Open Up Music

18/03/2026

If you can, please support our Big Give campaign this week and double your donation. You will be making it possible for NOYO musicans to show other young disabled people that music is for them - something they deeply care about 🙏

23/12/2025

We're wishing you a festive end of the year with the Middlesbrough Open Orchestra's rendition of Mariah's "All I want for Christmas is you" 🙌🤩. Thank you so much for your support of National Open Youth Orchestra and Clarion this year. Looking forward to more music-making in 2026, and celebrating our 10th anniversary with you!

11/12/2025

A huge thank you to everyone who shared or donated to our Big Give Christmas campaign!

Thanks to your help, we managed to raise an incredible £20,070. 👏

As a small charity, these funds are vital in enabling us to run our programmes and create opportunities for young disabled musicians to play and perform.

With gratitude ❤️

08/12/2025

One day left to support our Big Give Christmas campaign!

Donate today, and your impact will be doubled thanks to match funding.
👉 https://bit.ly/OUMChristmas

Thanks to everyone who has given so far. We really need you to get us closer to our goal. 🙏

07/12/2025

Please help us reach our Big Give Christmas Challenge fundraising goal! Donate before Tuesday 9 December, and everything you give will be doubled thanks to match funding ⤵️
https://bit.ly/OUMChristmas

06/12/2025

Three days left to support our Big Give Christmas Challenge campaign!

Help us level the playing field for young disabled musicians through the National Open Youth Orchestra, the world’s first disabled-led national youth orchestra, the Clarion, our accessible musical instrument, and Open Orchestras, our network of special school ensembles.

Donate before Tuesday, and every pound you give will be doubled ❤️
https://bit.ly/OUMChristmas

05/12/2025

"I don't know where I would be if I wasn't in NOYO (The National Open Youth Orchestra), but what I know is that it's made me a good person." - Holli (harp)

Find out about the opportunities we are creating for young disabled performers through our programmes... including appearing in Netflix music videos!

Create more opportunities for young disabled musicians. Donate before 9 December and every pound you give will be doubled: https://bit.ly/OUMChristmas

Big Give

04/12/2025

Please donate to create opportunities for young disabled musicians to play music together. NOYO saxophonist Luke shares why it matters ⭐

Donate to our Big Give Christmas campaign until 9 December. Every pound you give will be doubled. 🎄

Donate ⤵️
https://bit.ly/OUMChristmas

Big Give

03/12/2025

This International Day of Disabled People, please get behind our Big Give Christmas campaign - National Open Youth Orchestra oboist Lilian is encouraging your generous donations with this heartfelt cover of 'All I want for Christmas is you'.🎄

Donate before 9 December and every pound you give will be doubled, raising vital funds for us. Help create opportunities for young disabled musicians, so we can keep rehearsing, performing and sharing our music with you.

Donate: bit.ly/OUMChristmas

Big Give

02/12/2025

Please help us raise vital funds to create opportunities for young disabled people to make music.

We need you to keep running Open Orchestras, the UK's largest network of inclusive ensembles in special schools, National Open Youth Orchestra, the world's first disabled led national youth orchestra and the Clarion, an accessible instrument that can be played with any part of the body including head movement.

Give before 9 December, and every pound you donate will be doubled thanks to match funding. Donate now: bit.ly/OUMChristmas

Big Give

17/11/2025

For everyone working in music education, please consider introducing the Clarion into your practice. You can make a difference for young disabled musicians who might not be aware there are instruments that can adapt to their access needs.

In celebration of the launch of Creative United’s Guide to Buying Adaptive Musical Instruments, our partners at Open Up Music introduce the Clarion – an innovative, purpose-built accessible instrument. In this feature, they share insights into how the Clarion works and explore the ways it empowe...