About Haringey Music Service

• What we do
• Our mission
• Meet the team
• Office hours

HMS coordinates individual, group and whole class instrumental and vocal music tuition in Haringey schools. 

We work with a highly skilled and carefully vetted team of over 150 freelance teachers, most of whom are also performing musicians. We give our students opportunities to perform locally, regionally and around the world, developing their skills and experience. 

HMS runs the Haringey Young Musicians programme of music ensembles which are open to anyone of school age living in or attending school in Haringey. These groups meet weekly for 10 weeks per term and give at least one public performance. 

Our HYM groups meet at three venues spaced across our borough.

• HYM Hornsey
• HYM Tottenham
• HYM Vox

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We strongly believe that every child is entitled to a stimulating, challenging and accessible educational experience in music. Our young people are nurtured and encouraged to build on their musical ability and experiences, and strengthen their:

• skills
• knowledge
• understanding 
• appreciation of music as an art form

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

Haringey Music Service wants to create and maintain equity in music education for all children, young people, teachers and our community. We endeavour to embed equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do. We are fully committed to furthering our work on EDI, and have produced a working strategy that can be viewed here:

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan (PDF, 381KB)

Haringey Music Education Hub

Haringey Music Service (HMS) is the lead partner of the Haringey Music Education Hub, which receives funding from Arts Council England. The Hub is also a member of Music-8-London, a partnership of 8 neighbouring hubs, working together to share good practice and explore musical opportunities for children and young people.

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• Head of Service: Daniel Earley
• Deputy Head of Service: Nick Walker
• Primary Music Specialist: Catty Alberman
• Activities and Development Officer: Abi Munson
• Office Manager: Janette Sylvester
• Administrator: Beatriz McCarron
• Head of Strings: Phoebe Lydbrook
• Head of Woodwind, Brass & Percussion: Christopher Stripp
• WCIT Guitar Leader: James Longworth

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Our office hours are Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4.30pm during school terms.

Please note, our offices receive a high volume of phone calls throughout the day. If you are unable to get through, please try again later or email us at hms@haringey.gov.uk

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