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Welcome to the East Herts Music Centre hosted at the Broxbourne school, which from the beginning of this September term has merged the Broxbourne Music Centre and the Hertford Music Centre. 

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EHMC Spring Concert Programme 2025

Starting your musical journey is a great adventure that opens doors to new ideas, new music, friendships and learning to play an instrument! Hear first-hand what it's like to learn and play in East Herts.

 

Individual tuition and Groups

Available throughout the academic year after school and in the evenings is our individual tution lessons for Violin, Viola, Recorder, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Horn, Guitar, Piano and Drums.

Groups and ensembles - put your learning into practice and join a group.  Learning to play with others helps progression on your chosen instrument, reinforces sightreading, is a team skill and is a lot of fun.

Be sure to check out our Ensemble Membership for £109 / term, students can attend two ensembles and the applicable ensembles are at no extra charge.

Find out more about HMS ensemble membership

Fridays


 Time Ensemble/Group Teacher
5.00pm-5.40pm Junor Orchestra (suitable for Grades 2-5) Karen Salter-Kay 
6.00pm-7.30pm East Herts Youth Orchestra (Grades 5 and above) Sam Slade

 

Saturday

 Time Ensemble Teacher

9.00am-9.30am

Sing Make Play (tune / song creation)

Andy Cording &

Tim Emler

9.30am-10.00am

Sing Make Play (Recorders / other insruments)

Andy Cording &

Tim Emler

10.05am-10.35am

Sing Make Play (singing / choirs)

 Andy Cording &

Tim Emler
     

 

Individual lessons

  • Brass
  • Drums
  • Strings: violin and viola, guitar, electric guitar
  • Theory
  • Woodwind: recorder, flute, oboe, clarinet and saxophone
  • Piano

Attending your lessons or group

Things to bring to lessons:

  • instrument (where required), music and pencil
  • a drink
  • brass players should bring a rag to empty water keys onto and a plastic bag to put the dirty rag in for washing at home.
  • we ask that no nuts are brought into the centre in case of allergies

Drop-off and pick-up

Weekday, afterschool lessons : please bring your child to the music centre doors and buzz to be let in to take them to their teacher for their lesson.  

Please collect your child from their teacher when the lesson is over.  If you intend to stay in the music centre please sign in the grey Visitor's folder which is at reception.  Please don't forget to sign out when you leave.

About our groups

All groups work with experienced staff to develop their instrumental skills through listening and playing as part of an ensemble. They rehearse a wide variety of music, and give regular concerts.

Our East Herts Groups below qualify for the Centre Ensemble Membership which from September will be £112 per student per term and allows students to attend one or more ensembles as well as other Music Centres' qualifying ensembles - see link below for more information

HMS ensemble membership

Friday Evening Ensembles

Junior Orchestra with Karen Salter-Kay (Fridays 5.00-5.40pm)

£59 per student, per term - eligible for Centre Ensemble Membership

For instrumental players : if you can play 5 notes or more and up to Grade 4 you are very welcome

Newly established Junior Orchestra, suitable for all instrumental players 

Led by our very experienced ensembles teacher, Karen Salter-Kay.

Variety of repertoire’s to be explored whilst you hone in and develop your group skills in ensemble playing.

 

East Herts Youth Orchestra with Sam Slade (Fridays, 6.00-7.30pm)

£79 per student, per term - eligible for Centre Ensemble Membership

  • For all instrumental players at grade 4 and above.
  • The group plays a range of repertoire from classical to pop medleys.
  • The group is also a platform from which to join wider county activities including Hertfordshire Schools Symphony Orchestra and County Youth Orchestra.  

Saturday Mornings

Sing Make Play from Sept 2025

Sing Make Play from September 2025 (term time only)

£79 per student, per term

Eligible for Centrre Ensemble Membership

09.00am to 10.35am

Aimed to get children aged 4-8 into playing an instrument and in a group, this group is made up of three parts

1) Creating / making a tune / song

Led by our experienced teachers, students are guided and encouraged to create a tune or song together.

2) Playing the tune or song made or other well known songs

Students are taught the basics of recorder or other instrument playing and they begin to read music. 

 3) Sing the tune or song made or other well known songs

Students will sing in a choir type of environment the songs created or other well known songs

There is an opportunity to showcase the work students have done over the term at the end of term concert.

For more information on any of these groups, please email easthertsmusic@hertfordshire.gov.uk

 

How to contact and find us

East Herts Music Centre based at The Broxbourne School

Badgers Walk

Broxbourne

EN10 7FU

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Telephone: 01992 556698


Opening hours, term time only:

  • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 3.15pm - 6.45pm
  • Fridays 3.15pm - 7.30pm
  • Saturdays 8.15am - 11.30am
  • Thursday and Sunday's: closed

Reception / Administrator: Tracy Pardue (Mon-Wed) easthertsmusic@hertfordshire.gov.uk 

Reception / Administrator: Lisa Russell (Friday evenings and Saturday mornings)  easthertsmusic@hertfordshire.gov.uk 

Regional Manager: Peter Foster

Regional Business & Admin Manager: Anita Forrest

 

 

Concerts

Each group gives a performance at the end of each term, either at the East Herts Music Centre based at The Broxbourne School or at other local venues.

Occasionally, we also arrange Performance Platform Concerts for those having individual lessons so that students can perform to a small and friendly audience, which helps them with exam preparation.