex.gov.uk

 

County Ensembles

We are proud to have a number of leading and high-achieving top-level ensembles offering opportunities for young musicians in Essex including:

Essex Youth Orchestra
Essex Youth Choir
Essex Youth Jazz Orchestra
Essex Youth Symphonic Wind Orchestra
Essex Youth Brass Ensemble

This doesn’t happen by accident – we also run a number of starter ensembles in our community music venues as well as intermediate ensembles including our Essex Young People’s Orchestra to bring together young people together in making music with each other.

If you have a young person in your setting who would benefit from joining such an ensemble, please contact Beverley Heard, Music Ensembles Lead Officer, telephone 0333 013 8953 or email: musichub@essex.gov.uk