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Music: Your Way @ Galleywood Youth Centre

Join our professional Tutors who will support you in:

Attend each week to gain experience and explore your own interests in music.

An Arts Award qualification can be taken in an area that interests you and would involve activities such as:

To register your interest, please contact melissa.brooker@essex.gov.uk directly.

Who is this for?

Our focus is on group music-making – instrumental learning and musicianship is strengthened through learning with others.
Regular sessions take place on Thursdays after school during term time, based at Becket Keys CfE Secondary School, and our Centre is open to students from across Brentwood.
We welcome students aged 7 – 18.

What is on offer?

As well as our 1-to-1 lessons and group music-making, at Brentwood we’re building on the area’s jazz-based history through our jazz ensemble!
To view charges for our Community music venues, please click here.

How do I sign up?

Use the ‘register your interest’ button below to get in touch as to your child’s musical learning and what you’re looking for, and we’ll come back to you with what we have on offer to help support the next steps in your child’s musical journey!

A combination of individual, small group, and ensemble music provision in Manningtree on Saturday mornings during term-time.

Who is this for?

Our focus is on group music-making – instrumental learning and musicianship is strengthened through learning with others.
Regular sessions take place on Saturday mornings at Highfields Primary in Manningtree during term time, and our Centre is open to students from across the Tendring and Colchester areas.
We welcome students aged 7 – 18.

What is on offer?

At our centre we have our All in Band, our Brass Ensemble, our rock/soul/pop band, a Junior Wind Ensemble, as well as groups for theory, aural and musicianship development.
To view charges for our Community music venues, please click here.
To see details of funding available from Jack Petchy Foundation, please click here.

How do I sign up?

Use the ‘register your interest’ button below to get in touch as to your child’s musical learning and what you’re looking for, and we’ll come back to you with what we have on offer to help support the next steps in your child’s musical journey!

A combination of individual, small group, and ensemble music provision in Colchester on Saturday mornings during term time.

We also host our Colchester Juniors programme here at the same time.

Who is this for?

Our focus is on group music-making – instrumental learning and musicianship is strengthened through learning with others.
Regular sessions take place on Saturday mornings at Colchester County High School for Girls during term time, and our Centre is open to students from across the North Essex region and further afield.
It is ideal for any primary aged students looking to join Colchester County High School for Girls for their secondary school, to become familiar with the school and site through music learning.
We welcome students aged 7 – 18.

What is on offer?

As well as our 1-to-1 provision, we also offer a wide range of learning, including Music Tech (Junior and Senior), Brass Band, String Group, Woodwind Band, Songwriting, and a Colchester Young Voices Choir.
We also host the Essex Youth Jazz Quintet and the Essex Youth Rock Ensemble.
To view charges for our Community music venues, please click here.

How do I sign up?

Use the ‘register your interest’ button below to get in touch as to your child’s musical learning and what you’re looking for, and we’ll come back to you with what we have on offer to help support the next steps in your child’s musical journey!