Strings Final Highlights BBC Young Musician2020 Episode 5 of 6 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jqyp Ilai started his journey at YMC in Tanja Goldberg’s violin beginner group class in 2007. With just one place in this year’s semi-final left to play for, the focus is…

Ilai Avni – Finalist BBC Young Musician

We are very thrilled that our student, Ilai Avni who has been taught since his very first violin lesson at YMC by Tanja Goldberg, is a string finalist in the 2020 BBC Young Musician Competition which will be on television on March…

MESSAGE FROM STEPHEN WARNER,  CHAIR OF TRUSTEES. I have recently been elected as the Chair of Trustees of YMC, and wanted to take the opportunity to introduce myself, and to keep you informed of some other recent changes to the…

YMC 50th anniversary DVD is out !

Click here for preview of YMC 50th anniversary DVD The full DVD will be available for £10 in the new term (16th September). Please email Marina youthnusiccentre@btinternet.com to reserve your DVD _________________________________________________     “Bravissimo on a series of stunning…

YMC Celebrates 50th anniversay

YMC 50th anniversary 50 years of music making at Youth Music Centre. The Youth Music Centre is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary with a spectacular concert on 18th June 2017 at 6pm at St Jude-on-the-Hill in Hampstead Garden Suburb. YMC’s magnificent…

A tribute to Music teachers

“Teaching is probably the noblest profession in the world — the most unselfish, difficult, and honorable profession, but it is also the most unappreciated, underrated, underpaid, and under-praised profession in the world.” September 5th was World Teachers’ Day, and we…

Children’s brains develop faster with music training

Five-year USC study finds significant differences between kids who learned to play instruments and those who didn’t According to the study at University of Southern California, music instruction appears to accelerate brain development in young children. In particular the areas…