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Junior Concert - Amey Theatre Sunday 19 June

The Junior Concert is for our Junior Music Course, Junior Fundamental Course and Junior Extension Course students. The rehearsal and concert will take place at the Amey Theatre, Abingdon School on Sunday 19 June and you will have had the rehearsal timings through via email already. Tickets will be available from the office after the half term.

CONCERT SONG

We are singing 'Come and Play With Me' - if you can't find this at home, here it is on youtube: https://youtu.be/edOnP7DOR94

Senior Concert - Sunday 5th December 2021 Oxford Town Hall

We were so pleased to finally be able to hold a concert again!

Pictured: the finale - the song 'Summit Meeting on the Rainbow', enjoyed by students from JMC to graduates.

Virtual Art Exhibition

VIRTUAL EXHIBITION by the children in our KS2 Visual Arts Course.
The end of the online summer term was marked by a virtual concert and now we have an art exhibition - at least one exhibit from each child.
LIFE CONTINUES - hurrah!

View the gallery on facebook

Virtual Concert July 2020

We were delighted to continue supporting music education throughout lockdown. Here is a video of a few children's performances from the Yamaha Music School, starting with a 4-year old from book 1 of JMC, through to those who have graduated from the courses.

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During this period we received many appreciative messages. Here are a few:

2019: 30th Anniversary Concert, Oxford Town Hall, November '19

A selection of photos from our very successful 30th anniversary concert!
Photos: Lisa June Rose Photography

Junior Concert & Young Composers Concert Amey Theatre June 2019

Lorraine Chapman writes:

"The Matrix Annual Junior Concert on 16^th June 2019 was my first since joining the team in November 2018, and it was such an exhilarating experience, from 9am when I turned up to help the team set up and go through the rehearsals, to 5pm when we finally cleared the building.

Apple photoshoot

Some beautiful pictures taken of our Apple Course for children aged 2 years old (and their adult).

We are very grateful to Lisa June Rose Photography for her beautiful photographs.

Matrix is 30! A potted history

It's difficult to believe we opened our doors 30 years ago! We have had and will have more events to celebrate this significant birthday.

Click here to order a specially designed 30th anniversary T shirt!

30th anniversary concert at Oxford Town Hall

Highlights of 30 years at Matrix Arts Centre:

Matrix features in Music Teacher magazine! April 2019

We are proud to report that Yamaha's Junior Music Course features in this month's Music Teacher magazine!

The article focuses on the benefits of JMC - especially the creative aspects, and tells the story of two graduates of JMC, now composing and performing musicians. One of these is our very own Sarah Jenkins with teacher Lindsay MacKenzie.

The featured photo is the performers' curtain call at last year's National Young Composers' Concert, hosted by us at the Amey Theatre, Abingdon School - lots of Matrixers to spot!

Self-regulation: presentation by Alison Baker March 2019

Matrix teachers were treated to an introduction on 'Self-Regulation' by Alison Baker, practitioner and Matrix parent.
This approach is a growing phenomenon - notably with great success in Canadian schools - and dovetails perfectly with the Yamaha principles of developmentally appropriate music education. We hope that you will appreciate some subtle changes to benefit teachers, parents and students all!

Graphic: Self Reg for Parents.pdf