Ensembles & Groups
Joining a group or ensemble is a great way to develop your learning and perform with other musicians and in front of audiences. There are over 50 performing ensembles in Surrey for beginners and the experienced musician both youth and adults. These include area and county ensembles as well as youth and adult choirs.
Our music groups offer young people a chance to rehearse and perform with others, make new friends and improve their playing. Groups and ensembles rehearse once a week, and perform a number of times each year in schools and professional venues.
Local groups can also be found in at the Surrey Arts’ Ensembles Page or our partner Making Music’s website.
County ensembles
These groups and ensembles rehearse once a week and give regular concerts, performing a number of times each year in schools and professional venues. Many also go on overseas concert tours.
Woking Wind Orchestra
Surrey Arts provides two ensembles for experienced adult musician.
Apply online.
Together at Home for Arabic Speaking Children
Two online music ensembles – TAH for SEND is for young people aged 9 to 19 who attend Special Schools in Surrey.
TAH for Arabic Speaking Children is for young people aged 8 – 18 whose first language is Arabic.
For young vocalists there is the Surrey County Youth Orchestra and Youth Training Choirs as well as choirs for children with SEND. There are also choirs for carers as well as many community choirs across the county.
A new project launched by Surrey Music Hub to bring together professionals who work with, or have an interest in supporting newly arrived and vulnerable young people (for example, young asylum seekers, young refugees, young people who have been trafficked to UK) through the arts and music.
Running for over 40 years, dates for next year’s Easter Music Course will be available in February.
A chance to learn from some of the best musicians in the country or try an instrument in a short workshop.
Including orchestra taster workshops, singing workshops, guitar workshops and more.
A day of music opportunities in Leatherhead for all abilities – guitar workshop, DJ workshop and UP! Orchestra