The Department for Education and Arts Council England announced this month that York Arts Education – part of City of York Council’s Arts and Culture Service – will be one of the 122 new Music Education Hubs to receive extra funding.

The Music Education Hub will receive funding to allow it to play a key role in getting more children involved in music nationwide. This year York’s Music Hub will receive £388K for this work.

The aim of the York music hub is to ensure that every child aged five to 18 has the opportunity to sing and learn a musical instrument, and to play instruments with other children as part of an ensemble or choir.

The council’s York Arts Education service currently offers instrumental tuition to whole classes of pupils in the majority of primary schools in the city, as well as opportunities for students to play in a variety of musical ensembles at York Arts Academy to support this learning.

For more information, contact York Arts Education, on 01904 554660, or email artseducation@york.gov.uk