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Music Map - West Midlands

Each month we list music venues, organisations, shops and events around England that we think you should know about. This month, we’re looking at what’s going on in the West Midlands.

Worcestershire

Hibernian Violins
www.hibernianviolins.co.uk
Offer a complete service for players at all levels. Make, restore, buy and sell stringed instruments of all grades. Offer a full range of strings, bows, cases and accessories. Based in Malvern

Music 47
www.music47.co.uk
Sell a range of instruments including guitars, stringed instruments, brass, woodwind, percussion and a huge range of accessories. Worcester.

Vale Pianos
www.valepianos.co.uk
Well established family run businees, based in rural Worcestershire. Over 100 pianos on display including new, second hand and digital. Pershore.

Worcester Music Library
worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wccindex/wcc-lib-index/wcc-lib-musiclibrary.htm
Based at Worcester Library the Worcestershire Music Library has one of the Largest Collections of Vocal Scores and Orchestral Music in the Country. They are available for loan to Orchestras, Choirs, and Societies etc.

Worcester Folk
www.worcesterfolk.org.uk
Information about folk music and dance in the Worcester area.

Birmingham

Hobgoblin
www.hobgoblin.com
Specialise in acoustic, folk and traditional musical instruments, tutor materials and accessories.

Professional Music Technology
www.pmtonline.co.uk
Includes House of Drums in store. Winners of the 2006 MIA awards for Best Retailer, and Best Store (Birmingham).

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO)
www.cbso.co.uk
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is the resident orchestra of Symphony Hall, Birmingham, and is one of the world’s leading symphonic ensembles. See their website for forthcoming performances.

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG)
www.bcmg.org.uk
Internationally acclaimed and a proud ambassador for its home city, BCMG is passionately committed to engaging audiences and participants with the most exciting classical music of our time through pioneering concerts, learning programmes, tours, media projects and audience-building initiatives.

Ex Cathedra
www.ex-cathedra.org
Since its formation in 1969, Ex Cathedra has grown into a unique musical resource, comprising a specialist choir, vocal consort of ten voices, period-instrument orchestra and thriving education programme. From its home in Birmingham, Ex Cathedra has established an international reputation as a leading UK choir and Early Music ensemble.

Musicate
www.musicate.org
With an experienced professional team of workshop leaders, musicians and animateurs, Musicate provides access to music education activities such as workshops and masterclasses, and musical performances in various locations.

Birmingham Conservatoire
www.conservatoire.bcu.ac.uk
Encompassing a senior music college and Junior Department, Birmingham Conservatoire is an international conservatoire, a full faculty of Birmingham City University and a major concert venue for many of Birmingham’s principal concert promoters and organisations, hosting over 300 events annually.

Punch
www.punch-records.co.uk
Specialise in a range of music events & touring productions including concerts, theatre, spoken word, dance, film and visual arts.

Youth Music, Birmingham
www.youthmusic.org.uk/Action_Zones/birmingham.jsp
Town Hall re-opened on Thursday 4 October, with a two-week festival of events. Check website for current programme details.

Symphony Hall
www.thsh.co.uk/page/symphony-hall-birmingham
Symphony Hall presents prestigious international orchestras and is also home to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Complementing the classical programme is the best in jazz, world music, folk, rock, pop and stand-up comedy.

Sound Futures
www.soundfutures.org
Work with young people who currently have little or no access to music-making or to projects which will have the greatest impact. Work closely to Youth Music’s priorities.

Birmingham Jazz
www.birminghamjazz.co.uk
Birmingham Jazz is a promoting organisation which presents contemporary jazz in the city on a year-round basis. They promote up to 110 events a year in various venues around the city, including 30 to 35 concerts at various concert halls, or arts centres.

Birmingham Opera
www.birminghamopera.org.uk
Born of a passion and a belief that opera can speak directly to all kinds of people, Artistic Director, Graham Vick, set out to create a company that the people of Birmingham – a city of many of peoples – could be proud of.

Town Hall, Birmingham
www.thsh.co.uk/page/town-hall-birmingham
Town Hall re-opened on Thursday 4 October, with a two-week festival of events. Check website for current programme details.

Gigbeth
www.gigbeth.com/artistandvenue
Annual conference celebrating the region’s music. Including performances, a conference and more.

Warwickshire

Stratford Music Shop
www.musicroom.com
An all round music store. Easy access and easy parking. Stratford Upon Avon

Cox’s Yard
www.coxsyard.co.uk
Regular live music in Coventry.

The Tin Angel
http://thetinangel.co.uk/
Since it's opening in 2002 The Tin Angel remains an integral part of Coventry's cultural fabric and has been host to a wide variety of artists and musicians from around the world. The primary aim of owner and promoter Richard Guy was to enable the people of Coventry to experience high-quality, diverse performances from artists that were rarely found in this area as well as to provide a platform for local, up and coming performers upon which to showcase their music to a wider audience.

Taylor John’s House
http://thetinangel.co.uk/
In April 2006 Taylor John's House, a dedicated music venue with a capacity of 200, opened. Appearances from internationally touring artists keen to include shows in Coventry in their schedule ranging from cutting edge songwriters to established names in Jazz and world music. The venue is also used as rehearsal space and is a fully functioning recording studio where successful bands have chosen to record their albums.
Creative Wolverhampton combines a showcase for the creative and cultural industries with an all inclusive resource for professionals and individuals practicing and studying in the city.

Warwick Arts Centre
www.warwickartscentre.co.uk
The largest arts centre in the Midlands, attracting around 280,000 visitors a year to over 2,000 individual events embracing music, drama, dance, comedy, literature, films and visual art.

Staffordshire

Creative Wolverhampton
www.creativewolverhampton.co.uk
Creative Wolverhampton combines a showcase for the creative and cultural industries with an all inclusive resource for professionals and individuals practicing and studying in the city.

Wolverhampton Civic Hall
www.wolvescivic.co.uk
Wolves Civic hosts music spanning different genres; expect to see Seth Lakeman, Jackobinarina, Nine Inch Nails, and Status Quo play here soon. (Not together though).

Halfway House
01902 429400
Bar & music venue on Tettenhall Road.

Newhampton Arts Centre
www.newhamptonarts.co.uk
A hub for Performing and Creative Arts activities in Wolverhampton and the West Midlands.

The Robin
www.therobin.co.uk
Live Music nightly at this established venue.

Varsity Venue
www.myspace.com/varsityvenue
Live music venue focusing on local bands.

Sandwell Youth Music
www.laws.sandwell.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/education-and-learning/music/
Sandwell Youth Music is the Music Service of Sandwell Local Education Authority, providing high quality music tuition to the children of Sandwell.

Norman’s
www.normans.co.uk
Specialist supplier of musical instruments to schools, pupils, LEAs and professional players across the UK and worldwide. Established 1959. Burton upon Trent.

Pete Oakley Music
www.guitarsuperstore.com
Knowledgeable and friendly staff on hand to help at all times. Burton Upon Trent.

Musical Instrument Repairs and Sales
www.mir-sales.co.uk
Extensive Brass and Woodwind repairs carried out on site. Large range of accessories and printed music. Established for over 30 years. Halesowen

Dudley Performing Arts
www.dudley.gov.uk/education-and-learning/extra-curricular-activities/dudley-performing-arts
Prromote opportunities for artistic and creative development across the whole community.

Shropshire

Shropshire Music Service
www.shropshiremusicservice.com
Work with schools to aid the provision of music in the national curriculum

Shropshire Music Trust
www.shropshiremusictrust.com
Programme mainly classical music at various venues.

Shrewsbury Music Hall
www.musichall.co.uk
The Music Hall is a popular and busy venue hosting a wide range of arts and entertainment events.

Herefordshire

The Music Pool
www.musicpool.org.uk
Community music charity for Herefordshire and its borders, operating and enabling a variety of music activities.

Hereford Music Studios
www.herefordmusicstudios.co.uk
Offer a unique holistic approach to the development of individual and group creativity, using the London College of Music syllabus (equivalent to GCSE through to degree level) for rock jazz and classical performance.

Hereford Youth Music
www.hereford.uk.com/Youth/InstrumentalMusicService
Offer tuition and offer an instrument leasing scheme.

Music Matters, Hereford
www.musicmattersonline.org.uk
A not for profit organisation aiming to increase awareness of the benefits of music by arranging festivals and events.

West Midlands-Wide

Music Leader
www.musicleader.net
Provide access to training, professional development and networking for music leaders across the region.

Sound it Out
www.sounditout.co.uk
Sound It Out is the Community Music Development Agency for the West Midlands, and has been in existence since 1992. We offer dynamic and vibrant music opportunities by connecting people who have little opportunity to make music with musicians who want to inspire them and new audiences who want to hear them.

The Folk Mag
www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag
An online guide to folk song, dance and roots music for the West Midland counties.

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