Message from Andy Sherwood: This is, and has been, such an exciting event that past players often bemoan the fact that they are no longer part of the orchestras. This course is integral to the year’s schedule and is the main training course for the whole year. While it is inconvenient for some players it is also the only free slot in the year for the majority. Please! – Sign up now! The course culminates in a festive concert for all the orchestras. On the course all players w

BHMA has organised a fantastic Glow Sticks Shining Beginners’ Christmas Concert aimed at children who only started learning the violin in September 2016! Varndean school on 10 December at 2.30 pm Please sign your child up emailing faye.houston@brighton-hove.gov.uk Places are limited for this ‘shiny’ Concert!

The award winning Brighton Youth Orchestra String Ensemble (BYOSE) is delighted to be performing with a professional theatre group in a fascinating new production ‘Voices of the Great War'. This explores life in Britain during the First World War. Four short plays written at the time are interwoven with music hall songs of the era for an uplifting and touching new look into life 100 years ago. Featured plays include 'A New Word' by Peter Pan creator J.M.Barrie, 'The Boys Co

Encore – the network for past members and supporters of the Brighton Youth Orchestra and other music groups managed by Brighton & Hove Music & Arts A big thank you to all our supporters for your generosity to encore throughout 2016. It’s been a great year so far and we have raised just over £8,300 from concert collections, donations from individuals and grants from foundations. Become a member of encore to reconnect with other members and supports and find out how you can he

Music Education Council celebrates excellence in music education The judges have announced their longlist for the 2016 MEC UK Music Education Awards. Kathryn Deane, Chair of the judging panel said: “Judging these awards gets tougher every year, as standards climb. Our commendations of the 13 entries we have longlisted shows clearly that any of them could be our eventual winner." “This is the first time we have publicly announced a longlist. We have done so because we know we