Music Service - events
Rochdale Music service bands and choirs regularly play and
sing and are available for hire for concerts, weddings,dinners in
and around Rochdale. They have played as far afield
as Italy, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Austria and The
Ukraine.
Rochdale Youth Festival
Rochdale Festival of Music, Speech and Dance is held at the
Music Centre in March every year.
- Competitive and non–competitive classes
- Instrumental solo up to full bands
- classical to jazz and rock and pop
- solo speech and dance up to large ensemble pieces.
Ages for entrance range from year 1 up to year 13 and all
classes are arranged by year group.
Every entrant receives a certificate after they have played and
in the competitive classes, medals and trophies may be won.
After the festival is over, there is a concert featuring a broad
range of the best entrants and trophies are presented to both
individuals and ensembles.
For more details, contact the Festival Organiser at Rochdale
Music Centre.
"Christmas Cracker" concerts
Every year we organize our “Christmas Cracker” concerts,
involving all the Music Centre ensembles and the Primary Schools
Orchestra , the three concerts being spread over one weekend in
December.
North West Regional Festival of Music for
Youth
Every year we host the North West Regional Festival of Music for
Youth in Rochdale Town Hall and we are represented at the National
Festival on a regular basis by a number of our ensembles and
choirs.