Friends and Supporters of the Wirral Music Centres Trust

19/06/2026

📣Less than 2 weeks to go for this - we are super excited! Our fabulous Wirral Big Band Academy will be performing their own set and playing alongside the brilliant Out Of The Blue Jazz Orchestra, along with the incredible Andy Scott! 🎷🎺🪊🙌
The Love Music Trust

➡️ Get you tickets here, before they sell out - https://heswallhall.co.uk/whats-on/

Less then two weeks to go until we welcome back to the stage 🎷. Andy will be joined by the Wirral Big Band Academy and .jess on vocals. What a night it is going to be!

Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/heswallhall/1986267

10/06/2026

📣Very proud of our fabulous Wirral Schools’ Strings ensemble this evening.

🎻They are hard at work, rehearsing for our upcoming concert on Saturday 11th July at the New Brighton Arts Festival (more information to follow).

Interested in joining us?

Find out more ➡️ https://www.lovemusictrust.com/parents-and-pupils/ensembles or contact Helen Chetwood - [email protected]

04/06/2026

🎺 Tickets for our Summer Festival 2026 are NOW ON SALE!

🗓 Thursday 25th - Sunday 28th June

🎶 This year we are delighted to present new visiting artists and also welcome back previous festival favourites. Book your seat for some of the very best in classical music at a Wirral venue near you:
Beethoven's Septet
Thelma Handy & Liverpool String Academy
Apollo Saxophone Quartet
Youth String Quartet Academy Showcase
Katona Twins & the Festival Quartet

For info and tickets, book online here:
https://buytickets.at/wirralchambermusicfestival

For discounted premium seats and an invitation to our Festival Friends Reception at The Little Fox, featuring even more live music, become a Festival Friend here:
https://www.wirralchamberfest.co.uk/support

As always, a huge thank you to our sponsors Brabners, Maestro Touring, The Red Fox, The Arts Society Wirral, Murphy & Miles Art & Antiques, Robin Bloxsidge and Nick Riddle for making the Festival possible.

See you there!

17/05/2026

16/05/2026

😊We are so proud of our fabulous young musicians who entertained the crowds today at the Cool Heswall environment event. A little rain never hurt anyone!

🎶Three of our fabulous wirral ensembles run by The Love Music Trust performed:
Wirral Schools’ Junior Band
Wirral Schools’ Concert Band
Wirral Big Band Academy

🙏Huge thanks to all involved and to all those who dressed for the weather and came along to support us and the event.

📣Special shout out to our fabulous tutors who led and supported the bands.

It’s been a great day, slightly soggy, but great music and lots of fun!

➡️To find out more about how you can join one of our many ensembles follow this link - https://www.lovemusictrust.com/parents-and-pupils/ensembles

For further information contact Helen Chetwood - [email protected]

16/05/2026

🎉It’s today!!

Bring your family and friends and enjoy some fabulous music from our Wirral Schools’ Junior Band, Wirral Schools’ Concert Band and Wirral Big Band Academy. We will be performing between 11am - 1pm.

See you there…. 🎶🎤🎷🎺🪊🪇🎹🪈🥁🎸

Come and meet an enthusiastic and knowledgeable band of Wirral residents who care about nature and climate change and have become involved in making a difference in the areas where they live and work.

There will be lots to do for all the family including musical entertainment and refreshments – and it is FREE to come along.
Bring your family and friends. Enjoy some time out and come away with ideas about how you can protect our environment for future generations.
Local produce and crafts will also be available from Heswall Farmers’ Market and Craft Market, which will be taking place in Heswall Hall.

Cool Heswall is organised by the Joint Rotary Environment Group, Heswall.

09/05/2026

Saturday mornings well spent with the wonderful Wirral Schools’ Concert Band rehearsing for their upcoming performance at the Cool Heswall community environmental event on Saturday 16th May! 🎶

A huge thank you to our talented young musicians and fantastic tutors, Rob Watson and Kirsty Alleyne, for another brilliant rehearsal. 🙌

The band is going from strength to strength, with even more new recruits joining us this week!

🎺 New members are always welcome — wind, brass and percussion players Grade 4+ (or equivalent). Rehearsals take place at our Wirral Music Centre based at St Mary’s Catholic College, Wallasey.

➡️ Find out more: https://www.lovemusictrust.com/parents-and-pupils/ensembles

09/05/2026

🎉We can’t wait to take some of our fabulous Wirral ensembles to this next week - Wirral Schools’ Junior Band, Wirral Schools’ Concert Band and Wirral Big Band Academy. We will be performing between 11am - 1pm.

We hope you can come along and support this fantastic event and our wonderful young musicians! 🎺🎷🎶🎹🥁🎸🪈

Can’t wait for this year’s Cool Heswall – our event has gone from strength-to-strength over the last few years and looking forward to welcoming all our stallholders old and new including those not on Facebook!

Wirral Wildlife New Ferry Butterfly Park Wirral Countryside Volunteers Cheshire Wildlife Trust Planet Heswall Energy Projects Plus Wirral Repair Cafe Wirral Beekeepers TLC - Elizabeth: caring for Wirral & the World Heswall Society Heswall in Bloom Jackson's Animal Rescue Greenpeace Merseyside Heswall Primary School

30/04/2026

📣 It’s International Jazz Day — and what a treat here at one of our Wirral Music Centres with the wonderful Big Band Academy, run by The Love Music Trust. A workshop with the fabulous Andy Scott. 🎶

Creativity is in full flow! Exploring improvisation on the minor pentatonic scale, with every player adding their own style and personality. 🎷🎺🥁

29/04/2026

📣To celebrate International Jazz Day, our fabulous Wirral Big Band Academy will be joined by the super talented Andy Scott at our rehearsal tomorrow night. We are all super excited!!🎶🎺🎷🙌