Youth Music Centre
Music · Ages 5–8 · co-ed
Saturday beginner group violin, viola and cello for ages 5–8 in Hampstead Garden Suburb — a first year of strings before individual lessons.
About this club
Saturday beginner group violin, viola and cello for ages 5–8 in Hampstead Garden Suburb — a first year of strings before individual lessons.
- Beginner (group, runs for one year before progressing to individual lessons / orchestra) level
- Class size: Group class (number not stated
- Prepares for ABRSM (instrumental grade exams pathway)
- Established 1967
Learning overview
What your child will learn
- Strings group instrumental tuition (violin
- Viola
- Cello)
- What to bring
- free instrument hire for 1 year only under Starter Strings Programme
- External resources
- Provider website / booking platform
- Good to know
- Beginner group classes start every September and run for one year only, after which children move to introduction to orchestral playing class or individual lessons
Schedule
Available timesWeekends
British Summer TimeSaturday mornings, term time (music classes run every Saturday during term time between 8:30 and 13:00)
Bigwood House, Henrietta Barnett School, Bigwood Road, London NW11 7BD, Hampstead Garden Suburb, Barnet, North London
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Contact: 07717 533 395; henry@youthmusiccentre.uk
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