Music Tuition

Are you a young person interested in learning music?

Learning music is fun, creative and a positive way to develop your skills. Music tuition can help you express yourself and collaborate with with others. You can learn to play an instrument, or sing, or rap, or produce music, or write songs, and more.

Southampton and IOW Music have a diverse team of inspirational and expert tutors who can help you learn to make the music you want to make.

Are you a parent or guardian?

Learning music is a great way for your child to develop new skills, express themselves, and build inner strengths like creativity, confidence and teamwork, which help them in other areas of their life.

Southampton and IOW Music is committed to providing affordable and accessible progression routes for every child in the city to learn music, and we do this though a diverse team of teachers and partners.

Are you a school teacher or leader?

Music tuition can be an exiting part of your school’s musical life, and you can play a vital role in making music tuition more accessible and affordable to pupils in your school, so they can benefit from the life-changing power of music.

Southampton and IOW Music can work with you to provide music tuition in your school, helping you fulfil your responsibilities under the National Plan for Music Education, and helping pupils develop skills and qualities which set them up for success.

Instruments and more

Southampton and IOW Music can offer music tuition for:

• Brass instruments, including

  • Baritone Horn

  • Cornet

  • French Horn

  • Tenor Horn

  • Trombone

  • Trumpet

• Guitars, including:

  • Bass Guitar

  • Classical Guitar

  • Electric Guitar

  • Ukulele

  • Other Guitars

• Music Production

• Percussion, including

  • Drum Kit

  • Tuned Percussion

  • Other Percussion

• Piano and Keyboard

• Strings, including

  • Double Bass

  • Cello

  • Viola

  • Violin

• Vocals, including

  • Singing

  • Rapping

• Woodwind, including

  • Bassoon

  • Clarinet

  • Dood

  • Flute

  • Oboe

  • Recorder

  • Saxophone

  • Toot

• And more ­— get in touch to discuss other instrument requests!

Group Lessons

Small Group Lessons

Learning in a small group can make learning music more social and collaborative. This approach works well for younger learners and those just starting out, and also helps to make lessons more affordable.

Learning in a small group (4–6 learners) is available for:

• Guitar

• Keyboard

• Dood or Toot (beginner woodwind instruments)

• Vocals

Shared Lessons

Shared Lessons

Learning in a shared lesson (usually in pairs) is a great balance between learning in a social and collaborative way, whilst also getting a more individualised programme. This approach works well for many learners at every stage of their journey, and can also help to keep lessons affordable.

Shared lessons are available for a wide variety of instruments, including:

• Brass

• Guitar, Bass and Ukulele

• Keyboard and Piano

• Music Production

• Percussion

• Strings

• Vocals and Rapping

• Woodwind

Individual Lessons

Individual Lessons

Learning individually is a great way to get a personalised programme of study which matches each learner’s needs and ambitions. This approach works well for learners further along in their musical journey, as well as those who may benefit from a more individualised approach.

Learning individually is available for a wide variety of instruments, including:

Shared lessons are available for a wide variety of instruments, including:

• Brass

• Guitar, Bass and Ukulele

• Keyboard and Piano

• Music Production

• Percussion

• Strings

• Vocals and Rapping

• Woodwind

Support and Remissions

Charging and Remissions

Southampton and IOW Music work hard to make lessons as affordable and accessible as possible. We work with Schools and Education Settings, as well as the South Coast Music Partnership and the wider South West Music Hubs, to ensure equitable and inclusive access through our charging and remissions policy.

The best way to understand the cost of music tuition for your child, and what financial support might be available, is to get in touch with the Southampton and IOW Music Team.

Affordable Instrument Loans

Having an instrument for playing, practising and performing outside of lessons has a huge impact on a young musician’s progress, confidence and the ability to continue life-long music making. But, for many families, the expense of purchasing an instrument is beyond their means.

Thanks to funding from South Coast Music Partnership, Southampton and IOW Music is able to offer affordable instrument loans starting at £50 per year.

Qualifications and Exams

Working towards a qualification or exam can boost motivation, and, once achieved, can be a valuable measure of progress and achievement, including for pathways into music as a career.

Southampton and IOW Music tutors and partners are able to prepare and support young musicians to take a wide range of qualifications and examinations, including:

• Graded instrumental and vocal exams from ABRSM, Rock School and Trinity

• Arts awards

• Other qualifications

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