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About the Centre
The Tippett Music Centre (TMC) is Lambeth’s flagship Saturday Music Centre, with over 350 members. It has become so popular that many classes now have waiting lists. TMC has a talented team of 20 music teachers and 4 pastoral staff managed by Dawne Adams and the LMS office. It also has a great café for parents and carers. |
TMC is for beginners and experienced musicians from 0 to 18, in or out of Lambeth. While there is a progressive programme of music education, TMC offers prospective students many exciting choices, divided broadly into three categories:
- Beginner classes (providing an introduction to music and instruments)
- Instrumental lessons (in small groups with specialist teachers)
- Ensembles (groups for experienced musicians who learn an instrument and have reached the required standard)
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Reflecting Lambeth’s vibrant diversity, TMC caters for most orchestral instruments – string, brass, woodwind and percussion; keyboard, guitars, drums, voice, music technology/composition and Capoeira – a popular musical martial art from Brazil. Ensembles include string and wind orchestras, steel pans, samba, choirs, folk bands, djembe and rock/pop bands. |
Application process for new joiners (beginners or experienced)
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New students can join three times a year at the beginning of term, and spaces generally become available towards the end of each term. Complete the application form. Once you have submitted the form, you will be placed on a waiting list, and contacted when spaces become available.
Please note: Current TMC members can use the same form to request a change or to stop lessons |
Currently the following ensembles for musicians with experience have vacancies:
TMC Junior String Orchestra (grade 1 -2) yr 2 upwards 10:30 – 11:40
TMC Senior Orchestra (grade 2 upwards) yr 4 upwards 10:30 – 11:40
TMC Wind Band – Junior & Senior combined (grade 1 upwards) yr 2 upwards 10:30 – 11:40
Folk Band – 11:50 – 12:45
Choir 2 – yr 3 upwards 11:40 – 12:45 (no lessons required but a good voice is essential!)
Music Technology - 1:10 – 2:10 yr 9 upwards
Please note that students must already be having lessons on their instrument to join these groups.
Any queries regarding these groups, please email d.adams@lambethmusic.co.uk directly.
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Parent Pay
The new way to pay for your childs lessons. Please follow this link to the secure Parent Pay website and use the details on your invoice to pay for your childs lessons either by debit/credit card or via any shop that accepts PayPoint systems.
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PARENT CLASSES AT TMC!
Parent Guitar lessons:
These will be delivered as a group session by our Senior Instrument Tutor Oliver Bayley and will take place from 9.30-10.30 on Saturday mornings during term time.
YOU MUST PROVIDE YOUR OWN GUITAR!
Please note: Parent Classes can only be attended by parents whose children already attend the centre
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MXSing and MXPlay information for TMC students:
In order to give the children at TMC the best chance to develop their musical beginnings, we would now like to streamline the age groups and classes as well as add another new class *SING A SONG*. From September, our MX SING & MX PLAY class ages, will be as follows
MX SING 1 (9.30 – 10.30) RECEPTION MX SING 2 (10.30 – 11.30) YEAR 1
MX PLAY 1 (9.30 – 10.30) YEAR 2 MX PLAY 2 (10.30 – 11.30) YEAR 3
If your child starts in either MX SING 1 or MX PLAY 1, their progression within the Music Centre will be as follows:
MX SING 1  MX SING 2 MX PLAY 1 MX PLAY 2 Instrumental MX Classes (MX KEYS, MX BOOM, MX STRUM, MX WIND, MX STRINGS) SMALL GROUP INSTRUMENTAL LESSONS
(Children currently in either MX SING or MX PLAY will have been advised by their tutors as to which group to join this coming term)
*SING A SONG 9.00 – 9.30 This will be a new class and will start in September 2012. It will be the continuation class from Share a Song (originally infants & carers) for 3-4 yr olds. This class will be the first step to these children being in a music class without their parent or carer and will be taught by Adriana.
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Progression to the Centre for Young Musicians
The Centre for Young Musicians (CYM) is a London-wide Saturday music school based at Waterloo in Lambeth. Students who show particular promise on their instrument are invited to apply annually in March for entry in September.
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