About Us
Welcome to the online home of Rotherham Music. Although much of our work is done with young people through schools, our service is dedicated to promoting and helping people of all ages in Rotherham to engage in musical activity.
Music opens up new doors
for young people, and is proven to have huge benefits to their academic learning. For those of an older age, music is a fantastic way to expand your horizons, creating artistic opportunities as well as develop new social circles.
At Rotherham Music we are passionate about offering people of any age or ability the opportunity to engage in musical activity.
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You can easily donate to our Friends of Rotherham Music charity by clicking on the box below
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We offer a range of different pathways, all of which can be explored via our website. We also use Facebook and Twitter to promote and amplify the work we do, giving you several ways to access information and see what we're up to. Find out more here
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Thanks to everyone who came to support and enjoy the music in the ever beautiful @rotherhamminster
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#rotherham #doncaster #barnsley


Would your child like to learn to play the guitar or piano? Our Saturday Music School at Oakwood High School has some opening available for students for these instruments.
Piano will be available on Saturday mornings, from 9:15 to 11:45
Guitar will be available on Monday evenings, from 5:30 to 8:00
Enrolment in our Saturday Music School is £25 per term for one activity, or £40 per term for two or more activities.
Contact us at music@rotherham.gov.uk for more information.
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#concert #musicianlife #performance #youth #strings #music #rotherham #musiceducation #Performance #community #classicalmusic #localmusic #Rotherham #rotherhamiswonderful #talent #local #Orchestra #LiveEvent #Livemusic #musiclessons #talentshowcase #southyorkshire


What an amazing 10 days of creativity. We really did fill the town with music, and give so many of our young musicians new and exciting performance opportunities.🫶🏾
As a part of the amazing programme for Children’s Capital Of Culture festival year 2025 we really wanted to deliver something special. And that we did.☝🏽❤️
From a Rap workshop in Winterhill School, and Footwork workshop in Nova City with Electronic Music Club to our annual AMP-UP talent showcase at Rotherham College, via a musical art installation at Catcliffe Cone we worked across 16 venues providing workshops, commissions and performance opportunities galore!👏🏽🎸🎮📖🚀🎹
There’s more to come too! Signals is now a year round programme of events and opportunities for Rotherham’s children and young people from 0-25! Get ready for more to come👀🙌🏾🚌
Follow us and please sign up to our mailer (link in bio) to find out about all of our opportunities for musicians, creatives and performers across the borough which are growing week by week!
Thank you to all of our incredible team and partners for making this joyous event happen, and especially to all of our young musicians who astounded us yet again with their talent and enthusiasm to give it their all!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
🎥 @bokehgo
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Get your tickets here:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/select/vzgkxaywjemp
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Think your school could join the chorus? Well you'd better sign up quick, bookings for the event are nearly full! Send us an email quickly at music@rotherham.gov.uk to get started!
This years One Voice event will be something to behold, so don't miss out!
All needed resources can be found on the Rotherham Music website:
https://www.rotherhammusic.co.uk/one-voice
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The school has many groups including:
Rock & Pop, DJ & Electronic, Brass & Wind, Strings, & More..
Hosted at Oakwood High School, Saturday March 1st 9:15-11:45.
For enquiries email: music@rotherham.gov.uk
#rotherhammusic #music #performance #community #rotherham #Rotherham #musiclessons #musiceducation #localmusic #local #classicalmusic #youth #Orchestra #strings #rotherhamiswonderful #RMBC #musiclesson #free


Come on down! We are open until 8.30 pm this evening!
#rotherham #signalsfestival #music #art #childrenscapitalofculture


What’s happening this week and where? We let our very own Grace tell you what’s happening over the festival week!
Don’t forget, Signals is FREE for all! And on Saturday 22nd you need to collect your wristband from our festival hub on All Saints Square.
Come and be part of this amazing week of music all created by and with Rotherham’s young people. This is all our homegrown talent and we are so proud of it!
For more information look out for updates on our socials, visit our website (www.rotherham.gov.uk) and follow @ccoc_rotherham2025
#homegrown #talent #musicfestival #rotherham #signalsfestival #childrenscapitalofculture #community #childrenandyoungpeople


We’ve kicked off this years edition with a rap/vocal workshop at Winterhill School and ‘Pop Up and Play’ busker-style musical performances at The Tanyard Wickersley today with some brilliant young performers.
Catch us throughout the week at these locations👇🏽
🚌17th - Rotherham Bus Interchange: 11 - 3pm
📖18th - Grimm & Co - Piano Crafts workshop: 1 - 2.30pm - S60 2HG
👣19th - Footwork dance workshop with RP Boo - Nova City: 6.15 - 7.30pm - S61 4TJ
👣20th - Footwork DJ workshop with RP Boo - Rock Out Music Provision: 1 - 3pm - S60 1PT
🎪22nd - Signals Town Centre Festival - Various venues. Music Trails, AMP-UP! Talent Showcase, Grimm & Co Arts Awards Showcase day, Emergence Collective at Forge Island (live).
🎮22/23rd - The Furnace @ Catcliffe Cone - A musical machine built from memory, melody and light!
All of the festival activities are FREE! On 22nd February please collect your wristband from our festival hub bus on All Saints Square! This allows access to all events.
Note: All venues and spaces are free entry subject to capacity. If you get to a venue and it’s full, just pop along to the next one on the music trail:)
For more info see link in bio👀☝🏽and our websites….(www.rotherhammusic.co.uk and www.childrenscapitalofculture.co.uk)
#signalsfestival #rotherham #music #rotherhammusic #community #performance


Entry is free but donations are appreciated, more info in the post below.
#music #rotherham #musiclessons #Rotherham #RMBC #musiclesson #community #talent #localmusic #rotherhamiswonderful #Livemusic #classicalmusic #local #Orchestra #musiceducation #free #strings #youth


Contact music@rotherham.gov.uk to book a slot.
#rotherham #RMBC #Rotherham #music #musiclesson #musiclessons


19th Wednesday Feb, 6—7:30pm
Where: NOVA CITY, Barbot Hall Industrial Estate, Unit 1 Mangham Rd, Rotherham S61 4RJ.
20th Thursday Feb, 1—3pm
Where: Rock Out, 1 High St, Rotherham S60 1PT
Masterclasses in beat making, DJing and Footwork dancing with RP Boo – a.k.a. Kavain Space, a man who is revered and respected amongst the dance music world. This is for under 18s only. no musical training is required.
☝🏽Message music@rotherham.gov.uk to sign up for a free place at one of these events!
#signalsfestival #rotherham #childrenscapitalofculture #electronicmusicclub #southyorkshiremusichub #rotherhammusic #free #workshop #footwork #masterclass


Signals is Rotherham’s FREE festival showcasing and supporting our brilliant young musicians, artists and creatives. This year we are excited that Signals is part of Children’s Capital of Culture 2025!🙌🏾😄💫
Signals is a year-round programme of events and this year our key festival week is the 14th to the 23rd February.💫🚀💒
What a brilliant programme we have in store for you. We will be delivering our amazing town centre festival on 22nd February which includes our new music trail that takes you on a journey across the town centre from chapels to hairdressers.💒💇🏽♀️💈
@grimmandco will be hosting craft and creative writing sessions for children aged 6 to 12, a Musical World’s creative writing workshop young people aged 12-18 and a brand new Rotherham’s Got Talent show where anyone aged 11 - 16 can drop in and have time to shine!
Forge Island hosts a collaborative musical performance between @emergencecollectivemusic and young musicians plus Amp-Up returns with a showcase of musical artists in Rotherham College. All for FREE!
On the 22nd and 23rd February there will be an immersive art installation at Catcliffe Cone and on the 19th February a special footwork workshop with pioneering artist @rp_boo_official from Chicago sharing skills and knowledge with our young performers at Nova City. On the 14th February we have local artists delivering rap and vocal workshops in schools.
Look out for Pop up and Play performances around the borough on each day of the festival week.
Stay close for more information, check our socials and website as we update you with details over the next couple of weeks in the run up.
Note: on 22nd Feb you’ll need a festival wristband to get in all the spots which you can collect for free at the festival hub bus which will be on All Saints Square.
Our wider programme this year includes our Pathways Into Music day on the 21st March, a weekly social space starting in February and our Saturday Morning Music Centre at Oakwood school all year round. We also have an exciting event based on our Sounds Of Rotherham project coming soon…


We have been very happy to do our bit and serenade you as you explore this magnificent festival of light, art and stories!
#rotherham #otherham #art #childrenscapitalofculture #southyorkshire


And an equally big thank you and well done to local artists Maz Mabanja and Bridie Sutton, who lent us their fantastic singing voices for the day.
@ccoc_rotherham2025
#rotherhammusic #music #rotherham #community #talentshowcase #talent #southyorkshire #rotherhamiswonderful #RMBC #localmusic #events #Livemusic #Rotherham #childrenscapitalofculture2025 #childrenscapitalofculture #RotherhamUnited


We’ve got 4 x £2.5k art commissions for The creation of stage sets and site dressings that are musical themed and connected to the energy and vibrancy of Signals Festival and Children’s Capital Of Culture.
We want to reflect the hope and joy that the children and young people of our town feel about music, and the prospects of a life in music. It is fundamentally doable…we are here to help young talent find a way….and build a new future!
If you’re a visual artist, set designer or just think you have some great ideas of how to make a space look amazing, fill in the form in our link tree
Sign up form link⛓ in bio☝🏽
🎵 by Liam O’Shea & Alejandro Barnett!
Closes 23rd Jan 2025! Get your skates on!
#rotherham #rotherhammusic #artcommissions #childrenscapitalofculture #southyorkshire


This Sunday he’s doing a special guitar recital presented by the very lovely Friends Of Rotherham Chapel On The Bridge. A unique and beautiful place to perform with lots of history and character.
It’s free to attend, a 40 minute classical guitar recital by a huge young talent from our borough.
If you fancy an uplifting and gentle experience this Sunday, this is for you! And it will help Alejandro gain more experience in performing on the guitar in new settings.
See you there! ❤️👀🎵🙌🏾
#clasdicalguitar #rotherham #chapelonrotherhambridge #rotherham #rotherhsmmusic


Are you looking forward to 2025?
#music #Rotherham #rotherhammusic #RotherhamIsWonderful #newyear #newyear2025


Follow us to find out more of what’s coming up and how you can be part of our year round events calendar.
Love from team RM!
#RotherhamIsWonderful #Rotherham #christmas2024 #music #christmas #rotherhammusic


We are looking for Rotherham bands and artists to perform at our fantastic yearly talent showcase AMP-UP, in Rotherham town centre on 22nd February 2025!
Aged 13-25, living, studying or from Rotherham, then this is for YOU! ( if you’re a band then one of you need to fulfil this criteria)
By applying to play at AMP-UP you also get to become part of Rotherham Music Hub’s year round support network with performance opportunities including Uplift, WoW, and The Rotherham Show.
See link in bio to apply NOW!
Or
https://forms.gle/YjnsaKX4bjN2ysfZA
Happy Christmas one and all! 🎉🎄✨
#rotherhammusic #rotherham #talentshowcase #art #music #community


We will be posting more pictures from this year's Concerts over Christmas, make sure to follow the page to stay updated!
Wentworth Woodhouse
Arts Council England
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We have two new traineeships with Rotherham Music for you to apply to! We are looking for a Music Events Trainee and a Festival Engagement Trainee to join us for 2025!
Our trainees are paid the Real Living Wage to work with us to help make amazing musical things happen in Rotherham as part of Children’s Capital of Culture’s festival year.
To find out more information, email: ccoc@rotherham.gov.uk OR apply now through link in our bio!
You’ll be joining five other trainees woking across the borough with amazing partner organisations including Wentworth Woodhouse, Flux and Children’s Capital Of Culture core team.
@wentworth_woodhouse @rotherham_music @flux_rotherham
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Thanks to @musicforyouth @royalalberthall @csyosheffield @sheffieldmusichub @sheffmusicacademy @barnsley_music_hub and Doncaster Music Hub.
🙏🏽🎵🙏🏽🎵together is stronger 🙏🏽🎵🙏🏽🎵
#southyorkshire #music #sheffieldmusichub #barnsleymusichub #rotherhammusichub #doncastermusichub #artscouncilengland #royalalberthall #youngmusicians #uk


High five to our friends @sheffieldmusichub @wearedarts @barnsley_music_hub @sheffmusicacademy
#collaboration #youthorchestra #sheffieldmusicacademy #sheffieldmusichub #barnsleymusichub #doncastermusichub #rotherhammusichub #orchestral #soyo #sheffield


Or catch it in your own time via link in bio☝🏽⛓
Kyla C has been teaching and supporting DJ Joey through our Saturday Music School and she has invited him onto her show tonight for his first radio performance!
Wonderful to see this new talent finding his feet through guidance and support made possible by @aceagrams and Signals Festival.
#djjoey #kylac #rotherhammusichub #support #career #experience #pathways #experience


Last year was a blast for us, are you looking forward to seeing what this year holds?
This year the celebration has expanded to Forge Island, where you'll find some local musicians performing for you.
#Livemusic #RotherhamIsWonderful #music #local #rotherhamiswonderful #talent #localartists #events #rotherham #southyorkshire #RMBC #localmusic #forgeisland #Rotherham #Christmas #christmas #christmas2024


This was an evening of music performed by local youth groups, consisting of classical, folk and film-inspired performances, held in the heart of Rotherham. Keep an eye-out on our social channels for more events like this.
#local #RotherhamIsWonderful #rotherham #music #rotherhammusic #rotherhamiswonderful #events #talent #Livemusic #RMBC #localartists #southyorkshire #classicalmusic #concert #ThrowbackThursday #Orchestra #rotherhamminster


One Voice 2024 saw the schools joined by The Royal Opera House, with an excerpt of Hansel and Gretel, alongside a range of popular songs performed by children from schools across the borough. Next Year One Voice will be back, with a theme of 'Where We Come From.' Want to get your school involved for next year? Get in touch with us: music@rotherham.gov.uk
#onevoice2024 #ChildrensCapitalofCulture #rotherhammusic #rotherham #music #rotherhamiswonderful #talent #local #events
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Rotherham Music
Riverside House
Main Street
Rotherham
S60 1AE
Tel:
01709 808232
Email: music@rotherham.gov.uk
Rotherham Music Education Hub is a partnership of organisations that exists to improve and extend music education in Rotherham. The lead partner is Rotherham Music. The Hub is funded by Arts Council England.
Rotherham Music Education Hub has a range of local, regional and national partners that work with us to provide high quality music activities
The Rotherham Music Hub provides a gateway to musical excellence, as defined in The Importance of Music – A National Plan for Music Education enabling the children and young people of Rotherham to have access to a life that is enriched and inspired by high quality musical experiences.