Southern Music Project

18/08/2026

We’re looking forward to visiting Havant Library on Saturday, 29th August, to support their Summer Reading Challenge! 📚🎶

From 10:30am–12:00pm, four members of the SMP team will be at the library offering free instrument trial lessons and demonstrations, as well as performing a variety of songs throughout the morning. 🎵

It’s a great opportunity to discover a new instrument, enjoy some live music, and find out more about what SMP has to offer!

Drop us or Havant Library a message for more information. We’d love to see you there! 😊

Our friends at Southern Music Project are hosting another amazing musical workshop in support of this years Summer Reading Challenge theme: Read to the Beat! 🎼🥁 Message us or comment below to book your free space!

14/06/2026

We have kicked off with our latest Wind Band Workshop, led by the fantastic Russ Young! 🎵

It is fantastic to welcome 46 amazing musicians to perform pieces by Holst, Whitacre and John Williams 🎺 🎷

11/06/2026

The photos are in! 📸

We are still buzzing from the first-ever Schools Music Festival. It was a huge success, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.

A massive thank you to all the brilliant students and staff from:
🎵 Clanfield Junior School
🎵 Denmead Junior School
🎵 Padnell Junior School
🎵 Portsmouth High School Prep
🎵 St Peters Catholic Primary School
🎵 The Cowplain School
🎵 Horndean Technology College

Thank you also to the Southern Music Project team and our amazing volunteers who made this colour-themed event possible.

We are already planning for 2027 and can't wait to do it again!

05/05/2026

🎶 Wind Band Workshop Reminder – Limited Spaces Remaining! 🎶

Our Sunday 14th June workshop (13:30–18:00 at Warblington School) is filling up fast — we’ve already sold over half of the tickets!

We still have availability for the following instruments:
🎵 Flute
🎵 Oboe
🎵 Clarinet
🎵 Alto Sax
🎵 Trumpet
🎵 Horn
🎵 String Bass
🎵 Percussion

If you’ve been thinking about joining us, now’s the time to book!
It’s set to be a fantastic afternoon of music-making in a friendly and welcoming environment.

📩 Message us to secure your place or to find out more — we’d love to have you with us!

Please share with anyone who might be interested 👇

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27/04/2026

Wow, what an incredible time we had at our very first School’s Music Festival last Friday! 🎶

It was a joy to support 90 students from our Junior School choir, alongside 49 secondary school students from The Cowplain School and Horndean Technology College, who performed in our House Band and secondary choir.

A huge thank you to all the students and staff from The Cowplain School, Horndean Technology College, Clanfield Junior School, Denmead Junior School, Padnell Junior School, St Peter's Catholic Primary School, and Portsmouth High School GDST (Prep). Your performances were truly outstanding 👏

We’re also so grateful to our amazing staff and volunteers, whose hard work made this unforgettable experience possible for our students.

We can’t wait to share some footage from the performance soon! 🎥

21/04/2026

Wow – our 18:30 Schools’ Music Festival performance this Friday is now completely SOLD OUT! 🤩🎶

A huge thank you to everyone for your incredible support – it’s going to be such a special experience for our young performers 🌟
If you missed out, don’t worry… there are still tickets available for our 16:00 performance 🎤✨

🎟️ Grab yours here:

Tickets are now available for Schools' Music Festival at Horndean Technology College, Barton Cross, Horndean, PO8 9PQ, Waterlooville on Friday 24th April 2026. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

20/04/2026

Check out our fantastic concert programmes!! 🎵

Thank you so much Hampshire Design Studios!

20/04/2026

🎟️ Almost Sold Out! 🎟️

Our 18:30 Schools’ Music Festival performance this Friday is nearly full – with just 13 tickets left! 🔥

Thank you so much to everyone who’s booked and supported us so far – it’s going to be an incredible experience for our young performers 🌟

There are still tickets available for our 16:00 performance if you’d like to join us 🎶

🎟️ Get yours here:

Tickets are now available for Schools' Music Festival at Horndean Technology College, Barton Cross, Horndean, PO8 9PQ, Waterlooville on Friday 24th April 2026. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

14/04/2026

🐣🍫 Raffle Prize Spotlight 🍫🐣

Here’s a closer look at our 1.5kg Easter Egg up for grabs in the Schools’ Music Festival raffle 😍 kindly donated by the Havant Rotary Club

If you’ve just about recovered from Easter… don’t worry, there’s always space for a little bit more chocolate! 🍫

🎟️ Raffle tickets will ONLY be available on the night of the concert

🎉 Other prizes include a pair of tickets to Victorious Festival 2026 and signed drumsticks from Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason!

Join us for a brilliant evening of music featuring 150 pupils from 7 local schools 🎶✨

The Cowplain School
Horndean Technology College - HTC
Clanfield Junior School - CJS
Denmead Junior School
Padnell Junior School
St Peter's Catholic Primary School
Portsmouth High School (Prep)

🎟️ Concert tickets: https://bit.ly/4rkM6Iz

14/04/2026

🎶 Wind Band Workshop – Join Us This June! 🎶

We’re excited to announce our next Wind Band Workshop on Sunday, 14th June (13:30–18:00) at Warblington School — and we’ve already got 20+ participants signed up in 24hrs!

Whether you’ve joined us before or are completely new, you’re very welcome to come along and be part of a fantastic afternoon of music-making.

Led by the fantastic Russ Young, we’ll be workshopping:

🎵 First Suite in E♭ – Holst
🎵 John Williams in Concert – arr. P. Lavender
🎵 Lux Aurumque – Eric Whitacre

It’s a great opportunity to play in a friendly, supportive environment and explore some brilliant repertoire.

📩 Places are filling quickly — get in touch to book your spot or find out more!

Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested 👇

Buy tickets for Southern Music Project CIC's upcoming events. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!