About

Changing lives of children and young people, through music and the arts…

Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust was established as an Independent Charitable Company in 2012, after 40 years trading as the former Local Authority Music Service.

Leader of the Music Hub for Northamptonshire and Rutland, our core values are to ‘inspire, nurture and excel’ as we provide young people with musical and artistic opportunities.

We offer a range of enrichment programmes for schools and individuals of all ages around the county. Our highly talented team of teachers are able to provide teaching on musical instruments at every school in the county. We offer a full range of instruments and musical styles and currently teach 15,000 students in ‘First Access’ – whole class instrumental lessons or small groups.

There are 9 Saturday Music and Performing Arts Centres at venues around the county. The centres are open to everybody and exist to provide an educational and fun environment for any young person interested in the Arts.

We run a programme of residential courses for young musicians and some of the County Ensembles. We also have an extensive programme of concerts and events throughout the year, including many regular fixtures in our calendar.

Northamptonshire is renowned for the high standard of its ensembles, with over 1,000 young musicians involved in our award-winning County Music and Drama Ensembles.

We are also the biggest provider of instrumental music lessons to individuals in the county. Lessons take place at our Kettering Road Music and Arts Centre in Northampton and at a variety of venues around Northamptonshire. Kettering Road is also the home for our Youth Theatre, Young Actors Company and ‘Little Stars’ programme of Early Years Music classes.