Come along to West Norfolk Music Centre’s end-of-term concert on Saturday 6 December at 7pm at Springwood High School, King’s Lynn. Hear our groups and individual performers, enjoy refreshments during the interval and try your luck in our ever-popular raffle.
Open to the public, everyone welcome to see what we do, and to be inspired to join us!
With the Christmas season rapidly approaching, are you short of gift ideas for the person who’s already got everything? Are you hoping for something for your children which will last beyond Boxing Day?
Why not give the gift of music, with West Norfolk Music Centre. A course of music lessons with us, or membership with one of our groups, is a gift which could introduce someone to the lifelong pleasure of making music.
If you’re not sure whether to go for piano, wind, brass, strings or something else, contact us and we’ll help you work out what might be suitable, or we might be able to arrange a try-out session.
King’s Lynn Music Society presents John Byron in a piano recital, playing works by Rachmaninov, Beethoven, Ireland, Haydn & Mendelssohn.
The recital is at 7.30pm on 19 November 2014 at King’s Lynn Town Hall. Refreshments at 7pm.
Admission for non-members is £8.50, and children and young people under 18 can go along free of charge. For more information, visit the King’s Lynn Music Society website.
Our friends at Concerts for Kids are running a live event in conjunction with Music + Movement at Swaffham’s Green Britain Centre. The event is on 1 November, from 2-5pm.
Our young members may be keen to go along and enjoy what’s on offer. Find out more here.
Autumn half-term holiday has caught up with us already, so our students, music teachers and staff can enjoy a well-earned break. We’re back on 8 November.
It’s not too late to come and join us in King’s Lynn as a new student or group member. If you are looking for music lessons, or maybe you would just like to try out a new instrument, you are welcome to speak to us at any time — you don’t have to wait until the beginning of a new term. We have been offering some try-out sessions to new students just over the past couple of weeks, and we still have room for more on most instruments.
Just contact us, and we’ll let you know what we can offer you — whether it’s piano lessons, playing in our wind band, learning to play the drums or simply singing in a group.
The BBC have published an article looking at the cost of music lessons, and how to make the most of this investment in your, or your child’s, future. Once you start to learn, you can start to use and develop your skills straight away, and these are skills which will always remain with you.
West Norfolk Music Centre operates as an educational charity and aims to make music tuition as affordable and accessible as possible to all students. So, not only can we offer music lessons at a competitive cost compared to the average prices quoted in the article, we also offer the added value of group participation at no extra cost. Whatever your level, whatever your instrument, we have a group for you, and many of our members already make the most of this opportunity.
To join us, or to find out more about what is available, just contact us.
West Norfolk Music Centre’s Annual General Meeting is at 10.30 am on 4 October 2014. All members welcome to attend.
Once again, Norfolk Symphony Orchestra are offering free tickets for accompanied children at their next concert in King’s Lynn. Enjoy the sounds of Scandinavia and the Baltic!
West Norfolk Music Centre now has an account with the PayPal Giving Fund, allowing eBay sellers (whether or not they are members of the Centre) to donate some or all of their sale proceeds to us.
If you are a keen eBay user, why not list some of your items in support of the Music Centre. Your donation can be as little as 10% of the sale price, and eBay’s insertion fee and final value fees are waived on the donation. Even better, if you’re a taxpayer, the PayPal Giving Fund can claim Gift Aid on the donation before passing the whole amount on.
To get involved, follow the instructions at http://pages.ebay.co.uk/ebayforcharity/sell.html. It’s simple: just use the ‘advanced sell’ form the first time you want to donate, and you’ll be able to link your account to ours. Then you’ll be given the option to donate on any future listings too.
In an article for education union ATL, Jools Holland reminds us all of the value of learning to play an instrument. He also emphasises the role of music and educational charities, like our own, and like Music for All (where he is a patron), in bringing the joy of music to everyone.
If you want to play, he says ‘do it’. And if you’re in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, why not come and do it with us?
(For the article, see p.30 of the linked document).
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