Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Music Hub

Welcome to the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Music Hub!

Thanks to funding from Arts Council England, Inspire Music and Nottingham Music Service joined together in 2024 to form the brand new regional consortium Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Music Hub, which is now working to develop exciting music-making opportunities for children and young people aged 5 to 18 years in Nottinghamshire.

The new combined service is increasing the range and reach of music opportunities across the region for communities, children and young people. You can read more about the newly combined organisation and our improved services in our news section.

The hub provides children and young people, their parents and music teachers with information on how to learn to sing and play a musical instrument, how to join a music group or take part in a music project in and out of school. The Hub covers all kinds of music from acoustic to beatbox to classical and beyond.

Our delivery partnerships include:

Nottingham Music Service - our delivery partner for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Music Hub. The service works with secondary schools, pupil referral units, and special schools providing diverse music making opportunities including ensembles and performances. Supporting young people to contribute to the cultural life of Nottingham city.
Inspire Music: Teaching – providing instrumental music and vocal teaching in Nottinghamshire maintained schools;
Inspire Youth Arts – our fantastic Mansfield-based colleagues create exciting and diverse music making opportunities for young people aged 7 to 25 years, including in SEND settings, and specific projects for children and young people who face difficult circumstances.

We are delighted to be working with schools and partner organisations to deliver our vision for children and young people in Nottinghamshire:

We want all children and young people in Nottinghamshire aged 5 to 18 years to access high quality learning opportunities in music which are relevant to their own musical interests.
We want all children and young people to join in a wide range of music groups and progress to their own level of musical excellence.

Find out more about our partners and what they do by going to our Partners page.

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A man opens his arms and sings with children in the background

A boy in a turquoise jumper plays the violin

Our Commissioning Policy

Learn how our Music Hub's commissioning process ensures that all partners contribute meaningfully to achieving the core aims and objectives outlined in the Hub’s development plan. To read the policy, please click HERE