Wandsworth Music – The Charity
Wandsworth Music is a registered charity, founded in 2020.
Wandsworth Music aims to inspire enjoyment & excellence in music, in all its forms. Our vision is a borough where everyone has access to high quality music making, enhancing and enriching the cultural life of the community, and in particular, the aspirations of children and young people, especially those in financial need and challenging circumstances.
The objects of the charity are for the public benefit:
1. To advance education particularly (but not exclusively) in relation to music;
2. To advance the arts and culture, particularly (but not exclusively), by promoting and facilitating access to, performances of, and participation in performances of, music;
3. To provide for the recreation of members of the public by providing equipment, facilities and services to them in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving their conditions of life.
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Access for all
All children and young people should experience the transformative power of music!
Wandsworth Music actively look to identify and remove barriers to participation and strive to ensure that young people of all backgrounds and abilities have the opportunity to reach their full musical potential.
Wandsworth Music offer scholarships, bursaries, fee remissions, and access to free instruments, ensuring that opportunities are available for all.
Our Impact in numbers
8,500 Pupils
Wandsworth Music directly teaches more than 8,500 pupils every week!
35,000 Hours
Our music tutors deliver more than 1,000 hours of music lessons every week, and in excess of 35,000 hours each year.
2,500 Instruments
We loan over 2,500 high-quality musical instruments to children and young people every year.
30 ensembles
We embrace all genres of music and offering ensembles for young musicians of all ages and abilities.
£60,000
The amount of financial support provided for young musicians to attend the Music Academy in 2023.
85% of Schools
We engage positively with all Wandsworth Schools, providing CPD, teaching programmes, performance opportunities and more!
Our Impact in words
“Most people write off my daughter because she cannot speak, but you have managed to have a deeply personal conversation with her.”
Parent“Where should I start? Tuesday evening was so special on so many levels: opportunities, inclusion, quality…. You are so ambitious for our children, and they respond well because they are surrounded by great role models and amazing tutors”
Parent“If there is one thing that sums up this wonderful event it was the parents (and admittedly some of the staff) who were in tears at the impact and beauty of this event. Parents were shocked, one said: ‘I never get to see my child in these kinds of events, thank you so much.”
Special School Music Teacher“That was off the scale! My goodness, what an evening. I can’t begin to fathom how you put all that together, but the organisation, skill, talent and vision was quite extraordinary. Our children in Wandsworth are deeply privileged to have such an amazing service available to them and I hope that the experience of taking part, and witnesses so many different genres in such an iconic building, will stay with them for life.”
Headteacher“I want to say that I thought the concert was the best youth, music education concert that I have ever been to. Every aspect of the evening was perfect. A huge collective effort, a brilliant, varied programme, amazing teamwork across all the teaching staff, children and young people along with shining talented individual performers. Everything was engineered by you both perfectly and amazingly. The concert had pace and total commitment from everyone. The Hall was full – you must be very proud – and everyone wondered where the time had gone and when it was all over. We all wanted more.”
David Sulkin OBE – Director of Artistic Development, National Opera Studio“It was truly inspiring seeing hundreds of talented young musicians take to the RAH stage, performing with such passion and confidence. From the glorious sounds of Monteverdi through to the toe-tapping tunes from Les Misérables, it was truly a joyful evening of music making of the highest quality… It was truly an evening to remember and a reminder that there is a bright future for music in this country.”
James Williams – Managing Director, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra