Norfolk and Suffolk Music Hub

🎻 Calling young orchestral musicians!

The National Youth Orchestra is inviting musicians aged 12–19 to take part in a free Side by Side Rehearsal at Snape Maltings this August.

Participants will have the chance to rehearse alongside musicians from the National Youth Orchestra and experience the excitement of playing in a large ensemble with other young musicians.

📅 Thursday 6 August
📍 Snape Maltings Concert Hall
🎟️ Free to take part
📝 Sign up by 6 July

Open to orchestral instrumentalists playing at Grade 4 level or above. Find out more and apply via NYO.

🎶 Calling young musicians!

As part of this year's Summer Reading Challenge, Read to the Beat, we're teaming up with Norfolk Library and Information Service and The Reading Agency o bring live music to The Forum, Norwich.

We're looking for performers aged 5+ to take to the stage at the Norfolk & Norwich Millennium Library. Whether you're a solo musician, part of a duo or in a group of up to 10 performers, we'd love to hear from you.

📅 Thursdays, 23 July to 27 August
⏰ 12pm–2pm
🎵 5, 10 or 15-minute performance slots

Places are limited. Find out more: https://www.nmhub.co.uk/site/summer-reading-challenge-read-to-the-beat/

🎉 This Saturday!

Join Swaffham's Festival of Youth this weekend and discover the wide range of activities, organisations and opportunities available for young people and families across the area.

There'll be live demonstrations, creative activities, community groups, refreshments and more, with ukulele playing supported by Norfolk and Suffolk Music Hub 🎶

📍 The Green at Campingland, Swaffham
⏰ Saturday 10am–2pm
🎟️ Free to attend

🎵 Applications are now open for Advanced Young Musicians (AYM)!

Formerly Aldeburgh Young Musicians, AYM is Britten Pears Arts' advanced training programme for talented young musicians across Suffolk and East Anglia. Based at Snape Maltings, the programme offers weekly Saturday sessions from September 2026, alongside students' existing lessons, ensembles and school commitments.

Open to Year 10+ students of all instruments, voices and musical styles, AYM helps young people develop their musicianship, creativity, confidence and performance skills.

✨ Means-tested funding available through the Music & Dance Scheme

📅 Applications close 26 June

Find out more: https://www.brittenpearsarts.org/take-part/artists/advanced-young-musicians

🎶 Applications are now open for Britten Pears Arts' Friday Afternoons Big Sing LIVE 2026!

Taking place at Snape Maltings on Friday 13 November, this inspiring event brings together children and teachers from across Norfolk and Suffolk to form a huge massed choir for a day of music-making and celebration.

Singing a selection of songs from the Friday Afternoons Song Bank, participants will fill the Concert Hall with hundreds of young voices for an unforgettable shared musical experience.

⏰ Applications close at 5pm on Friday 19 June.

Find out more and apply: https://www.brittenpearsarts.org/take-part/schools/big-sing

⏰ Reminder: Norfolk & Suffolk Music Hub subscriptions for 2026/27 are now open.

Schools and settings across Norfolk and Suffolk can register now to access the fully subsidised Music Hub offer for the new academic year, including support for Music Leads, curriculum resources, CPD, events and opportunities.

🎵 Looking to enhance your provision further? Additional enhancement packages are available, including:

🎺 Play It Forward instrumental support
🎼 Subsidised music licences

⏳ Schools wishing to access enhancement packages must register by Friday 17 July 2026.

Find out more and sign up:
🔗 https://www.nmhub.co.uk/site/hub-subscriptions/

🎻 Join The The National Youth Orchestra in King's Lynn!

Are you a musician aged 12-19 who plays an orchestral instrument at Grade 4 level or above? This is your chance to experience the excitement of playing in a full orchestra alongside musicians from The National Youth Orchestra.

Take part in a Side by Side Rehearsal led by an NYO conductor, meet other young musicians, and explore exciting repertoire together before a sharing performance for friends and family at 5.30pm.

Once you've signed up, you'll receive all the information and music you'll need to prepare.

Find out more and register today!
https://www.nyo.org.uk/events/nyo-side-by-side-10-2

🎵📚 Looking for new ways to inspire a love of language and reading in your classroom?

Join Out of the Ark Music 's free online CPD session, Rhythm, Rhyme, Repeat!, this Thursday 4 June to explore how songs, nursery rhymes and poetry can support language development and vocabulary growth.

The 45-minute session will include practical ideas, classroom inspiration and an introduction to Sparkyard, Out of the Ark's award-winning subscription platform.

📅 Thursday 4 June, 4pm–5pm
💻 Online | Free to attend

Reserve your place: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rhythm-rhyme-repeat-june-2026-tickets-1982691377282

🎉 Swaffham's Festival of Youth takes place on Saturday 13 June at The Green at Campingland!

A free event for young people and families, bringing together local clubs, organisations, activities and support services from across the area. There'll be live demonstrations, opportunities to try new activities, music, refreshments and more.

📍 The Green at Campingland, Swaffham
📅 Saturday 13 June, 10am–2pm

Find out what's available in your community and discover something new!