Dorset Music Service

Dorset Music Service during COVID-19

At Dorset Music Service (DMS), along with the rest of our Dorset Council colleagues, the health and wellbeing of our pupils, staff, school colleagues and the wider music education community is our highest priority.

This is a fast-changing and difficult situation for us all and we aim to support our music-making community as best we can. We thank you for your patience and understanding so far.

Cancelled music sessions

We've had to stop the following with immediate effect:

face-to-face delivery of instrumental tuition
ensemble rehearsals
weekly Beginner Friendly Groups (BFG) gatherings

We're currently exploring how quickly we can offer an online alternative and connecting with national partners to share best practice and safeguarding guidelines to make sure this is effective and safe for all involved.

If you're a current DMS tuition customer who'd like to take up our offer of online support with resources and tuition (where we can) email us at DMS with your child's name and school and we'll contact you as soon as we can.

The Dorset Music Service is the main provider of music provision within Dorset.

We are the lead organisation in the Dorset Music Education Hub and we are committed, with our partners, to providing all kinds of instrument playing and musical opportunities at the highest practicable level to as many young people in the county as possible.

Playing opportunities

We provide playing opportunities for Dorset’s young musicians of all abilities across Dorset.

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Instruments

We hire instruments to all children and schools in Dorset at a very low cost.

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Music education hub

Music in schools and our Supporters

Dorset Music Service provides a range of services to support Dorset schools with their musical provision.

Music events in Dorset

Dorset Music Education Hub provides access to large scale and high quality music experiences for students, working with professional musicians and venues.