Jersey Music Service

November 2023 Music syllabus and on-line entry system now available at www.jerseyeisteddfod.org.je

à bientôt Jersey

THANK YOU to the Friends of Jersey Youth Music for their incredible support covering the cost of all excursions, to SandpiperCI for their sponsorship towards our tour hoodies and t-shirts and to Music Managed for our brilliant tour backpacks - tomorrow the group are homeward bound but the tour continues, they’ll be performing at Durrell Zoo on Thursday at 10.30am!

A HUGE thank you to the amazing Music Managed for providing such generous sponsorship to cover the cost of our tour backpacks 🌟

An incredible performance by the Jersey Music Service on tour group in the Videopolis Theatre at Disneyland Paris! Our musicians also enjoyed some well deserved time in the park for the day! It was great to see students from some Jersey school groups too - thank you for coming to listen! 🌟 Les Quennevais School Haute Vallée School

For the last 10 weeks, Year 4 have been working extremely hard to learn how to play the viola. They showed collaboration, confidence and resilience to perform a recital in front of parents, friends and family. 🎻🎶
Well done Year 4 and a huge thank you to the music teachers, Mr Macfarlane and Mrs Parker from the Jersey Music Service.

We’ve been reminiscing recently about past tours - having been around since the 60’s there’s been a few! We’ve supported the music making of tens of thousands of talented young musicians in Jersey and would like to reconnect with as many of you as possible - whatever your story it would be great to hear from you and what you’re up to now! Join our Alumni Network here to let us know: https://forms.office.com/e/UwHa4yzXze

❤️ PARIS

Brilliant concert today at Le Square Franck-Bauer - shout out to saxophonist Ayden for an exceptional performance of Suite Hellenique by Iturralde arranged for the band! 🎷

What a Sunday! Versailles - Performance in the Bandstand at Jardin du Luxembourg - and a cruise down the River Seine 🇫🇷

Played to a very appreciative audience at Jardin du Luxembourg and left them wanting more! They played brilliantly receiving a standing ovation 🎺

Château de Versailles 🇫🇷

They’ve arrived 🥳 and are having dîner à Paris 🇫🇷

They made it to Amsterdam and are now safely on the coach en route to Paris! 🇫🇷

And they’re off to Paris! Since finding out on Thursday evening that the boat was cancelled there’s been a few miracles for our tour group - 37 hours later and only a 20 minute difference in departure time they’re on their way via 🇳🇱! A huge thank you to everyone involved - our brilliant tour operator (Rayburn Tours), staff team, children and parents!

Have an amazing time everyone! 🇫🇷

It’s at this time of year that we have to say goodbye to some of our older students, one of which is the brilliant Leo Vernaglione who today had his last weekly trumpet lesson - Leo has been learning with Mr Jones for 9 years, achieved his Grade 8 last year and is now working on his ARSM Diploma and has been a dedicated member of our ensembles as well as a regular in the PwC Jersey Young Musician of the Year Competition! Wishing you the best of luck Leo in the future from all of us at Jersey Music Service🌟

Wow! What an incredible week - we’ve had more fabulous Year 4 concerts showcasing what the children have accomplished this term - Mont Nicolle Primary School have been learning the flute with Mrs McLinton, Samarès School have been learning the viola with Mr Macfarlane and Mrs Parker, Janvrin School have been learning the violin with Miss A and Mr Rybarczuk, St Luke's have been learning the clarinet with Dr Lombard and La Moye School have been learning the Clarinet with Miss Koester and Mr Connan! AND this isn’t it - we still have more concerts to go!! A HUGE congratulations to all the Y4 children who have been so fantastic and to all who make our projects a success - thank you to the School Music Coordinators and Head Teachers for supporting and valuing music in school and to parents for supporting and listening to them at home with their practice!

Congratulations to Year 4 at St Lawrence Primary School for a FABULOUS performance last week showcasing what they’ve learnt on the cello this term - the audience were also treated to a special oboe performance from one of our students 🌟 thank you to all involved and to St Lawrence Primary School and parents for taking such great care of the cellos this term

Congratulations to the amazing Year 4 at d'Auvergne School - such brilliant performances on your trumpets and clarinets today! Dr Lombard and Mr Brown have loved visiting you this term!

CONGRATULATIONS to all of the wonderful musicians that showcased their talents this evening at Government House! With thanks to all those involved in making the evening possible and to the Lieutenant Governor Vice Admiral Jeremy Kyd and Dr Karen Kyd - we couldn’t have had a more beautiful setting for our end of term performances

We can’t wait to welcome everyone to our Summer Concert this evening at Government House - our ensemble members have been working exceptionally hard this term and we’re looking forward to sharing what they’ve been working on

We had a fantastic time yesterday at Jersey Children’s Day! Thank you to all those that came to see us and tried the various instruments on display! Around 8000 people came down to Howard Davis Park and we had over 500 children try out instruments! 🥳 We are so proud of the JMS Drum Corps, Advanced Brass Ensemble and Big Band who along with members of Youth Arts Jersey took to the stage and inspired all those there to enjoy the day! Thank you to Children, Young People, Education & Skills and all those that contributed to the day to make it so enjoyable!

Congratulations to all the students involved in the Victoria College Orchestral Challenge and to the driving force - Mr Murton and Mrs Davies - with thanks to our teachers Mr Jones, Miss Hall, Mrs Le Fondre and Miss Ronayne.

We very much enjoy working with Victoria College on this collaborative project alongside teachers from the Jersey Academy of Music 🎺

We’re all ready for Children’s Day this Sunday at Howard Davis Park 🎺🥳 Children, Young People, Education & Skills

We were honoured to be asked to attend the British Irish Council earlier this month. Members of our Junior and Senior Guitar ensembles performed for guests, the wonderful St. Peter's School Choir sang J’allons sauver not’ langue followed by Beautiful Jersey alongside the fantastic Sydney Haskins, the 2023 PwC Jersey Young Musician of the Year. Thank you to all that made the evening such a success 🌟 Government of Jersey Children, Young People, Education & Skills L'Office Du Jèrriais

Today is World Make Music Day! Come along to hear a busking session by our Tour Band in Liberation Square from 4:00-5:00pm today to mark the day and support our young musicians as they prepare for a trip to Paris next month. Parish of St Helier https://makemusicday.co.uk/event/jms-on-tour/

Dr Lombard set off to Grands Vaux School this afternoon to visit Year 4, 5, and 6 children, who got a chance to hear more about learning woodwind and brass instruments through the JMS.

Congratulations to all of the children who have taken part in the Year 4 Access to Music Project so far - we can't wait to hear the progress of those involved this term! A BIG thank you to all of the schools, class teachers and parents for supporting and listening to their progress! Government of Jersey

Hundreds of primary school pupils get first musical instruments Over 700 primary school pupils across the island – regardless of their social or economic background – have received free and "formative" instrumental teaching during the past academic year, with both

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We're looking forward to welcoming back our ensemble members this week for an exciting summer term of rehearsals.

Here are some photos from our Spring Concert at Hautlieu School showing just some of the dedicated and talented young musicians who attend each week, representing schools across the island.

Monday 4.00pm - 5.00pm
Intermediate Wind Band
Intermediate String Ensemble
Jersey Youth Big Band 5.00pm - 6.00pm

Tuesday 4.30pm - 5.30pm
Advanced Brass Ensemble
Advanced Woodwind Ensemble
Advanced String Ensemble

Wednesday 4.00pm - 5.00pm
Training Wind Band
Training String Ensemble
Training Drum Corps

Friday
Junior Guitar Ensemble 5.00pm - 6.00pm
Senior Guitar Ensemble 4.00pm - 5.00pm

There is no charge to attend ensemble rehearsals and all are welcome, more information can be found at jms.je, where you can also apply to join.

Government of Jersey

Children’s Day is returning for 2023! ⭐ 🎈 🎉

Join us for a day of family fun at Howard Davis Park on Sunday 2 July. This all-day event will be free to attend, and open to all families.

Around 6,000 people attended last year’s events at Millbrook and Howard Davis Park for a free day of entertainment, music, activities and art. More than 50 charities, organisations and businesses took part in the event.

Community organisations, charities, and vendors are being invited to make the day a success by providing their services for this year's festivities, and can register their interest by completing an online survey: https://survey.gov.je/s/childrensdayinterest2023/

Well done to all who attended the Jersey Symphony Orchestra Brass Workshop on Friday - such an inspiring morning at Les Quennevais School rehearsing, performing and finding out more about Ben Thomson and the London Symphony Orchestra

BRAVO to the 35 young musicians that attended our Brass Workshop on Friday morning, led by Ben Thomson and representatives of the Orchestra’s Brass section! It was such a fantastic morning, what the students achieved in such a short amount of time blew us away! Well done to all involved and a big thank you to our fabulous local and visiting musicians for supporting and inspiring those that attended.

Jersey Music Service updated their business hours.

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to the students in Year 7 at Haute Vallée School for their performance this afternoon! What a remarkable achievement - every child in Year 7 (over 100 students) started learning an instrument in September and today we heard them perform as an ensemble! We were also treated to some inspirational performances from some of HV’s older students. Thank you to Mrs Cooper and all at HV - our teachers are delighted to be working with Year 7 and we can’t wait to hear them all again next term!

Well this evening was definitely BAND-TASTIC - a big thank you to Mr Murton and Victoria College for organising and to La Ronde Concert Band for inspiring our young musicians

If you haven’t signed up for the Brass Workshop with the Jersey Symphony Orchestra there is still time...

There is a great chance to benefit from a brass master classs coming up…

Well done Year 4 🌟