A full week of music learning, practice, composing and performing, with old friends and new.

We welcome you to the 77^th WMA Summer School of Music, which offers a unique mix of courses for singers, instrumentalists and composers alike.

Choose up to five courses of playing, singing and creating and get involved in extra activities too. There will also be a chance to perform in one of the daytime or evening entertainments.

Everyone's contribution is valued and every form of good live music is celebrated.

The School offers a full and varied range of courses and students are free to choose as many sessions as the timetable will allow for, making their week as intensive or as relaxed as they wish.

In addition to the daytime course sessions there is a busy programme of evening activities and social events.

What participants said about last year's Summer School

Cannot say just how wonderful this week has been for me. I feel I have made friends and connections with people who will become part of my musical, political and social “family”. Coming here on my own, for the first time, was daunting but I have been made to feel so welcome and at home.

I enjoyed the welcoming, relaxed atmosphere and openness to performing the presentations of courses and performances – the different genres made it so exciting.

WMA forever! Fantastic! Definitely will recommend to even more friends and family. This course/ WMA Summer School would be very beneficial.

The performances given by everyone have been inspirational. I feel inspired to bring so much more in terms of bass ability (bass guitar) to next year’s summer school. Playing in the Scratch Band has been the highlight of my year. Matt took the time to write out chord charts and tab breaks that made it possible for me to be part of a rock & roll band! To hear people saying that it was the best Scratch Band ever made me feel very proud. The opera was wonderful – a real credit to everyone taking part and organising – absolutely brilliant.

It’s good to see people succeeding at performance. Although the Summer School is not really dedicated to performance skills, the evening concerts and performances fosters improved control of a person’s nervousness.

It was lovely to see so many new students, and by the end of the week those who’d come by themselves had definitely made friends. A lovely atmosphere. I thought the performances were all great: not everyone has the same level of confidence, but the audience is always encouraging so nobody leaves the ‘stage’ without looking as if they’ve been uplifted.

Very good food, well prepared and presented with generous portions. Friendly and helpful catering staff. A huge thank you to them.

Beautiful setting. Lots of different rooms for the various groups. Wonderful acoustics in the Hall.

Thank you for the amazing opportunity of WMA summer school. I regularly organise events for young people so I fully understand the work and efforts you have all put in to deliver such an amazing event. I came with the expectation of not being able to do much but with the intention of learning as much as I could. My head is full! I have learnt so much and discovered so many other things that I now need to learn more about!!