Our learning and participation work sits at the heart of our programme and reaches tens of thousands of people in diverse communities across the West Midlands and further nationally. We're passionate about creating opportunities for people of all ages and every level of musical experience, and sharing the power of music to enrich life for everyone.

Our programme is diverse and provides opportunities for those new to classical music through to supporting music learning and performance at the highest levels.

City of London Sinfonia’s Meet the Music education and outreach programme was founded in 1988. Having been one of the first of such programmes to be established by a UK orchestra, it is now widely recognised as a leader in the field. Musicians from the Orchestra spend approximately 100 days a year making music with a wide range of groups, young and old, throughout the country.  At the heart of Meet the Music is the belief that creative music-making should be accessible to all.

Music Junction – London Chamber Orchestra's Education and Outreach Project

The LMP was a pioneer in the field of orchestral community and education programmes. It has been embedded in its local community in the London Borough of Croydon and further afield for over two decades. 

The London Philharmonic Orchestra is passionate in its belief that developing young peoples’ musical skills enriches the ways they think, feel and live their lives. Our Education & Community Programme currently reaches of 30,000 people annually via concerts, rehearsals, workshops and masterclasses. Although our work is primarily focussed in south east London, in recent seasons we have worked with children, young people and teachers in India, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand.

LSO Discovery is the London Symphony Orchestra’s Education and Community Programme. Founded in the late 1980s, LSO Discovery is recognised as one of the world’s leading music education programmes.

Its ground-breaking models have been adopted across the sector (its partnership work with East London music education hubs, for example, was in place before the national plan for music education) and the globe, with the Orchestra receiving an increasing number of requests to take education projects on tour with them when they perform abroad.

We’re passionate about Learning and Participation. People of all ages from across the North West take the lead in projects as equals alongside professional artists to create their own inspiring new pieces. Our projects:

·       Are based in participant lead creativity

·       Work across the arts with music at the centre of activity

·       Use music in all its forms as a tool for learning

The orchestra’s concert work is concentrated around three venues. Its London home is St John’s Smith Square where it performs a monthly series, Dorchester Abbey where it has an autumn festival and concerts at Christmas and Easter, and a series of osj proms in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. The orchestra continues to perform all over the UK.

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) is proud to deliver a wide range of music education work across the UK.  OAE Education brings the innovative ethos of the Orchestra to every project, providing access to top-level performances of Baroque and Classical repertoire delivered in an exciting and refreshing way. 

Education work outside of the concert hall is absolutely central to the mission of the Oxford Philomusica, the professional symphony orchestra in residence at the University of Oxford. This covers the complete spectrum, from providing tuition and performance opportunities to the young musically gifted, to taking music into areas of economic and social deprivation which otherwise have no opportunity to experience any form of live music.