ladywood community school of music
Birmingham
The Ladywood Community School of Music is surviving on a shoestring, the grace
of Birmingham City Council and the enduring good will and dedication of our two
remaining tutors, Paul and Curtis. We currently run classes in Guitar and
Saxophone between 6 and 7 pm on Thursdays at the Community Centre in St Vincent
Street. Xhosa Cole Our mission is “to bring affordable, quality musical tuition
to the heart of Ladywood. We cater for children and adults of all ages and
abilities”. In the past we have offered classes in Piano, Drums, Violin and
Trumpet and showcased our students and tutors in events at the Community Centre,
Birmingham Artsfest, the Botanical Gardens and elsewhere. As a project we are a
place where people often come to pick up an instrument for the first time and,
as such, we don’t attract the attention that more high powered projects do.
However, students who started with us have gone on to play in their own bands,
The Notebenders and even MYJO. Most recently Xhosa Cole, who first picked up a
saxophone at our Music School a decade or more ago, won the prestigious BBC
Young Jazz Musician of the Year. We make a difference! If you think you can help
or would like to try, please get in touch by phoning Richard on 07905 559 167 or
emailing ladywoodmusic@gmail.com The video is of an Artsfest event we put on
back in 2008, and feature Students, Teachers and people who just came along on
the day and picked up an instrument. As a school we’d like to get back to where
we were then. There's plenty more about us in the old website which I’ve
archived, though you may find it doesn’t all work as much of the old HTML 3 & 4
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