News & Events


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Teaching Term Dates

This includes lessons in school and at our Music Centre

Autumn:  Mon 16th Sept - Fri 20th Dec 
Half Term:  Mon 21st Oct - Sun 27th Oct 

Spring:  Mon 6th Jan - Fri 4th April 
Half Term:  Mon 17th Feb - Sun 23rd Feb 

Summer:  Tues 22nd Apr - Fri 18th July 
Half Term:  Mon 26th May - Sun 1st June

Ensemble Term Dates

Ensemble dates are different to in-school and music centre lesson dates

Autumn:  Mon 16th Sept - Sat 14th Dec
Half Term:  Mon 21st Oct - Sun 27th Oct

Spring:  Mon 6th Jan - Sat 29th Mar
Half Term:  Mon 17th Feb - Sat 23rd Feb  

Summer:  Tues 22nd Apr - Sun 13th Jul
Half Term:  Mon 26th May - Sun 1st June


Upcoming Events

Autumn Concerts


Saturday 9th November 3:10-3.35pm Outside Next on the Rock
Community Christmas Concert and Lights Switch On  
Junior Youth Choir and Intermediate Youth Choir

Tuesday 26th November 6-6:15 Bury Music Service
Informal Performance
Junior Brass Band (Band members to attend rehearsal from 5:30pm as usual)

Friday 29th November 7pm Elizabethan Suite
Winter Concert #1 
Bury Youth Orchestra, Intermediate Concert Band, Intermediate String Orchestra, Youth Woodwind Group 

Saturday 30th November Outside Next on the Rock.
Music on The Rock
Junior Youth Choir 10-10:20
Intermediate String Orchestra 10:30-10:50
Intermediate Youth Choir 11:10-11:40

Monday 2nd December 7pm Whitefield Methodist Church
Winter Concert #2 
Intermediate Brass Band, Youth Brass Band, Intermediate Youth Choir
(no big band rehearsal tonight but guitar ensembles and Bury Rocks rehearse as usual)

Tuesday 3rd December 7pm The Derby High School
Winter Concert #3 
Youth String Orchestra, Youth Concert Band, Youth Big Band (no brass band rehearsals this evening)

Saturday 7th December 10-12 Piccadilly Railway Station 
Christmas Carols
Selected Wind and Brass Players

Monday 9th December 7pm Bury Music Service
Winter Concert #4
Percussion Ensemble, Junior Guitar Ensemble, Intermediate Guitar Ensemble, Bury Rocks!  (no usual rehearsals for groups tonight)

Tuesday 10th December 4:15-6:30pm Tesco, Woodfields Retail Park, Bury
Christmas Carols
Intermediate Brass Band 4:15-5
Junior Brass Band 5-5:45
Youth Brass Band 5:45-6:30

Saturday 14th December Music Centre
Informal Performances (rehearsals as usual)
10:30-10:45 Junior Woodwind Ensemble
11:15-12 Junior Strings, Junior Youth Choir, Junior Concert Band 

Saturday 14th December 10-12 Outside Next, the Rock. 
Bands on the Rock
Intermediate Concert Band 10-11
Youth Concert Band 11-12

Sunday 15th December 8:30-10 Burrs Country Park
Bury Hospice Santa Dash
Selected Brass Players



Future Dates


Thursday 27th February Bury Battle of the Bands, The Met Bury

Saturday 12th AND Sunday 13th July Bury Music Service Festival
The Met Bury
All Bury Music Service ensembles will perform over the course of the weekend. 






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