Articles relating to Saturday morning Music Centre, including rehearsals, concerts, workshops etc.
Dear Parent/Carer, Happy New Year to you all. I hope you and your families are all safe and well. Please can I reiterate how lovely it was last term to see some of the Music Centre young musicians joining the Southampton online rehearsals. You may remember that some Southampton groups Read more…
Dear Parent/Carer, I hope you and your families are all safe and well. Nothing has changed since my last communication. Please be assured we are monitoring the situation and hope that at some point in the New Year we will be able to put some Music Centre activity in place. Read more…
Dear Parent/Carer, I hope you and your families are all safe and well as we move back into unsettling times. At a recent meeting of the IOW Music Hub Sounding Board, the long and short term future of Music Centre was discussed. Kath Page (IOW Music Hub Manager) and myself, Read more…
Dear Parent/Carer, I hope you are all safe and well in these unprecedented times. I just want to update you with regard to sessions for the Music Centre for this term. The number of students who have confirmed their attendance are very low – 36. As a result, there are Read more…
Dear Parent/Carer, Following the Music Centre meeting earlier this week staff are now very busy putting together resources for online sessions to commence at the start of next month. As some Music Centre groups currently do not have a large membership the decision has been taken for these groups to Read more…
Dear Parent/Carer, I hope you and your families are all safe and well and you all had a good summer break. Now the new school term has started we would like to update you on the restarting of Music Centre. Looking at the “Protective measures for holiday and after school Read more…
Dear Parent/Carer, Following on from the recent government announcement the decision has been taken to cancel all music centre events for the remainder of this term – the two Saturday sessions on 21 and 28 March and the concert on 29 March. Apologies for the recent conflicting information, obviously the Read more…
Dear Parent/Carer, After considerable discussion between Music Centre staff and management, the decision has been taken to move Music Centre from Medina College to Cowes Enterprise College (CEC) from September 2020. Whilst we appreciate CEC is not such a central location we believe the move will bring huge benefits to the centre which Read more…
The Music Centre Friends’ Association have their Annual General Meeting coming up on Saturday 18th January, 10:00 at Medina College. All members of the public, parents and students are welcome to attend. This is your chance to learn about what the Friends do to support Music Centre, what help they Read more…
We have some exciting updates for our 2019/20 Season, which starts on Saturday 7th September, at Medina College. We will be introducing one new group, Top Brass, for brass players who are grade 5+. Top Brass will be led by Ruth Allen and will rehearse once a fortnight, alternating with Read more…
We are delighted that some Music Centre groups have been invited to perform at this year’s St John’s Music Festival, hosted by St. John’s Church, St. John’s Road, Newport, PO30 1LN on Saturday 22 June 2019. The performance times and list of the groups taking part are given below: 11.30am Read more…
We have a number of exciting concerts coming up in the next few months, giving the majority of Music Centre students the opportunity to perform in different venues. Airwaves Donkey Sanctuary Concert June 23 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm IW Donkey Sanctuary, ————————————————————————— Brass Buttons Concert – Freshwater Lifeboat July 21 Read more…
** IW MUSIC CENTRE OPEN DAY 2019 *** It’s back!!! The IW Music Centre is throwing open its doors to the public on SATURDAY APRIL 27 – a date for the diary! The day will be filled with opportunities for new potential musicians to come and see – and even Read more…
The Music Centre Friends’ Association have their Annual General Meeting coming up on Saturday 8th December, 11:30 at Medina College. All members of the public, parents and students are welcome to attend. This is your chance to learn about what the Friends do to support Music CEntre, what help they Read more…
This year’s Christmas concert is your chance to hear a full performance of Symphony 125 as played at the Music for Youth Proms at the Royal Albert Hall! This concert will also be raising funds for the Earl Mountbatten Hospice, in memory of Louis Henry – a much loved island Read more…
All music centre groups will be giving a joint performance of this piece at the end of term, so even if your child is not travelling up to London for the Royal Albert Hall performance they still need to learn the piece. Please find attached below the audio files for Read more…
The 2018/19 Season of Music Centre is now open for Enrolment Season overview: Saturday 15th September – first session. Please bring your signed enrolment forms with you. Annual subscription cost – £60 (£20 per term)* New Group: Intermediate Keyboard Group (10:00 to 11:00) Group Changes: The Sound and Concert Band Read more…
OPEN DAY – THIS SATURDAY! This is a day where we open the doors of Music Centre and welcome in all students of any age and experience who want to see what we do at Music Centre. Whether you’re just starting out on the clarinet, a budding violinist, or an Read more…
Due to adverse weather and travel conditions tomorrow’s Music Centre session (3rd March) is unfortunately cancelled. Please do not attend as the college will not be open. Please contact us if you have any queries, otherwise we look forward to seeing you on the 10th March
Saturday 9 December All groups will rehearse as normal in the morning except Youth Orchestra, Middle Fiddles, Pied Pipers and Senior Recorder Ensemble Saturday 9 December Concert Ukulele Group, Youth Choir, Medina Voices, Pied Pipers, Senior Recorder Group, StringAlong, Fiddlesticks, MiddleFiddles, Youth Orchestra Afternoon rehearsals will take place as follows Read more…
NEW group!! WOODWIND WIZARDS is a “complete beginner” ensemble for all woodwind instruments (from 5 notes to Grade 1 standard). It will be running from 09:30-10:00am every Saturday from Nov 4 onwards. It’s perfect for any new starters or those interested in taking up a second instrument.
We are delighted to announce that 5 members of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra are coming to Music Centre this Saturday (30 September) to take workshops with the students and give a performance. This event will give Music Centre students a fantastic opportunity to work with some professional performing musicians who Read more…
Music Centre got off to fantastic start on Saturday. It was great to walk round Medina College and hear such encouraging sounds from all the groups in their first rehearsal. Congratulations to all the musicians and their ensemble directors. It was lovely to see lots of familiar faces as well as many new Read more…
Just a few more days to go until we start the new 2017/18 season of Music Centre this Saturday (16th)! Please take a minute to read some important updates: Things to do for Enrolment day: Enrol online before you attend Remember to bring your signed enrolment form with you on Read more…
Roll up Roll up! The 2017/18 season of Music Centre is now open for enrolment! As usual, there are some changes planned for next season, please take a minute to read the following information carefully: Who can enrol? All students between 8 and 21 can enrol in Music Centre. You Read more…
Hi Youth Band & Centre Wind Band members and parents We hope you had a good half term and that those of you taking exams are surviving! At least there’s not too long to go now……. We’re really sorry that the trip to Birmingham has had to be cancelled, but Read more…
To all parents and carers, Thank you to those of you who have let us know if your child will be coming on the Birmingham trip and sent in all the paperwork. Alas, to date we have received responses from less than a quarter of parents. It is essential that Read more…
OPEN DAY – THIS SATURDAY! This is a day where we open the doors of Music Centre and welcome in all students of any age and experience who want to see what we do at Music Centre. Whether you’re just starting out on the clarinet, a budding violinist, or an Read more…
This newsletter provides some updates on events at Music Centre this year and some more dates for your diary. Mazama Entry: The performance of ‘Mazama’ for our entry into this year’s Youth For Music competition went really well and all the staff are incredibly proud of the standard all the Read more…
This year we are moving our annual Open Day to Saturday 29th April. We’ll have a number of specialist music retailers on site, along with local Music Hub partners, refreshments and raffles. We will also be inviting any new students to come and join us in a special ‘play-along’ session Read more…