Durham Music Service

It’s wonderful to hear about so many young people starting their musical journey all over County Durham and Darlington! We hope you love playing your brass instruments Year 4

Year Four have thoroughly enjoyed their first brass lesson in music. They are starting to learn to play the cornet and have been practising the song 'Long Note...'

Thanks for sharing these lovely photos! 👏🏻 🎵

We are delighted that Durham Music Youth Orchestra will be performing alongside the Buxtehude Youth Orchestra in their friendship concert on 12th October! Ticket and programme information below ⬇️

Buxtehude and Durham Joint Youth Orchestra Concert - 12/10/2024 18:15:00 Enjoy a 2-hour joint Anglo-German performance with the Buxtehude and Durham Youth Orchestra orchestras, within the stunning setting of St. Godric's Church.

We hope you love playing brass as much as we love teaching brass! 🎺 😍

We’re delighted you’re enjoying the recorder Year 3 and 4 👏🏻

Y3/4 have loved their music lesson this morning with Durham Music Service. The children are really enjoying learning to play the recorder 🎵

Would your child like to become a DMS Star? Every child who learns an instrument or sings can have fun and progress through our new framework! Find out more below 👇🏻

DMS Stars and Framework Durham Music Service is very excited to launch DMS STARS! The aim is to ensure every single young person who learns a musical instrument or sings with us feel like a star right from the beginning of their musical journey.

Wow! Thank you so much for sharing this fabulous music making! Well done everyone 👏🏻👏🏻🎵

Looks like you’ve had a brilliant musical start to the year ! 🙌🎵

Fantastic start to the new term for Y6 in their music lesson with Durham Music Service ! We certainly have some musicians on our hands! 🌟🎼🎶🎵

Did you know Durham Music Service offers lots of chances to make music in a band or group? Whether you have played in one of our groups before, or at the start of your musical journey, Durham Music Service can’t wait to welcome you!

All groups are fully subsidised so are FREE to attend. Check out what’s on near you!

PLEASE NOTE: All existing members need to register for 2024-25! 🙏

Music Groups Music Group Registrations launched on Monday 11th September with rehearsals starting the week beginning 18th September. Did you know Durham Music Service offers lots of chances to make music in a band or group? Whether you have played in one of our groups before, or at the start of your musical jour...

Well done everyone!

More fantastic first week music making! Our teachers are delighted to be back in schools doing what they love!

Y3 First Access Violin Lesson Today our Year 3 children had their first First Access Violin lesson with Mrs Sellers from Durham Music Service. It was a great success! They will continue their lessons every Thursday throughout …

Well done everyone! We’re sure your families are going to love your performance 🎵

Class 4 had their 1st recorder lesson today with Mrs Milne from Durham Music Service.

The Class 4 children will be giving a performance of their musical skills for parents & carers on Thursday 5th Dec at 2.20pm - save the date! 🎶

Explore your musical journey with Durham Music Service! There’s so much to discover

DMS Journey Join the DMS Journey!Start Your Musical Adventure!From our youngest learners to seasoned young musicians, Durham Music Service provides an exciting journey i...

Would your child like to sing or play an instrument? 🎷🎸 🥁 🎤
Music lessons available now in a huge range of instruments and styles. We can’t wait to meet you!

JoinIn Welcome to Durham Music Service and DMS Stars!  We are thrilled that you have chosen to begin your musical journey with us and really hope you love learning a musical instrument or learning to sing.  Join the DMS Journey! Start Your Musical Adventure! From our youngest learners to seasoned...

Such an exciting day for our young musicians at Kelloe Primary! Enjoy playing your brass instruments 🙌

We are so delighted to be back for another year of fantastic music making! We welcome you to !

Check out all our opportunities below!

JoinIn Welcome to Durham Music Service and DMS Stars!  We are thrilled that you have chosen to begin your musical journey with us and really hope you love learning a musical instrument or learning to sing.  Join the DMS Journey! Start Your Musical Adventure! From our youngest learners to seasoned...

The National Children's Orchestras of Great Britain are looking for or orchestral musicians from the North East of England! For more information 👇🏻

If your child has already auditioned for NCO 2025 — thank you! We have had an amazing almost 1000 auditions which is fantastic and adjudication is well underway, with results due to be released towards the end of October.

There are certain instruments/ages/locations where we need a few more auditions in order to fill our orchestras and give that amazing big symphony orchestra experience to our 2025 members to be!

With that in mind, we have opened Late Auditions for a limited period of time – from now until 9am Fri 11th October.

We have some spaces in our Projects and Nationals orchestras and would love to hear from young musicians you might know who would like to join a fun, lively and creative organisation to make some music!

A full list of instruments/ages/locations that we are keen to receive late auditions from can be on our website: https://www.nco.org.uk/join-in/auditioning-for-nco

Well done to all the young musicians! It’s great to see this band go from strength to strength music 🎶

County Durham primary school band to perform at housing development launch Young musicians from West Rainton Primary School's steel band will perform at a local residential development's launch event in September.

We’d like to a massive thank you to all the fantastic staff at Durham Music Service and wish all music teachers nationwide a restful break after a busy summer term.

Summer holidays are here! ☀🎵

A huge thank you to all the fantastic music teachers across the UK for your passion and dedication, inspiring so many young musicians this year.

Enjoy your well-deserved break!

Fantastic to see all of this festive music making!

Lovely photographs from Shotley Bridge Primary School! 👏🏻🙌

It’s tonight!! Our Darlington string superstars are running in the Durham City Run Festival 10k tonight to raise funds for Durham Music Trust! The trust does amazing work supporting our work! Please support if you can by waving and cheering or donating to their run fund! Go ladies-you’ve got this!

Durham City Run 24 A team of runners from Durham Music is joining the Durham City Run Festival on Thursday 18th July to raise funds for Durham Music Trust.

Thank you for such lovely feedback! We’re delighted the children had a great time!