Join South Coast Music Partnership for our annual Music Education conference.
Have a look back at 2025’s conference here: Conference 2025 — South Coast Music Partnership
More information TBC.
Join BSO string players for an amazing family concert in Ryde presented and interactive with community work linking to the Island’s young musicians and string players.
Where: Ryde
When: Friday 20 February at 7.00 - 8.30pm
More details TBC.
Time to catch up with other music coordinators and teachers, featuring discussion groups set by you and important national updates from the Music Hub from OFSTED, Music Mark and about School Music Development Plans and the National Plan for Music Education and reflect on areas of need and how to address them.
Sessions will take place online via Teams in twilight sessions from 4pm - 5pm on the following dates each term and we will send out a form to sign up for this nearer the time:
Thursday 6th November 2025 IOW & Soton (Online)
Tuesday 24th February 2025 IOW (In Person transition meeting 3.30pm - 5pm)
Wednesday 25th February 2026 Soton (Online)
Tuesday 19th May 2026 IOW & Soton (Online)
Time to catch up with other music coordinators and teachers, featuring discussion groups set by you and important national updates from the Music Hub from OFSTED, Music Mark and about School Music Development Plans and the National Plan for Music Education and reflect on areas of need and how to address them.
Sessions will take place online via Teams in twilight sessions from 4pm - 5pm on the following dates each term and we will send out a form to sign up for this nearer the time:
Thursday 6th November 2025 IOW & Soton (Online)
Tuesday 24th February 2025 IOW (In Person transition meeting 3.30pm - 5pm)
Wednesday 25th February 2026 Soton (Online)
Tuesday 19th May 2026 IOW & Soton (Online)
Join us again for our junior prom event on the bowling green at Carisbrooke Castle!
Bring your students along for an opportunity to perform on the green with fantastic visibility for parents, friends and families to come along and watch on the raised areas around the green and bring a picnic. This year this event will be solely focused on singing and our theme in 2026 will focus on local stories, myths & legends as part of our Songs of Place project.
A songbook including stories, myths and legends from the Island collected from young people will be produced by the music hub and workshops will also be available to support this. As always we will run a site visit and meeting prior to the event to discuss logistics with teachers which will take place in early May from 4pm - 5pm at the castle as a twilight meeting. In the case of inclement weather we will also have a reserve date.
Sign up form coming soon.
Approximate timings:
4pm - 4.30pm School ensembles/groups arrive ,
4.30pm - 5pm Sound checks ,
5.30pm - 7pm Concert
Time to catch up with other music coordinators and teachers, featuring discussion groups set by you and important national updates from the Music Hub from OFSTED, Music Mark and about School Music Development Plans and the National Plan for Music Education and reflect on areas of need and how to address them.
Sessions will take place online via Teams in twilight sessions from 4pm - 5pm on the following dates each term and we will send out a form to sign up for this nearer the time:
Thursday 6th November 2025 IOW & Soton (Online)
Tuesday 24th February 2025 IOW (In Person transition meeting 3.30pm - 5pm)
Wednesday 25th February 2026 Soton (Online)
Tuesday 19th May 2026 IOW & Soton (Online)
Join us for a concert of family friendly music, with BSO and local young musicians from the Isle of Wight.
Come and join 14 BSO musicians, a young Isle of Wight string group, and someone to guide you through the music – this relaxed performance is perfect for young audiences going to a concert for the first time. The afternoon will involve some listening, some participatory elements, and you’ll be sure to experience a mixture of styles – from Bjork to Moana, as well as relaxing classics. Designed with families in mind, let the music take you from forests to oceans and explore the curious creatures of the natural world. Do join us for this adventurous afternoon!
Music includes:
Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk
Elgar - The Wild Bears
Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
Grace Williams - Sea Sketches
Bjork - Crystalline
Miranda - You’re Welcome (from Moana)
Tickets: £5 Available in advance from: BSO 01202 669925 or online via the button below.
Southampton and Isle of Wight Music will be running monthly string group workshops in the Education Room at Osborne House with Neil Valentine culminating in an exciting performance opportunity with the BSO on 30th November!
This will be amazing opportunity for string players of KS2 and up to take part in some ensemble playing, creative composition activities and bring this all together with the professional musicians from the BSO as part of their Music in your Doorstep series. Parents and teachers who are string players are also welcome to join the sessions.
The workshops are suitable for anyone of any ability from KS2 age and up with any string instrument.
Southampton and Isle of Wight Music will be running monthly string group workshops in the Education Room at Osborne House with Neil Valentine culminating in an exciting performance opportunity with the BSO on 30th November!
This will be amazing opportunity for string players of KS2 and up to take part in some ensemble playing, creative composition activities and bring this all together with the professional musicians from the BSO as part of their Music in your Doorstep series. Parents and teachers who are string players are also welcome to join the sessions.
The workshops are suitable for anyone of any ability from KS2 age and up with any string instrument.
Southampton and Isle of Wight Music will be running monthly string group workshops in the Education Room at Osborne House with Neil Valentine culminating in an exciting performance opportunity with the BSO on 30th November!
This will be amazing opportunity for string players of KS2 and up to take part in some ensemble playing, creative composition activities and bring this all together with the professional musicians from the BSO as part of their Music in your Doorstep series. Parents and teachers who are string players are also welcome to join the sessions.
The workshops are suitable for anyone of any ability from KS2 age and up with any string instrument.
