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Welcome to the East Herts Music Centre hosted at the Broxbourne school, which from the beginning of this September term has merged the Broxbourne Music Centre and the Hertford Music Centre. 

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Starting your musical journey is a great adventure that opens doors to new ideas, new music, friendships and learning to play an instrument! Hear first-hand what it's like to learn and play in East Herts.

 

Individual tuition and Groups

Available throughout the academic year after school and in the evenings is our individual tution lessons for Violin, Viola, Recorder, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Horn, Guitar, Piano and Drums.

Groups and ensembles - put your learning into practice and join a group.  Learning to play with others helps progression on your chosen instrument, reinforces sightreading, is a team skill and is a lot of fun.

Be sure to check out our Ensemble Membership for £109 / term, students can attend two ensembles and the applicable ensembles are at no extra charge.

Find out more about HMS ensemble membership

Fridays


 Time Ensemble/Group Teacher
5.00pm-5.40pm Junor Orchestra (suitable for Grades 2-5) Karen Salter-Kay 
6.00pm-7.30pm East Herts Youth Orchestra (Grades 5 and above) Sam Slade

 

Saturday

 Time Ensemble Teacher
9.00am-9.30am Sing Make Play (Junior Music Group) Andy Cording & Millicent Robinson
9.30am-10.00am

Sing Make Play (Recorders / other insruments Groups 1 & 2)

 Andy Cording & Millicent Robinson
10.05am-10.35am Sing Make Play (Singing - Choir 1 & 2)  Andy Cording & Millicent Robinson
10.35am-11.05am Strings Millicent Robinson

 

Individual lessons

  • Brass
  • Drums
  • Strings: violin and viola, guitar, electric guitar
  • Theory
  • Woodwind: recorder, flute, oboe, clarinet and saxophone
  • Piano

Attending your lessons or group

Things to bring to lessons:

  • instrument (where required), music and pencil
  • a drink
  • brass players should bring a rag to empty water keys onto and a plastic bag to put the dirty rag in for washing at home.
  • we ask that no nuts are brought into the centre in case of allergies

Drop-off and pick-up

Weekday, afterschool lessons : please bring your child to the music centre doors and buzz to be let in to take them to their teacher for their lesson.  

Please collect your child from their teacher when the lesson is over.  If you intend to stay in the music centre please sign in the grey Visitor's folder which is at reception.  Please don't forget to sign out when you leave.

About our groups

All groups work with experienced staff to develop their instrumental skills through listening and playing as part of an ensemble. They rehearse a wide variety of music, and give regular concerts.

Friday Evening Ensembles

Junior Orchestra with Karen Salter-Kay (Fridays 5.00-5.40pm)

For instrumental players Grades 2-5

Newly established Junior Orchestra, suitable for all instrumental players grades 2 - 5

Led by our very experienced ensembles teacher, Karen Salter-Kay

Variety of repertoire’s to be explored whilst you hone in and develop your group skills in ensemble playing

 

East Herts Youth Orchestra with Sam Slade (Fridays, 6.00-7.30pm)

  • For all instrumental players at grade 5 and above.
  • The group plays a range of repertoire from classical to pop medleys.
  • The group is also a platform from which to join wider county activities including Hertfordshire Schools Symphony Orchestra and County Youth Orchestra.  

Saturday Morning Sing Make Play

Recorder & other instruments :Group 1 (Saturdays, 9.30-10.00am)

  • Our beginner group is for children who have never played before.
  • They are taught the basics of recorder playing and they begin to read music. 
  • The preliminary group has the opportunity to take music medal exams and the intermediate group introduces children to playing the treble and tenor recorders.

 Recorder & other instruments  : Group 2 (Saturdays, 9.30-10.00am)

  • For intermediate players.
  • The group uses the full range of recorders from sopranino to bass. 
  • They explore a wide repertoire from early music to arrangements of popular songs from films and musicals. 
  • This group develops skills in ensemble playing. 

Junior Music Group (Saturdays 9.00-9.30am)

  • For children aged 5-11.
  • A foundation for musical progression through work with percussion instruments, songs and recorders and other instruments.

  • Each term has a set theme and the children explore music through playing recorders, pitched and un-pitched percussion instruments and song. 

Junior & Senior choir (Saturdays, 10.05-10.35am) 

  • For younger singers to develop their voices and to learn to read music.
  • The children sing a wide variety of music and action songs including their own composition done in the earlier Junior Music Group session of Sing Make Play

Senior choir (Saturdays, 10.05-10.35am)

  • For intermediate singers to explore their voices through pop songs and songs from films and shows.
  • The children sing a wide variety of music and action songs including their own composition done in the earlier Junior Music Group session of Sing Make Play
  • Students will explore singing in parts.   

For more information on any of these groups, please email easthertsmusic@hertfordshire.gov.uk

 

How to contact and find us

East Herts Music Centre based at The Broxbourne School

Badgers Walk

Broxbourne

EN10 7FU

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Telephone: 01992 556698


Opening hours, term time only:

  • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 3.15pm - 6.45pm
  • Fridays 3.15pm - 7.30pm
  • Saturdays 8.15am - 11.30am
  • Thursday and Sunday's: closed

Reception / Administrator: Tracy Pardue (Mon-Wed) easthertsmusic@hertfordshire.gov.uk 

Reception / Administrator: Lisa Russell (Friday evenings and Saturday mornings)  easthertsmusic@hertfordshire.gov.uk 

Regional Manager: Peter Foster

Regional Business & Admin Manager: Anita Forrest

 

 

Concerts

Each group gives a performance at the end of each term, either at the East Herts Music Centre based at The Broxbourne School or at other local venues.

Occasionally, we also arrange Performance Platform Concerts for those having individual lessons so that students can perform to a small and friendly audience, which helps them with exam preparation.