CPD

Durham Music Service offers a wide range of training sessions designed to help you develop an engaging music curriculum. The school-based sessions can be booked as one-offs or in a series across the school year. Each session is one hour and can take place after school or during the school day for whole staff training or designated teachers. In addition to our listed CPD programmes, we offer fully bespoke sessions.

195 per hour

Charanga

First Steps

Has your school recently decided to use Charanga? Have you had it for a while but not yet
got to grips with it? This session will get you started!

Next Steps

Are you getting the best from Charanga? Using the fabulous resources Charanga has to
offer, we will take you through a range of fun and creative practical activities for you to try in
your own classrooms.

Music Skills

First Steps

Fun musical activities you can use in your classes straightaway. Learn key musical
vocabulary and develop your own musical skills and knowledge.

Next Steps

Developing skills using a variety of musical techniques: Compose, improvise and use
notations from traditional “dots” to less traditional squiggles!

Early Years

First Steps

Introduction to Early Years Music: Choosing appropriate repertoire and planning a session.
The training will include lots of practical ideas to use straightaway in your settings.

Next Steps

Embedding music throughout your Early Years settings. Music for transition times, ideas for
child-initiated learning in music and an introduction to Musical Development Matters.

Singing Skills

First Steps

A fun and practical first session. Warm-ups and songs to use throughout the school. Suitable for both those with some musical knowledge or staff with no prior background in leading singing in school.

Next Steps

Building on your staff singing skills; how to sing in parts and take singing in your school to the
next level! Repertoire to use throughout the school year.

Musical Progression - Music Coordinator

NB: These may require more than one visit

First Steps

Review your Whole School Music Plan, know your strengths and plug any gaps.

Next Steps

Using the DMS Progress Map the Model Music Curriculum across your school to ensure
continued musical progression for all your learners.

Music Technology - Getting the most out of your school Ipads and Laptops

First Steps

Learn to use your school laptops and Ipads to create music and capture pupils’ creativity.
This CPD course is designed to help you become more confident and familiar with user-friendly music technology software.

Next Steps

Using Music Technology with the DMS Progress Map/Model Music Curriculum. Help to progress your pupils with arranging, composition and recording by expanding your knowledge of the software and apps covered in our First Steps session.

More advanced CPD is available for software such as Logic, Cubase, Cakewalk and Reason.
Contact us to find out more

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Latest

DMS Big Play Showcase

Durham Music Service is very excited to announce that we will be holding a DMS Big Play Showcase this term. The event is an exciting opportunity to celebrate our fantastic Stars music groups and will take place on Monday 17th June at The Glow.
Rehearsal for DMS Stars Big Play Concert

This is a rehearsal for Mrs Thompson's pupils who are involved in the DMS Stars Concert on 17th June 2024.
DMS Youth Voice Solo Performance Showcase

Durham Music Service Youth Voice Committee presents our first ever 'Solo Performance Showcase'. Do you sing or play an instrument? We have decided to create an event to allow you to come along and perform any piece of your choosing. This can be any level and can be accompanied or just you playing on your own. If you're a singer in a band at school, bring them along too!
Trinity rock and pop exams week commencing 15th July 2024

Trinity music exams held at Ushaw College, Durham. Deadline for completing this registration and making payment is the 3rd of May 2024. Please DO NOT PAY via the website, you must call the office to make payment. Once entry is completed please make payment within 3 working days by calling the DMS office on 03000 262368. Any entries after this date will not be included. Please ensure all details are correct before submitting as the exam board use them and they cannot be corrected afterward

Tiny Fingers

For your youngest learners in EYFS, we provide fun and engaging music sessions to develop musical skills and relationships through musical games, songs and rhymes. The sessions focus on aspects of musical learning and development as detailed in Musical Development Matters: Hearing and Listening; Vocalising and Singing; Moving and Dancing and Exploring and Playing.
SEND

Musical activity gives powerful, validating, multi-sensory and kinaesthetic experiences to children with SEND, supporting the development of the whole child.
Little Fingers

Little Fingers is a programme designed for your young learners in KS1 and can build on musical learning and development from the Tiny Fingers programme. Musical skills are learnt through singing games and rhymes, and by developing children’s confidence in using untuned percussion instruments.
First Access

Every child can explore the magic of instrumental learning as part of the First Access scheme. These programmes introduce pupils to instrumental learning in a fun and inclusive way. They are carefully designed to develop pupils’ love of, confidence and progress in music, while also enhancing their personal and educational development as a whole.
Progression

To make the very best of your First Access programme, Durham Music Service has created several pathways for progression to choose from that best suit the needs of your pupils
Singing in Schools

Durham Music Service supports safe singing following the latest government advice. Singing together is a great way to learn about music, bring your school community together and to support wellbeing for students and staff.
Rock and Pop

Whether you are looking to create a whole class rock band, bring a rock gig to your school hall, or compose your own school anthem, Durham Rocks can help. With opportunities to learn instrumental skills through our First Access programmes, expert guidance to develop a rock choir or band, and bespoke composition and music production options in our song writing and music technology courses, we have programmes to get your school rocking!
DMS Virtual

Recent times have shown that creativity can continue and thrive online! Durham Music Service is delighted to enhance our face-to-face delivery with an exciting range of virtual musical opportunities. DMS Partners (schools who subscribe to our in-school provision beyond their subsidy) receive substantial discounts on DMSV.