Leics Make Music

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Leics Sing! - Singing Opportunities

As a Hub partner, we stage around 50 major performances a year and hundreds of other performance opportunities for choirs and ensembles. Each year, we teach over 4500 pupils in over 200 schools.

If you would like to join a choir, band, orchestra or ensemble, please see the pages on joining a relevant group. These currently mostly show the groups that LSMS run in conjunction with The Leicester-Shire Music and Cultural Trust, but will gradually be expanded to include all other groups that we become aware of.

Please see our Ensembles brochure below for full information on all our Central Ensembles.

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What can I join?

Ensembles Brochure (PDF, 1.8 Mb)

Summer Term 2016 Performances

PERFORMANCES

Saturday 9th July - 2.00pm – Holy Trinity Church, Leicester - Wind Orchestra, Concert Orchestra & Junior Percussion Ensemble
Saturday 9th July - 7.30pm – Holy Trinity Church, Leicester - LSSO, Flute Choir & Senior Percussion Ensemble
Saturday 9th July - 2.00pm – Crown Hills Community College - Steel Pan Jam - including County Steel Pans

Further information regarding these performances will be emailed out nearer the time and will be posted in our Events section.

How much does it cost to join?

Subscription for the LSSO, Concert Orchestra, Wind Orchestra and Training Orchestra is £85.00 per term.

Subscription for the Strictly Strings Ensemble, Junior Concert Band, Big Band, Flute Choir, Senior Strings and Senior Percussion Ensemble is £46.00 per term.

Subscription information for Area Centres can be found on the Area Centres Page.

Parents / Carers will be invoiced termly by email, or by post if no email is provided.

Subscription for the LSSO, Concert Orchestra, Wind Orchestra and Training Orchestra is £85.00 per term.

Subscription for the Strictly Strings Ensemble, Junior Concert Band, Big Band, Flute Choir, Senior Strings and Senior Percussion Ensemble is £46.00 per term.

Subscription information for Area Centres can be found on the Area Centres Page

Parents / Carers are sent invoices termly by email, or by post if no email address is available.

Benefit Remission / Endangered Species Discount

Do you play one of the instruments below?

Viola
Double Bass
French Horn
Trombone
Tuba
Oboe
Bassoon

For all new pupils playing one of these instruments, the first term of ensemble membership is free/strong> followed by 50% subsidy for the rest of the academic year – this also includes the free hire of an instrument for the entire time you are a member of one of our ensembles.

Does not apply to Transport fees.

Frequently Asked Questions

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What can I join?

Please click on this text to visit our Information page containing tables showing the suggested entry grade level for each group.

How do I join?

Please click here for information about joining a group

How much does it cost?

*The first half of the Autumn Term 2020 will be free of charge as rehearsal sessions will be virtual*

Subscription for the LSSO, Concert Orchestra and Intermediate Band is £85.00 per term.

Subscription for the Intermediate Strings Ensemble, Junior Concert Band, Steel Pan Ensemble, Big Band, Flute Choir, Clarinet Choir, String Sinfonia and Senior / Junior Percussion Ensembles is £46.00 per term.

A Saturday Transport service is available for members of Saturday Groups at a cost of £50.00 per term. Full details are available here.

Subscription information for After School Activities can be found on the relevant After School Activities page;

After School Activities - City

After School Activities - County

Parents / Carers will be invoiced termly by email, or by post if no email is provided. Invoices must be paid within 14 days.

Full Fee Remission Information

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How do I pay?

After registering, you will be sent a membership invoice by post. Invoices are usually sent out near to the beginning of term but are sent closer to half term in the Autumn term to allow for all registrations to come in.

The invoice will be issued by Leicestershire County Council and will contain full details of how to pay on the reverse of the invoice.

Can I Hire an Instrument?

Please click here to find out how we can help with instrument hire.

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Attendance

Congratulations on being offered a place in an Performance Group. We hope that you will enjoy your time rehearsing, performing, learning and getting to know the other members of your group.
All members are expected to practise their music regularly, and take it to instrumental lessons where possible to get advice from your teacher.
All members are expected to attend all rehearsals and concerts as scheduled. Both the success of your group and the standard of playing are dependent on everyone attending all rehearsals as part of the team.

Concert Dates

Concert Dates are listed next to the relevant group in the tables below. Further Information regarding each performance (rehearsal times / ticket information, etc) will be emailed to Parents / Carers / Students inthe months / weeks leading up to the performance. (This will be posted if no email address has been supplied).

This will also be added to listings on our Events webpage.

Concert Dress

Please note the Concert Dress for your Ensemble listed below. In most cases this is part of a students school uniform. Students are expected to wear Concert Dress at each performance.

LSSO & CONCERT ORCHESTRA
Boys; black trousers, white shirt, black shoes and black socks, black dinner jacket (or school blazer without badges) and a bow tie.
Girls; black full length evening dress or skirt (at least knee length) with black tights, or black trousers with black blouse and black shoes.

INTERMEDIATE BAND & INTERMEDIATE STRINGS
Boys; white shirt, black bow tie, black trousers, black shoes and black socks.
Girls; White blouse, black skirt (at least knee length) with black tights, or black trousers, black shoes, black socks/tights.

JUNIOR CONCERT BAND
Boys; Black trousers, white shirt, bow tie, black shoes and black socks.
Girls; Black skirts (at least knee length) or trousers with a white blouse and black shoes.

BIG BAND / SENIOR PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE / STRING SINFONIA / FLUTE CHOIR / CLARINET CHOIR
Boys; black shirt, trousers, black shoes and black socks.
Girls; black full length evening dress or skirt (at least knee length) with black tights, or black trousers with black blouse and black shoes.

JUNIOR PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
Boys; Black trousers, white shirt, bow tie, black shoes and black socks.
Girls; Black skirts (at least knee length) or trousers with a white blouse and black shoes.

Ensemble Rules / Procedures / Information / Adverse Weather Arrangements

Please click here to view our Ensemble Rules / Procedures / Information / Adverse Weather Arrangements

Instrument Hire

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Membership Fees / Invoices

Subscription for the LSSO, Concert Orchestra, Intermediate Wind Band are £85.00 per term.

Subscription for the Junior Concert Band, Intermediate Strings, Steel Pan Ensemble, Big Band, Clarinet Choir, Flute Choir, String Sinfonia and Junior / Senior Percussion Ensemble is £46.00 per term.

A Transport Service is available for members of Saturday Ensembles at a cost of £50.00 per term. Full details are available here.

Subscription information for After School Activities can be found on the relevant After School Activities page;

After School Activities - City

After School Activities - County

Invoices for Group Membership will be sent out by post in early October. Payment can be made online via the Leicestershire County Council website, by Bank Transfer or by cheque made payable to Leicestershire County Council.

Full details regarding payment methods will be shown on the invoices.

Remission Information

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Sheet Music

The cost of buying or hiring sheet music is a big expense. Please take great care of all music issued to you and always return it punctually and in good condition.
If for whatever reason you decide to leave your group, you must return all your music to LSMS as soon as possible. Failure to do so will result in you being charged for replacement copies.

The table below shows the instruments and ability levels suitable for each of our Central Ensembles.

If you are interested in joining one of our Ensembles, please complete our application form by clicking on this link

Information about each Group, including ability level, rehearsal venue, rehearsal and performance dates etc, can be found here.

Information about Singing Opportunities and Choirs can be found here.

If you have not yet applied to join a group, we may still have places available (subject to instrumental balance). Please click here for more information.

For more information about our groups, please watch our short video (to the right).

We also run a variety of after school activities in both the city and county.

PERFORMANCE GROUP RULES / PROCEDURES / INFORMATION (PDF, 167 Kb)

Pay Your Subscription Invoice Online

Hire an Instrument

Endangered Species Instruments Initiative

Ensemble Dates 19 20 (PDF, 114 Kb)
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Soundtrack to Leicestershire - Composition Competition

Leics Make Music - Summer 2020 Festival

At the end of the academic year we usually run a series of performances at De Montfort Hall in Leicester, featuring performances by schools, guest musicians and our own performance groups.

The pandemic meant that we were unable to do this so instead we worked with young people from the city and county to create an online festival 'Leics Make Music' - a 4 hour extravaganza which also featured the winning entries from our 'Soundtrack to Leicestershire' composition competition and a massed virtual choir directed by Mark De Lisser singing 'A Million Dreams'.

Please click here to find out more.