About us

Kent Music is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. Charity Number: 1110639

Our mission is “to provide creative and inspiring music education”. We do this through the following activities:

Instrumental and vocal tuition

Through our network of specialist instrumental and vocal teachers we provide individual and group lessons for approximately 12,000 people per year.
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Musical Instrument Hire

Hiring a musical instrument as part of your tuition package is a very cost effective way of learning to play.  We are also happy to rent instruments if you are not having your music lessons with us.
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Local Music Groups

Through our network of Music Centres throughout the County we run 76 music groups which meet throughout the year.
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County Music Groups

For gifted and talented young musicians we provide a portfolio of County Music Groups.  These include the Kent County Youth Orchestra, Kent Youth Wind Orchestra and Seven County Choirs.  These groups are conducted and tutored by leading musicians from the UK and abroad.
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Events and Special Projects

Many of our groups give regular performances throughout the year.  In addition we run a series of special projects designed to broaden the range of musical genres and reach more people throughout Kent.
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Kent Music Summer School

The Kent Music Summer School takes place annually at Benenden School near Cranbrook.  The summer school takes place over a three week period in July and provides courses across the range of abilities.  The courses that we offer include orchestra, wind orchestra, singing, recorder and jazz and are led by expert tutors.
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