Youth Music Wessex

14/10/2026

Youth Music Wessex - where musical adventures begin! 🎻🎶

08/10/2026

Save the date! This is a really lovely project that the WYSO has coming up.. We’ll be hosting and performing with the Buxtehude Youth Symphony Orchestra.. Dvorak, Wagner, Elgar, Strauss, Mussorgsky and a fun exploration into some film music favourites.

Just goes to show, music really is an international language.. and can bring people together no matter their mother tongue..

28/09/2026

Anymore? Anymore!? If you’re thinking about signing up your youngster to start cello lessons this term, our group introductory class begins this coming Saturday!
Let us know in good time so we can be sure to have an instrument available for each cello novice to try!

Know a youngster who might like to say "hello" to a cello? Well now here's their chance.

Offering all the fun of group learning, the option to enhance progression with additional top-up one-to-one lessons with the pros, instrument loans, bursary support for qualifying applicants, and professional guidance on just about all-things-cello, Youth Music Wessex's "Hello Cello!" class is set to start many a Wessex floorboard rumbling!

For further information, use the QR code below (if viewing on your phone, take a screenshot, and access your phone's photos and hold your thumb on the QR code and it'll take you straight to the Hello Cello of our website!).

Why not drop us a line today?

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25/09/2026

25/09/2026

Youth Music Wessex Season 56 begins!!
Saturday September 26th, 9am. Classes for novices, beginners, intermediates and advanced.

21/09/2026

Let’s have a little instrument spotlight moment!

19/09/2026

We couldn’t have said this better ourselves.. bravo to this teacher - wise words indeed.

Yesterday evening I went to a GCSE information evening at my son’s school. (I nearly forgot actually, and really felt my hastily devoured dinner complaining at me during the presentation 😳)

After the explanations of the grading system and the PowerPoint presentation of statistics from the school’s past performance, there was a session on supporting our children through exams, and stressful times in general.

There were the usual reminders of the benefits of sleep, nutrition, communication and carefully rationed screen time, and then there was an interesting one…

“If your child has a hobby” said the deputy head, “whether that’s competitive dance, football, or learning a musical instrument, DON’T stop them from doing that in order to focus on GCSEs or A levels. Studies have shown that children need stimulation away from their academic work, and also that busy children with extra curricular hobbies get better grades”

As an instrumental teacher, of course this was music to my ears (pardon the pun). I often find that teenagers really benefit from music making during the exam period. I’ll ease off on the pressure, won’t schedule any violin/ viola exams, and won’t even expect much practice, but we will enjoy playing music that the students choose whether that’s old familiar pieces, or something they’ve heard in a film or on YouTube and would like to try. Even better - keep up the music groups. All the benefits of friendship, teamwork and healthy exercise for mind and body.

So - before you decide that everything needs to stop in academic exam years - think again. Maybe that viola lesson or orchestra rehearsal might be just the thing to reset your teen’s brain in a good way.

13/09/2026

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13/09/2026

What do you call a group of musical whales?

An orca-stra
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