WHO ARE WE?

Welcome to Tees Valley Music Service

At Tees Valley Music Service, we provide exceptional music opportunities for children and young people in Stockton-Tees, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, and Redcar & Cleveland. We believe that every child should have access to a wide range of opportunities, regardless of their background. We offer music tuition, support, and events in various styles and genres, and our pupils receive free membership of TVMS ensembles and choirs. Additionally, we offer events and workshops to the wider community, from Japanese Taiko to African Drumming, to Song Writing or rocking out in our Rock Factory facility.

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A lead partner of the Tees Valley Music Hub

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Tees Valley Music Hub (TVMH) is a partnership of educational and cultural organisations and practitioners who work together to provide the best possible musical opportunities for the children and young people of the Tees Valley.  We support, deliver and enable access to music education for children and young people within our local area. We work together to create a joined-up approach to music education. We receive central Department for Education funding which is brokered and managed by Arts Council England.

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Special Projects

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TVMS is also involved in national initiatives and is a key delivery partner in FIRST THING MUSIC.  Since 2018 we have co-developed a teacher training programme with project leader Lindsay Ibbotson and Lucinda Geoghegan, Chair of the BKA Education Committee, and Education Director for the National Youth Choir of Scotland. BKA trained TVMS staff continue to roll this out to more schools across Tees Valley this year and it is having a significant impact.  For more information go to First Thing Music.