We recently attended the annual Devon Music Education Conference where we showcased our All Together Now project, and we’ve been delighted with the response from professionals in the sector. The event at Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre was hosted by the Devon and...
Schools
A triumphant Apple Day in Okehampton
27 Oct
On Thursday 26 October Amy and Jon hosted an afternoon of free activities to celebrate Apple Day 2023. Despite the forecast of heavy rain, the event was well attended by families who were keen to get stuck in to the different songs, games and tasks. We began with the...
Rousing finale to Songs of the Exmoor Forest project
14 Jul
Forty young people from three Exmoor primary schools came together for a concert at Simonsbath Festival – a rousing finale to a six-week project with Wren Music. The children from Exford First School, Cutcombe First School, and Timberscombe First School worked with...
Teaching a new generation of oral historians
20 Jun
Wren Music have been working with schoolchildren in Sidmouth as part of a project which will see a collection of new songs performed at the Sidmouth Folk Week in August. Our oral historian, Marilyn Tucker, spent two sessions with Year 3 and Year 4 children at Sidmouth...
Exmoor children get ready to release their voices
11 May
Wren Music have been invited to run the 2023 Exmoor Songs Project, which will culminate in children from three local schools singing in a concert at Simonsbath Festival on 19 June. For six weeks in May and June, two of our professional musicians, Jon Dyer and Paul...
Bideford College Enrichment Week
28 Mar
Wren musicians Paul Wilson and Jon Dyer with freelance musician Viva Boyer brought their own brand of music magic to Enrichment Week at Bideford College providing a folk experience for 300 young teenagers. Students in year 7 had the opportunity to try a range of...
Cultural Recovery Grant Awarded!
19 Nov
Wren Music is delighted to announce we have received £30,000 in the third round of the government's Cultural Recovery Fund! More than £100 million has been awarded to hundreds of cultural organisations across the country in the latest round of support from the Culture...
Our new website!
17 May
Welcome to our brand new website! Here you can explore everything that Wren Music does with music and communities, meet the team, and explore our upcoming events. The website is perfect for those looking to learn more about what we do, and provides useful, up to date,...