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Music courses and workshops available for all ages and standards, educational online resources for parents, students and teachers plus UK music school listing sites, educational music directories, grant and funding resources.  If you are attending or running a regular music course/workshop that you would like included, please forward the details to the Webmaster using 'Education' as the subject heading.

New Deal

New Deal is an initiative by the UK Government as part of the Welfare to Work strategy.  It gives unemployed people aged 18-24, 25 plus, lone parents and those with disabilities a chance to develop their potential, gain skills and experience and find work.

So how does this apply to YOU? If you are 18 to 24, have been unemployed for 6 months or more and are claiming jobseekers allowance, you may qualify for the New Deal for Musicians open to dj's, singers, songwriters and musicians.  The scheme has been running successfully offering access to information, continued guidance and support from people in the music industry.

New Deal for Musicians is open to all styles and types of singers and musicians from composers to DJs and all varieties of music created.  Classical, Blues, Rock, Pop, Folk, Jazz, Drum n Bass, Hip Hop etc.  The programme is not a college course and requires 30 hours a week commitment from you to train. The advantages are tremendous in this music industry backed project that is run throughout various companies, studios and organisations in the UK.  You also have the option to choose between several modules or put together your own learning package.  This includes learning an instrument to bands who need help and support with rehearsal, marketing and promotion!

If you want to make a serious attempt building a career in the music business then instrumentalists, vocalists, composers, songwriters and performing DJs gain access to a free open learning package specially designed to allow individual choice and direction with the support of professionals and recording time in recording studios.

Music business advisors who work in various areas of the music business are available to help you develop your career and you still get whatever benefits you're entitled to and in some cases extra.

Visit your Jobcentre and ask the New Deal Personal Adviser about New Deal for musicians, read our list of workshops available, visit www.newdeal.gov.uk, www.mbr.cwc.net or Call 0845 606 2626.

Courses, Workshops
&
School Listings Sites

ABRSM - Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music - A-Z index, music exam syllabuses, Teachers' Forum.

(The) Academy of Contemporary Music - Europe's leading school for aspiring pop and rock musicians, catering for singers, instrumentalists, producers and engineers.

Access to Music - uk courses for bands and musicians, music creation using technology, dj training, artist development and a session musician programme available locally plus teaching programmes for musicians who would like to develop their teaching skills.

AMS (Academy of Music & Sound) has a network of UK centre's offering sound engineering & music technology training (BTEC qualifications)including Birmingham, Cheltenham, Liverpool, Oxford, Derby, Hartlepool, Plymouth & Torquay (Summer courses available).

Australian Music Foundation in London - Australian Vocal and Music students in Europe can apply for grants.

ArtSound Music School 50 Devonshire Road, Liverpool, L8 3TZ, Tel: 0151 727 2893. Piano and Classical guitar lessons. Music Theory in Groups. A large collection of composer/artist references on the WEB. And a member based Music Theory section.

Berkshire Music Institution - This website shows you how you can get quality music education in the Berkshire area.

Brighton Institute Of Modern Music
7 Rock Place
Brighton
Sussex BN2 1PF
Tel: 01273 626666
Email: info@bimm.co.uk
Specialise in providing modern rock, jazz and popular music courses for guitar, bass, vocals and songwriting ranging from part time beginner/intermediate courses to one year intensive accredited courses and a BA Honours Degree course. Grant funding available

British Federation of Young Choirs (BFYC) 37 Frederick Street, Loughborough, Leics, LE11 3BH.  Tel: 01509 211664.  email: bfyc@foobar.co.uk - Arranges singing events and training for young people on a regional and national basis.

BRIT's Performing Arts and Technology School in Selhurst (0181 665 5242) also provids a BTEC course.

Brit School Croydon Music School

The Centre for Continuing Education has various courses including music, (0171 477 9259)

Chetham's School of Music - Specialist co-educational school for young musicians, based in Manchester.

Coma Summer School - Contemporary Music making for Amateurs runs a Summer School at Bretton Hall College in Yorkshire. Opportunities to premiere a new work, study composition and other aspects of music, with top tutors. Email: coma@coma.org  Tel: 020 7247 7736

Croydon Music Services - UK Music Courses

Dorset Music Service - Music Courses, Resources & Info in Dorset, UK

Drake Music Project works with people with disabilities, enabling them to play music using computer based instruments built or adapted to give amazing opportunities for our disabled community.

Drum Tech Drum School - offers lessons and courses in popular music performance.

Dublin Chamber Music Group - Chamber Music Courses in Ireland.

Guitar X
offers full-time and part-time courses for guitarists and bassists.

Harmonica Course by UK professional harmonica instructor Ben Hewlett. Contains courses, private lessons, workshops, lessons, festivals, schools using his services, ordering information and a lesson on how to practice the harmonica.

Hereford International Summer School Provides courses in Solo Singing, Choral Singing, Conducting and Piano. Some bursaries are available for younger applicants and residents of the Hereford/Worcester area.

Kent Music School Serves the entire county with a variety of daytime, evening and Saturday centres. There are singing lessons, instrumental lessons and all offer ensemble playing, depending on the size of the music centre and its catchment area. Some will offer everything from Kindermusik for pre-school children to Adults only lessons and high quality wind bands and orchestras plus summer courses for a range of instruments.

ISEP Institutions- Music, Media a range of courses

The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance Foundation House, 1a Dyne Road, London, England. NW6 7XG, Tel: 020 7328 0222 - (Formerly The Guitar Institute, The Bass Institute, The Drum Institute and The Vocal Institute, now united under a single name). Offers a wide range of full-time and part-time courses, classes and lessons for beginners to to Degree level on guitar, drums, bass, keyboard, vocals, music production, sound engineering, music theory and songwriting.

Jazz Services Ltd, First Floor
132 Southwark Street
London
SE1 0SW
Tel: 020 7928 9089 Fax: 020 7401 6870
E-mail: info@jazzservices.org.uk
Promotes the development of jazz in the UK by providing various services, including education.

Lake District Summer Music
International Festival and Summer School providing a stimulating and fun-packed week of musical activities for young string players.

LTSN Centre for Performing Arts (PALATINE) based at Lancaster Universitiy, supports the use of computers in the teaching and learning of dance, drama, music, theatre, and performance.

Links to Online Lessons

The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts offers courses in Sound Technology, Music, Acting, Dance, Management, Performance and Theatre for able and disabled people.

Live Performance Workshop
run 2-hour workshops for all ages where you will learn, rehearse and perform a contemporary/classic rock song in a band!

London Center of Contemporary Music
South Bank, London
Provide short courses, full time courses and masterclasses in a range of subjects including voice, drums, bass, keyboards, music production, computer music. Students are accepted via audition and are not required to have obtained formal education in music. 4 levels of qualifications taught by professional musicians and industry personel.

The London Music School
131 Wapping High Street
Wapping
London, E1W 3NG
provides part and full time workshops and courses in Bass, Drums, Guitar, Vocals or Music Technology in the areas of Rock, Pop, Funk, Jazz & Latin styles

Metier - National Training Organisation for the arts and entertainment sector, develops and implements NVQ's & SVQ's plus provides information on new training schemes such as National Traineeship Framework for the Arts and Entertainment Industry and the Modern Apprenticeship Scheme - which includes cultural occupations - and the New Deal.  The Modern Apprenticeship Scheme is a partnership between a young person, an employer and a Training and Enterprise Council (TEC) in England and Wales and Local Enterprise Company (LEC) in Scotland. The programme is available to young people aged from 16 to 24 years old. The apprentice must have completed the scheme before his/her 25th birthday. An apprentice does not have to be a new employee; if someone of qualifying age is already working within the organisation, he/she could become an apprentice

Mick Jagger Center
Music, Arts, Presenting, Music, Dance, Theater, Comedy Courses.

Music School - Berkshire - Instrumental tuition for all ages in Newbury and Reading.

Music School UK free service for musicians and music students. Find a teacher using their online database & receive a free half hour lesson with the tutor of your choice.

Music For Youth - Educational charity providing a national platform for young musicians.

Music Live UK Music Exhibition held annually at the NEC Birmingham (Oct 2002) includes music seminars and clinics, free tickets to organised trips offering students career seminars, learn to play areas

National Association for Music Education

National Foundation for Youth Music
One America Street
London
SE1 0NE
Tel:- 020 7902 1060.  Fax:- 020 7902 1061
The NFYM was set up in 1999 with the help of the Arts Council of Great Britain to promote and develop music opportunities for young people up to & including 18 year olds.  The website provides information and news on the latest courses, funding and schools participating in the scheme which encompasses all styles of music from garage to gamelan, jazz to jungle, brass to bhangra & folk to funk!  Latest projects include the Instrument Swap Scheme which aims to repair out of use instruments and reuse them.

Newcastle's School of Performing Arts, (0191) 273 8866 provedes BTEC courses in popular music.

North and Midlands School of Music - Encouraging musical study, especially for the young, via examinations, concerts and recitals.

Northern Music Industry School (Red Tape Studio) based in Sheffield offers short courses in Music Technology for 14 to 16 year olds, New Deal courses for musicians & dj's in Sheffield and Rotherham

Oxford Music Network (01865 61840) Call if you are seeking musicians, i.e., when recording, and you require a clarinetist, gamelan player, etc. They also know about teachers, choirs, groups and instrument makers.

Planet Sound Community Arts - Drum School, Carnival Projects, Workshops & More

Point Blank Music Courses
Award-winning courses in Music Production, DJ Skills, Singing & Songwriting (Vocal tuition, lyric writing, studio recording and basic music theory for vocalists. Courses written and taught by US and UK no.1 hit writers.) Songwriting & Arrangement (Song structure and arrangement, session recording and basic music theory for musicians. Courses written and taught by US and UK no.1 hit writers.) Radio Broadcasting (Industry training in production, presentation, digital editing and studio technique. All students produce a showreel CD and course are taught by presenters/producers from Capital Radio, Choice FM and the BBC.)

Ravidassia Community Center - South Asian classical music workshops. The instruments being taught include the sitar, dhol (large drum), tabla (small drums) and harmonium and lessons cost £5.00 Adults & £3.00 under 16's. Each course runs for approximately 6 weeks.

Reed Organ & Harmonium Workshop - based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK

Rockschool offers week long residential workshops around the country in contemporary performance certificates for guitar, bass, drums & piano including sight reading, improvisation & interpretation, ear tests, QSP and general musicianship

Rock Tech Non-Profit Music Workshop in Cambridge

The Schubert Institute (UK)

Singing Teachers, Workshops & Courses listings, descriptions and addresses to workshops and courses for all styles and standards.

Sonic Arts Network
London House
271-273 King St
London W6 9LZ
Tel: 0208 741 7422
National association of music professionals and teachers interested in creative uses of technology in music.  Initiating educational projects that bring together composers, pupils and teachers, with particular emphasis on ways of integrating new technology with other classroom resources across all styles of music.

Soundbeam Soundability courses, workshops and training courses for beginners, teachers and all levels of musicians at Oxon Hoath Retreat Center, Kent, UK in the use of music technology, especially Soundbeam

South Bank Education Department, Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London, SE1 8XX, Tel: 0207 921 0846/0908, Email: education@rfh.org.uk - A varied educational programme of activities for all ages to complement concert themes is provided by the Music Education Department.  Full information available in their quarterly brochure.

Musiclink - Courses & Workshops - UK listings.

Support 4 Learning - open and distance learning information from Support 4 Learning UK

UK Grant Aided Music - list of companies, non-profit groups, charities etc., currently receiving funding to promote, educate or present music.

UK Schools Listing Comprehensive directory address listings for all UK schools & universities plus interactive lessons and GCSE revision units.

Vocaltech
offers full-time and part-time courses in contemporary vocal performance.

Voices.org.uk Non-Profit group providing workshops & courses nationwide from beginner to teacher standard, prices vary.

Voice Care Network (UK) Voice care aim to help people to keep their voices healthy and to communicate effectively.  They provide specialist voice workshops and coaching to introduce voice care, extend the efficient use of the voice, to manage acoustics effectively and to be aware o how clarity in delivery and vocal tone affect listening.

World Wide Learn Courses

Youth Organisation UK - Arts, Music & other Courses

Youth Clubs UK- Events & Course Info

DJ Courses

Secrets of a successful Pro DJ this ebook provides information on how to create your image, dj contracts, press kit, dealing with distributors, internet marketing tips, worldwide promoters database, he will review your demo tape/cd and include you in the annual DJ booking contest where the winner gets a round trip airline ticket, hotel accommodation and a paid booking in a quality club or event plus you can sign up for a series of FREE DJ tips.

The School of Sound Recording provides City & Guilds qualifications in DJing and Production giving young DJs official recognition for their skills and professionalism and aims to give a helping hand to those attempting to break into the industry.

The six month Technics/Vestax supported course teaches via a series of workshops and individual tutorials, covering two sections:
DJ Skills - from beat mixing to beat juggling
Events Management.
All styles of dance music including trance, techno, house, whatever are acceptable and the only qualifications required to join the course are a bit of experience and the £1300 course fees. Call 0161 236 8049 or visit the website for more information.

The Academy of Contemporary Music Guildford, Surrey, UK - offers a 1 year course leading to a Diploma/Higher Diploma in DJ Skills as well as other full time courses in guitar, bass, drums and vocals. Described as Europe’s leading school for rock and pop musicians their courses include technical development, time management, speed learning techniques, popular styles of music, live performance workshops, business and marketing studies and a music industry overview.  The DJ course provides all of the latter plus tuition in Top DJ's techniques and studio recording where students find their way round mixing desks, multi-track recorders, hard disk recorders, monitoring systems, synchronisation, basic acoustics, live recording, synthesis, samplers, MIDI controllers and outboard FX admastering.

The Music ITC unit covers many aspects of music production in their impressive digital and production suites including, software/hardware, MIDI, keyboard skills, sequencing, hard disk recording, sound editing and score writing. Pre production offers study in the area of preparation for performing live. While the Post production unit helps students to analyse the live performance workshops discussing areas for development.

The ACM also offer a BA Honours Degree in Contemporary Popular Music (2 years intensive)

Visit their website or contact:- Rodboro Buildings, Bridge Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4SB, UK.  TEL +44 (0)1483 500800  FAX +44 (0)1483 500801 EMAIL: enquiries@acm.ac.uk for more information about the Degree or Dimploma courses, fees and application details.

Point Blank DJ Course - 1 & 2 day weekend courses working with professional DJs. Accredited by London Open College Network this course will teach you the necessary DJ skills including beat-mixing, elementary scratching, acapella and CD-mixing and includes sampling, use of effects, recording a mix and basic dance track construction using Cubase and other modern production technology.
For more information e-mail: studio@pointblanklondon.co.uk or visit Point Blank

Manchester Midi School DJ Course

The Dublin Media Centre: DJ Training School

LA Pro DJ Correspondence Radio Course

International DJ, Sound & Production Courses

Click Here for UK Sound Engineering Schools Listings

Audio Recording Center: Good sound advice for the independent music maker. Includes helpful articles, a well organized Links section, and other useful resources.

Recording Connection: an established music industry school where students train for careers as professional recording engineers in a studio or center in their own country and town!


Radio Connection: an entertainment industry school with 5,000 students worldwide who train on-site at major film studios, video production companies, radio and TV stations, recording studios and record labels.

Film & TV Connection: an entertainment industry school with 5,000 students worldwide who train on-site at major film studios, video production companies, radio and TV stations, recording studios and record labels.

Bomb Hip Hop The Australian School of Turntablism DJ School

DJ Bootcamp Australia - DJ/MC Courses and Beat Mixing School (very slow loading flash site)

DMC Records Australia DJ & Production Courses, Competitions, Equipment, Charts, Albums & Merchandise

Virtual CC Community Centers in Singapore providing workshops, courses in Hip Hop & Dance, Contemporary Drumming & Music Instruments

Vinyl Exchange magazine for vinyl junkies interview with Rob Swift of the X-Men who teaches a Turntablism at the Robert I. Wagner Institute of Art & Technology in the US

Mike Curb's Music Industry program at Belmont U Ex students names you might recognize include Lee Ann Womack and Trisha Yearwood.

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