East of England Music Shops & Music Hubs
The friendly team at Southern Percussion. L-R: Katy Elman, Gosia Kepa and Martijn van der Kolk
Music Services in the East of England
For October 2018, Take it away are featuring activities and shops in the East of England area. Each month we will be featuring a different region, with the aim of bringing these services into contact with each other.
We offer Take it away in the following shops in the East of England (each links to a page about their services):
Music Shops
- 1066 Pianos
- Allegro Music
- Balaam’s Music
- Cookes
- Drum City
- Gig Gear Ltd
- Mann’s Music Shop Ltd
- Montague Pianos Ltd
- Musicland
- Sound Attak Ltd
- Southern Percussion Limited
- Suffolk Pianos
- Thwaites Fine Stringed Instruments
- Wood, Wind & Reed
Music Hubs
Music Hubs are a Government-led initiative, previously referred to as schools or music services. They are partnerships between state schools, companies, charities and practitioners. Hubs receive funding from the Department of Education via Arts Council England. It is the responsibility of every Hub to distribute funding amongst organisations to ensure that these targets are met:
- Ensure that every child aged 5 to 18 has the opportunity to learn a musical instrument (other than voice) through whole-class ensemble teaching programs or weekly tuition on the same instrument
- Ensure that clear progression routes are available and affordable to all young people
- Develop a singing strategy to ensure that every pupil sings regularly, and that choirs and other vocal ensembles are available in the area
Each hub provides different services and receives different levels of funding dependent on needs and services. For example, some services provide one to one tuition, some offer classroom sessions or some offer Orchestra or performance opportunities.
East of England Music Hubs include:
- Cambridgeshire Music
- Essex Music Service
- Central Bedfordshire Music
- Fenland Music Centre Association
- Hertfordshire Music Service
- Music for Bedford Borough
- The Mix – Luton
- Norfolk Music Hub
- Peterborough Music Partnership
- Southend-on-Sea Music Service
- Suffolk Music Hub
- Thurrock Music Service
Twitter
If you want to follow news and opportunities from these Music Hubs, we’ve put together the following Twitter list.
Orchestras
Active orchestras, bands and ensembles across the North West:
- Abbey Gateway Orchestra
- Academy of Great St Mary’s
- Baldock Community Orchestra
- Bedford Community concert Orchestra
- Bedfordshire Adult String Sessions (BASS)
- Bedfordshire Orchestra Society
- Bedfordshire Woodwind Academy Flute Ensemble
- Belper Town Wind Band
- Brentwood Horn Club
- Brentwood Philharmonic Orchestra
- BSV Jazz Band
- Bury St Edmunds Concert Band
- Bury St Edmunds Friendly Orchestra
- The Cambridge Concert Orchestra
- Cambridge Philharmonic Society
- Cambridge Sinfonietta
- Central Bedfordshire Orchestra
- Chorleywood Orchestra
- City of Cambridge Orchestra
- City of Peterborough Symphony Orchestra
- City of Peterborough Youth Ensembles (CPYE)
- Clacton Concert Orchestra
- Colne Philharmonic Orchestra
- Community Light Orchestra
- Cromer Orchestra
- Dacorum Recreation Orchestra
- Dunmow Wind Band
- Woodwind of Dunmow
- East Coast Sinfonietta
- Ely Sinfonia
- Essex Chamber Orchestra
- Essex Concert Band
- Essex Symphony Orchestra
- Essex Yeomanry Band
- Evening Rehearsal Orchestra – St Albans
- Fen Edge Orchestra
- Fenland Community Orchestra
- Fleetville Swing Band
- 4 Villages Orchestra
- Harlow Symphony Orchestra
- Harmonie Concert Band
- Harpenden Concert Band
- Harpenden Musicale Adult Wind Band
- Haverhill Sinfonia
- Herts Big Band
- Hitchin Concert Band
- Hitchin Light Orchestra
- Hitchin Symphony Orchestra
- Hunstanton Concert Band
- Huntingdonshire Concert Band
- Huntingdonshire Philharmonic (Hunts Phil)
- Ipswich Symphony Orchestra
- King John Orchestra
- Leighton-Linslade Concert Band
- Letchworth Sinfonia
- Linton Jazz
- Luton Concert Orchestra
- Luton Symphony Orchestra
- Maldon Orchestra
- Mawson Road Community Orchestra
- Melvin Beddow Big Band
- Newmarket Chamber Orchestra
- Norfolk Broads Concert Band
- The Norfolk Symphony Orchestra
- Norwich City Concert Band
- Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra
- Phoenix Concert Band
- The Pulham Orchestra
- Rusty Players of Oundle
- Saffron Walden Symphony Orchestra
- Saffron Walden Town Band
- St Albans Rehearsal Orchestra
- SARO Winds
- St Albans Symphony Orchestra
- St Gregory’s Orchestra
- St Neots Sinfonia
- Saxobilly
- Sillars Orchestra
- Southend Symphony Orchestra
- Southend Wind Orchestra
- Stamford Chamber Orchestra
- Stevenage Symphony Orchestra
- Sudbury Symphony Orchestra
- Suffolk Sinfonia
- Take Note
- Trianon Symphony Orchestra
- University of Hertfordshire Big Band
- Vivace Ensemble
- Watford Symphony Orchestra
- Watford Workshop Orchestra
- Waveney Sinfonia
- Waveney Strings
- Welwyn Garden City Music Society
- West Bergholt Concert Band
- West Norfolk Jubilee Youth Orchestra and Concert Band
- West Norfolk Music Centre Beginner Band, Orchestra and Wind Band
- Whittlesey Wind Ensemble
- Wolsey Orchestra
- Woodbridge Orchestral Society
- Wymondham Symphony Orchestra