Music Centres

Music Centres provide out of school music making opportunities, introducing children and young people to music. This year our area music centres will be entirely 'virtual', all working together to produce a number of performances.

Lincolnshire Music Service is proud to continue serving the communities of Boston, Grantham, Sleaford, Spalding, Stamford, Louth, Lincoln and beyond during these restricted times by offering you the chance to continue playing with others in our Lincolnshire Music Centre for 2020/21.

Music Centre ensembles will have a new look, for one year only!

This year our area music centres will be entirely 'virtual', all working together to produce a number of performances. Where ever you live in the county you can take part in any ensemble and access our Lincolnshire Music Centre activities on line. As restrictions lift, we may be able to introduce a blended model of virtual as well as face to face delivery back in our area locations in accordance with national guidance.

As a member of the Lincolnshire Music Centre, you will receive a resource package for each piece. This will include:

Access to scores and video tutorials from 18th January 2021
Three online sectional rehearsals from Monday 1st February – Friday 26th February (see Area for specific details)
Professionally mixed performance recordings. Upload by Monday 1st March.
Virtual Concert and film premieres on Monday 29th March 6pm.

We have the following ensembles activities available:

Activities	This ensemble is operating virtually, please apply via	Description
Junior Strings	Lincoln Music Centre Louth Music Centre Grantham Music Centre Sleaford Music Centre Spalding Music Centre	Orchestral string players from beginners familiar with basic finger patterns up to approximately Grade 3 standard
Senior Strings	Lincoln Music Centre Louth Music Centre Grantham Music Centre Sleaford Music Centre Spalding Music Centre	Orchestral string players of Grade 3 standard and above.
Junior Wind Band	Boston Music Centre Lincoln Music Centre Grantham Music Centre Sleaford Music Centre Spalding Music Centre	Available for all woodwind brass and percussionists up to Grade 3 level. The low brass starts things off, following the rest of the band and short feature spots for the percussion section. Fun for all!
Senior Wind Band	Boston Music Centre Lincoln Music Centre Grantham Music Centre Sleaford Music Centre Spalding Music Centre	Woodwind, brass and percussion players working beyond Grade 3 standard
Folk Rock Ensemble	Sleaford Music Centre	The Folk Rock ensemble is for fluent players grade 3 and above on folk instruments including all string instruments, guitar, bass guitar, drums and pipe. All other folk instruments are welcome including harp, hurdy-gurdy, mandolin, banjolele, bodhran, piano accordion.
Big Band	Grantham Music Centre	This ensemble plays a mixture of swing, Latin and contemporary big band charts, and is open to any students that play woodwind, brass and rhythm section instruments (approximately grade 4 and above).
Junior Choir	Louth Music Centre	The junior choir is open to singers in Key Stage 2.
Pop Choir and Jazz Orchestra	Boston Music Centre	Pop choir is open to singers in Key Stage 3 and above. The jazz orchestra is available to pupils working at grade 4 and above on trumpet, trombone, saxophone, piano, drum kit, bass and rhythm guitar.
Beginner Ensemble (incorporating Musical Majors and Mash Up)	Lincoln Music Centre Grantham Music Centre Sleaford Music Centre Spalding Music Centre	Available for all students beginner to grade 3 whatever instrument you play.
Guitar ensemble	Boston Music Centre Lincoln Music Centre Spalding Music Centre	Open to all guitarists, ukulele and bass players from grade 1 upwards.

Fees:

Annual Membership: £30.00 regardless of how many groups you join. Subsidy is available for students entitled to Free School Meals and Looked After Children.

Partner Schools

Annual Membership is FREE for students who attend the following partner schools;

Boston High School,Boston Grammar School, The Boston Witham Academies Federation Schools (BWAF), Horncastle Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, The National Church of England Junior School and Kesteven & Grantham Girls' School, Bourne Academy, Horncastle Banovallum School, Sleaford Carre's Grammar School, Sleaford St George's Academy, Spalding Academy, Spilsby The King Edward VI Academy, Grantham The Priory Ruskin Academy,University Academy Long Sutton.