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Simply Music (KS1)
Simply Music (KS1)
Simply Music (KS1)
Our new KS1 whole class music package for primary schools starting in September 2012.

Telford & Wrekin Music Symphony Orchestra
Telford & Wrekin Music Symphony Orchestra
Telford & Wrekin Music Symphony Orchestra
Meets every other Monday evening at Charlton Secondary School, Wellington

Music Education Research Bank
Music Education Research Bank
Music Education Research making the case for Music Education

Contact Telford & Wrekin Music
Contact Telford & Wrekin Music
To contact and to get in touch with Telford & Wrekin Music

Parents Help Page
Parents Help Page
A range of support material to help your child's musical learning

Under 18s Band Night 2011/12
Under 18s Band Night 2011/12
Under 18s Band Night 2011/12
Highlights from Under 18s Band Night in March 2011 presented by The Young Promoters.

Music Support for Schools
Music Support for Schools
Make your school a Musical School
Support Telford & Wrekin Music can provide for your school or setting.

Sponsorship opportunities
Sponsorship opportunities
We are dedicated to using music to increase the aspirations, confidence and achievement of children

Telford & Wrekin Music Lesson Calendar 2011/12
Telford & Wrekin Music Lesson Calendar 2011/12
Telford & Wrekin Music calendar of teaching weeks for music lessons 2011/12

Help with Music Lesson fees
Help with Music Lesson fees
A range of support funding sources to help with the cost of your child's music lessons

After School Music Clubs
After School Music Clubs
After School Music Clubs Telford & Wrekin Music run a range of after school and lunchtime music clubs for children and young people in schools across Telford and Wrekin

Artsmark School Awards
Artsmark School Awards
The national programme that enables schools, further education colleges and youth justice settings to evaluate, celebrate and strengthen a quality arts offer.

HIT Music Project
HIT Music Project
HIT! A creative music making action research programme based at Hadley Learning Community (HLC) bringing Hadley to Life through Music.

Sing Up!
Sing Up!
Sing Up is the Music Manifesto's national programme putting singing at the heart of every young child's life.

Telford Big Noise 2012
Telford Big Noise 2012
Big Noise 2012
Big Noise 2012 brings hundreds of people together to sing in a stadium. A fun & exciting summer celebration of samba & singing open to all primary schools in Telford & Wrekin

Telford Community Choir
Telford Community Choir
Telford Community Choir
Come and sing up every Wednesday with our Community Choir.

Music lessons for young people
Music lessons for young people
Music lessons
We provide instrumental and singing lessons for children and young people in schools across Telford and Wrekin.

Music 2 the 4 2011/12
Music 2 the 4 2011/12
Music 2 the 4 is the Key Stage 2 music programme for Telford & Wrekin schools.

Music Education Development Plan (LAMP)
Music Education Development Plan (LAMP)
Our Music Education Development Plan (LAMP) will help develop, enhance and expand the music education on offer within Telford & Wrekin.

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Parents Help Page

Music is an essential part of the fabric of our lives. It is an extremely powerful means of communication, playing a role in many of our social institutions and religious rituals. Making music can break down cultural barriers and strengthen social unity. Music making:-

Builds greater social and team skills

Improves reasoning capacity and problem solving skills

Improves maths and language performance

Improves memory, concentration, creativity, self esteem and self discipline

Practice is far more important than musical ability when it comes to your child’s musical success. You can help and encourage them to make the best of their talent.

Below are a range of online support material to help your child's musical learning

 

Metronome
If you don't have a metronome but your computer is near your instrument try this...

Perfect your practice
A Pupil's guide to making effective progress

Parents - Your help is invaluable!
Do you want to help your child get the most out of their music lessons? Read this article for some great ideas.

Sightreading practice
Practise your sightreading with these brilliant samples

Reading from the treble clef
Cook yourself up a little sightreading practice. Print it out and off you go!

Interval recognition
Get help with recognising different intervals. For example major 3rds, perfect 4th etc

Your very own set of flash cards
Do you need help learning to read the notes on the stave? Use this link and you will have the chance to identify lots of different notes.

Forgotten the fingering for your scales? Help is at hand
If you have forgotten how to finger your scales click on this link, put in the name of your problem scale and hey presto ...

Mini guide for pupils take Music exams:- http://www.abrsm.org/students/miniGuide/index.html

Pay for your Telford & Wrekin Music lessons online here:-https://secure.telford.gov.uk/v2008b1/webpay_public/webpay/default.aspx

Take a moment to fill in our online Parents Survey to help us further develop our Services:-  http://surveymonkey.com/s/BFWCL2J

 

Telford & Wrekin Music tutors also attend a number of school parents evenings.

Downloaded the free Parents Pack, which contains advice and help which you can download from the Resource Download column on the right hand side of this webpage.

 

To contact your Telford & Wrekin Music teacher, please ring in the first instance, the Telford & Wrekin Music office on 01952 380981.

 

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