Dorset Music Service charges and subsidies

Ironman event - service disruption

Due to the IRONMAN 70.3 event on Sunday 20 September, Weymouth Household Recycling Centre will be closed all day and Dorchester Household Recycling Centre will be closed from 9am to 2pm. Please use alternative sites or visit another day.

Parents and young people

Instrument hire

Item

Costs

Violin, viola, cello, double bass, classical guitar

Beginner hire: £20 for one term

12-months hire: £50

Flute, clarinet (B-flat), alto saxophone, cornet, trumpet, French horn, tenor horn, trombone

Beginner hire: £30 for one term

12-months hire: £75

Piccolo, specialist clarinet, specialist saxophone, oboe, cor anglais, bassoon, baritone horn, euphonium, tuba, electric guitar, drum kit (acoustic and electric)

Beginner hire: £60 for one term

12-month hire: £150

Dorset Youth Jazz Orchestra

Termly membership fee: £60

Music mentoring

Costs:

10 weeks online: £462

10 weeks in person: £605

20 weeks online: £870

20 weeks in person: £1,040

Subsidies

To be eligible for these subsidies, students must be registered with a Dorset school or academy, or with Dorset Council if they do not attend an educational setting.

The following support is available:

children who are eligible for Targeted Free School Meals receive a 50% reduction on these charges

Looked After Children and Children in Care receive free instrument hire (for one instrument), free county group membership and up to a 50% reduction on Music Mentoring fees

children who are refugees receive free instrument hire (for one instrument), free county group membership and up to a 50% reduction on Music Mentoring fees

loans for specific purposes to partner schools may be available by arrangement