Shropshire Music Service

Lovely exhibition at Shrewsbury Library put together by Shropshire Music Trust to celebrate the Tercentenary of Dr Charles Burney D.Mus FRS.

Charles was born in Shrewsbury 7th April 1726 and died in Chelsea on 12th April 1814 at the age of 88.

He was an English music historian, composer and musician and a close friend and supporter of Joseph Haydn and other composers.

The exhibition is on display in Shrewsbury until the end of October.

⭐️Academic Year of success⭐️

End of the academic year is finally here and what a year it has been. So many highlights to celebrate and partners and friends to thank.

⭐️Team effort⭐️
Thank you to all our SMS staff (teachers and admin). It takes an amazing team to provide top quality music education across our county.

⭐️Live Music Week⭐️
Thank you to all SMS staff involved and for schools enjoying our performances. Make sure your school has signed up for November 26. ⬇️

https://www.shropshiremusicservice.org.uk/news/sms-live-music-week-brings-live-music-to-schools-across-shropshire/

⭐️Stretton Arts Forum⭐️
Thank you for funding Discovery Demo workshops and supporting students to learn an instrument in the Church Stretton area

⭐️Shropshire Sings 26⭐️
Thank you to all our staff and schools for supporting this event and making it such a great success. Special thanks to B.S.B Sound Limited and The DMOS People West Mid Showground ⬇️

https://www.shropshiremusicservice.org.uk/news/shropshire-sings-2026-a-celebration-of-song/

⭐️It takes a community to create high quality music education⭐️

We appreciate all the support throughout the year, from our partners and friends. So a massive thank you from all of us at SMS.

Shropshire Sings 2026: A Celebration of Song Shropshire Sings was a fantastic celebration of music, bringing together more than 1,100 children from 36 schools across the county for three unforgettable evenings of song. Held from Monday 8 June to…

Well done to all involved. It’s lovely to see SMS students performing music in their local community. ⭐️

🎶 Summer Serenade Reminder 🎶

Join us today at The Marches School for our much-loved Summer Serenade concert, starting at 4.00pm.

With free admission, this popular annual event is a fantastic opportunity to enjoy an afternoon of live music and celebrate the incredible talents of our students.

Whether you're a family member, friend, former student or part of the local community, we'd love to see you there.

Come along, take a seat, and enjoy a wonderful performance from our talented musicians. 🎵

For more information about life at The Marches School, visit marchesschool.co.uk

Congratulations to everyone involved. ⭐️

Well done everyone. Fantastic effort. 🎵

⭐️CPD success ⭐️

The academic year is drawing to a close, so let’s look back at some of the amazing CPD opportunities we’ve provided for our Shropshire schools and teachers.

Thank you to Royal Ballet And Opera whose team provided free CPD. This initiative is part of the Royal Ballet & Opera’s award winning Create & Sing programme, a curriculum-led teacher development programme designed for primary school teachers. Thank you to Idsall School and Sixth Form for hosting. https://www.rbo.org.uk/schools/teacher-training/

Thank you to the Benedetti Foundation and Rachel Cooper Violin for the amazing residency with Shropshire Music Service. An amazing week delivering CPD for Shropshire Primary teachers, inset for SMS instrumental teachers and a full-day string orchestra experience for our young string players.

Thank you to Shrewsbury School and Belvidere Secondary school for hosting.

Thank you to The Music Partnership for continued support throughout the year including joint CPD for our SMS Staff.

Teaching Music Changing Lives

⭐️🎵Congratulations to all your musicians from all at SMS 🎶⭐️

Today we celebrate our students who have had a fabulous year learning an instrument with one of our many visiting instrumental tutors. There are several more students not in our photograph who are currently out on work experience this week who we also say a huge well done to.

Learning an instrument takes commitment, time, effort, resilience and sometimes courage and we are really proud of these superb OWS ambassadors for Music.
Here they are celebrating their success with Head of Music, Jo Dangerfield and Headteacher, Adam Walker.

We look forward to hearing more from you in September.

Well done to everyone involved. Looks amazing 🤩