Delivering high quality music education across the Humber Region
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The Humber Music Hub Vision
The Humber Music Hub is a partnership of schools, local authorities, community groups, music organisations, industry and more, coordinated by the Hub Lead Organisation (HLO) Hull Music Service. The Humber Music Hub will deliver and support high quality music education for children and young people within the Humber region.
Central to the success of the Hub is the partnership between the three strategic partners;
East Riding School's Music Service
Hull Music Service
North Lincolnshire Music Service
Nationally, the 43 new Hub Lead Organisations share more than £76 million annually to coordinate music education in every local area through strategic partnerships. This programme is now in its second academic year.
In 2024/25, Hubs also received an additional £25 million to invest in new musical instruments, equipment and technology, including instruments for children and young people with special education needs or disabilities.
All of this investment, alongside funding from a variety of other sources (local authorities, schools, families, partners, charities and trusts), enables Hubs to deliver music lessons in schools (whole class, small group, individual, ensembles and projects and more) It also enables them to provide out of school music making opportunities in a wide range of genres, in music centres, youth centres and other settings, as well as training and support for their staff, teachers in schools and staff of partner organisations.
To see what’s happening across the Humber Music Hub and with our partner organisations, please visit our hub calendar. Follow the link below for upcoming events, opportunities, and key dates.
Music Hubs are expected to deliver against three aims:
- To support schools and other education settings to deliver high quality music education
- To support young people to further develop their musical interests and talent, including into employment.
- To support all children and young people to engage with a range of musical opportunities in and out of school.
- Partnerships
Take a leading role in building a sustainable, local infrastructure for high-quality music education and music-making, in partnership with schools, early years and other education providers, community music organisations, and other regional and national youth music organisations and industry. - Schools
Support all state-funded schools in their area through ongoing relationships that help them to deliver high-quality music education – including a quality curriculum support offer, specialist tuition, musical instruments, and ensembles – and a broad range of progression routes and musical experiences for all pupils. - Progression and Musical Development
Support children and young people to develop and progress with music, including into national or specialist opportunities, higher education and employment, so that the chance to be involved in high-quality music-making is shared more widely in our society. Music Hubs should support children and young people to access the wider world of music, including live performance and community music. - Inclusion
Drive broad access to music education, so every child has the opportunity to participate,
irrespective of their circumstances, background, location or their special educational needs or disabilities. - Sustainability
The strategic, financial, and operational sustainability of each Music Hub will be ensured by; appropriate charging and remissions policies; leveraging DfE funding to develop wider investment into young people’s music from a range of sources and revenue streams; supporting a dynamic and well-trained workforce; being accountable and transparent by publishing plans, needs analysis and impact data; and acting on the Hub’s environmental responsibilities.
The Humber Music Hub is overseen by an independently Chaired Regional Hub Board.
Each Local Authority Area has a Music Advisory Group whose Chairs sits on the Regional Board alongside other key partners, stakeholders and individuals.
Humber Music Board Members:
Elle Douglas The Warren Youth Project
Nicola Dixon East Riding Arts Development Officer
Alison Grantham Maybury Primary School
Richard Grantham East Riding Concert Orchestra
Andrew King University of Hull (Chair)
Sally Russell John Leggott College
Nigel Taylor Beats Bus
Rosalind Taylor Retired School Senior Leader
Delma Tomlin National Centre for Early Music
James Trowsdale NE Lincs Council Strategic Lead Culture
Dan Watts Disability Arts Network
For Board Terms of Reference see Policies
Lead Schools will:
- Help schools across the region to make music teaching better.
- Look for new and better ways for teachers to support each other and work together
- Help Humber Music Hub identify what schools need and to enable schools to work more collaboratively and successfully with the Hub.
Humber Music Hub Lead Schools:
Canon Peter Hall CofE Primary School Immingham
Frederick Gough School Scunthorpe
Frederick Holmes School Hull
Holme Valley Primary School Scunthorpe
Humberston Academy Grimsby
Laceby Acres Academy Grimsby
Maybury Primary School Hull
Sir John Nelthorpe School Brigg
Sirius Academy North Hull
The Humber Music Hub is committed to providing inclusive music making and supporting our more vulnerable children and young people.
This website holds policies and documentation covering areas such as Remission, EDI and Safeguarding (see policies below)
The Humber Music Hub is committed to high quality teaching and learning. This will be central to all partnership arrangements. This website hold the Hub’s Quality Assurance Framework and associated documentation. (see policies below)
Partnership is at the heart of the Humber Music Hub. This website will publish a list of the local, regional and national partners who will be working to provide high quality music education for our children and young people.
Around the Humber Region:
ERSMS is based at the Hexagon Music Centre in Beverley, where there are lots of bands, ensembles, orchestras and activities to join. These include string groups, windbands, ERock, youth orchestra, kaleidoscope, youth jazz collective, percussion ensemble and guitar ensemble.
Contact: East Riding School's Music Service: 01482 392680 / schools.music@eastriding.gov.uk / FB East Riding Music Hub
HMS is based at the Albemarle Music Centre, (next to Hull Truck Theatre), and provides a full range of ensembles and activities including wind bands, string groups, youth orchestra, jazz ensemble, jazz camp, soul band, choir, "Monday Mayhem," percussion ensembles, DJing, studio sessions, hip hop, creative spaces (rock bands), city of hull youth band, theory, and generation steel pans. We also host our local centre for advanced training (CAT) Yorkshire Young Musicians every Sunday.
Contact us 01482 318800 / music.service@hullcc.gov.uk / X @hullmusichub / FB The Albemarle Music Centre / IG hullmusichub
Contact: 01482 613876 / info@nelmusichub.org.uk / X @NELMusicHub / FB NEL Music Hub / IG nelmusichub
North Lincolnshire Music is one of the three strategic partners for the Humber Music Hub
The Music Centre in North Lincolnshire delivers activities in the Baths Hall and Frederick Gough School in Scunthorpe, as well as Sir John Nelthorpe School, Brigg. There are lots of exciting opportunities to get involved with including Taiko, Rock & Pop and NL Juniors.
Contact: 01724 296039 / music@northlincs.gov.uk / X @NorthLincsMusic / FB North Lincolnshire Music / IG northlincsmusic
For Enquiries about the Humber Music Hub email admin@humbermusichub.com
To sign up for the 2026 SPRING Regional HEROS Youth Orchestra Course CLICK HERE
