Concerts & Events
Past Events
First Stages Concert
| FIRST STAGES CONCERT '25 | |
| GROUP | |
| Beginner Rhythm | Dust Devil |
| Beginner Ukulele | You are my Sunshine |
| Music Box 1&2 | I once saw an Elephant |
| Innovate 2 | Late Mate |
| Ukulele 1 | Auld Lang Syne |
| Beginner Recorder | Play a Recorder |
| Recorder 1 | For the Love of a Radish |
| Ukulele 2 | Stand by Me |
| Rhythm 1 | Claps and Claves |
Spring Concert
| SPRING CONCERT '25 | |
| PART 1 - 6.00pm | |
| GROUP | PIECE |
| Choir 1 | The Road Goes Ever On |
| Choir 2 | It Don't Mean a Thing |
| Community Choir | Rhapsody, Ave Verum |
| Choirs 1&2 | Ave Maria |
| All Choirs | That's What Friends are For |
| Advanced Guitars | Vuelvo al Sur, Chanson de la Naissance |
| Jazz 1 | Work Song, Cannon 'n Nat |
| Junior Flute Ensemble | Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy |
| Ukulele 3 | We Can Work it Out |
| Junior Strings | Olga Sqaure Dance |
| Innovate 1 | Free 2 Crew |
| Groove Orchestra | Feel the Spirit |
| INTERVAL | |
| PART 2 - 7.00pm (approx) | |
| GROUP | |
| Innovate 2 | Late Mate |
| Adult Flute Group | Rondo Allegretto, op. 31 |
| Adult Jazz Ensemble | Limbo Jazz |
| Salsa | No Me Llores Más |
| Advanced Ukulele | Shiny Happy People |
| Adult Jazz Choir | Caravan |
| Samba | Maracatu |
| Jazz 2 | Killer Joe, New York Afternoon |
| Big Band | Cold Duck Time, Nostalgia in Times Sq. |
| Rock and Pop 1 | Tainted Love, Supersonic |
| Rock and Pop 2 | The Adults are Talking, Californication |
Bandstand Concert
A special outdoor concert featuring Big Band, Junior Jazz, Innovate, Jazz Ensemble, Rock and Pop 1 and Rock and Pop 2
YMM Early Years Concert
A sharing of YMM Early Years work
YMM End of Year Concert
An end-of-year celebration of all our youth and adult ensembles
(Except those participating in the Bandstand Concert on 30/6/24)
Piano concert 2024
A performance by the students of our piano department. https://www.youngmusicmakers.co.uk/lessons/piano
Classical Guitar Concert
A performance by the students of our stellar classical guitar teacher Nikos Baroutsakis.
Early Years Spring Concert
A concert sharing for all YMM Early Years groups
YMM Spring Concert
A celebration of all YMM Youth and Adult groups, including world premieres of new collaboratively composed vocal pieces as part of the Betty Messenger Award.
BIG GIVE - CHRISTMAS CONCERT 1
A sharing of this term's work (Part 1) featuring:
| Ukulele 2 |
| Junior Strings |
| Junior Wind & Brass |
| Beginner Recorder |
| Recorder 1 |
| Recorder 2 |
| Music Box 1&2 |
| Rock and Pop 1 |
| Adult Recorder |
| Beginner Rhythm |
| Rhythm 1 |
| Adult Jazz Choir |
| Beginner Ukulele |
| Ukulele 1 |
| Chamber Group |
| Innovate 2 |
| Community Choir |
| Rock and Pop 2 |
Cafe Concerts Catch-up
YMM Live! with Becca Wilkins
This week we feature choir accompanist and vocalist, Becca Wilkins singing the beautiful Carole King song, "You Got A Friend".
If you have been inspired to join the Melodic Transcription workshop with Becca on March 27th, please sign up here.
Contact us to book a vocal lesson, or FREE choir taster, with our team of wonderful vocal tutors.
YMM Live! Student Takeover!
From our living room to yours... YMM Live! Today's cafe concert shares performances from our guitar and brass students.
Contact us to book in a guitar, or brass lesson, or a FREE taster of any of our guitar,z brass groups.
YMM Live! with Becca Wilkins
This week we feature choir accompanist and vocalist, Becca Wilkins singing the classic "Life on Mars", by David Bowie.
If you have been inspired to join one, or all of Becca's ear training workshops, please sign up here.
Contact us to book a vocal lesson, or FREE choir taster, with our team of wonderful vocal tutors.
YMM Live! with Joe Bickerstaff
Weekly Cafe Concerts from our living room to yours. Join our tutors every Saturday from 10.50am for a live performance.
This week we feature choir accompanist and pianist, Joe Bickerstaff, playing his rendition of Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" in celebration of the gorgeous weather today!
Joe talks about using the melody to improvise, something that our students worked on with Becca Wilkins before half-term in our Introduction to Improvising workshop.
Sign up here for the FREE "What Am I Hearing?" workshops with Becca Wilkins. Your ears will thank you!
Contact us to book a piano lesson with Joe, or another of our team of brilliant piano tutors.
Children's Mental Health Week - Express Yourself!
Supporting the mental health of our young people through music, free expression and cultivating an inclusive community, is at the heart of what we do at YMM.
During Children's Mental Health Week, we are sharing celebrations of all that music can do to support good mental health.
We have compiled a list of resources to help young people and their parents with their mental health, particularly through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Quoted articles from today's concert:
YMM Live! with Becca Wilkins
Weekly Cafe Concerts from our living room to yours. Join our tutors every Saturday from 10.50am for a live performance.
This week we feature choir accompanist and vocalist, Becca Wilkins singing the gorgeous, Fields of Gold, by Sting.
If you have been inspired to join the Introduction to Improvising workshop, please sign up here.
Contact us to book a vocal lesson, or FREE choir taster, with our team of wonderful vocal tutors.
YMM Live! with Joe Bickerstaff
Weekly Cafe Concerts from our living room to yours. Join our tutors every Saturday from 10.50am for a live performance.
This week we feature piano tutor, Joe Bickerstaff and the music of Henry Mancini.
Contact us to book pianos lessons with Joe or any of our amazing tutors!
YMM Live! with Becca Wilkins
Weekly Cafe Concerts from our living room to yours. Join our tutors every Saturday from 10.50am for a live performance.
This week we feature choir accompanist and vocalist, Becca Wilkins using vocal processor technology to realise a performance of Madison McFerrin's Learn Your Lesson, using just her voice!
Contact usto book a vocal lesson, or FREE choir taster, with our team of wonderful vocal tutors.
YMM Live! with Joe Bickerstaff: relax and breathe...
Weekly Cafe Concerts from our living room to yours. Join our tutors every Saturday from 10.50am for a live performance.
This week we feature piano tutor, Joe Bickerstaff taking us through some relaxing improvisation, using notes we will give him.
This is your time to relax and breathe...
Contact us to book pianos lessons with Joe or any of our amazing tutors!
Malcolm Abbs, thank you!
We say goodbye to Malcolm Abbs after 37 years of service as a YMM woodwind tutor and director of Adult Instrumental for some 25 years! Have a lovely, long and happy retirement.
Adult Instrumental play "Cafe Society", by Malcolm Abbs.
Video credits to Rod Paley and Tom Nettleship.
Thank you also to Alen and Gabriel who are leaving our set-up team, jazz and rock n pop ensembles after many years moving up through YMM. All the best in what are sure to be bright futures, full of adventure!