Somerset Music offers low cost instrument hire to children and young people across Somerset. Subsidised rates are available to those in maintained schools and academies across the county and additional subsidies are available to children and young people who are entitled to free school meals and/or children looked after.

Individuals

Schools

Those schools/settings participating in Whole Class Ensemble Tuition (WCET) is free for the first year.

SCC Maintained  Schools & Academies
Independent/Out of County Schools

Specialist and Commercial

Specialist instruments (for example – orchestral percussion) are available for hire. 

Please contact Somerset Music for further details.

Instrument Repair

Somerset Music offers an instrument repair service for schools/individuals. For more information on this please contact Sarah Alsop on 07976 696562 or by email salsop@somerset.gov.uk. Sarah is registered with the National Association of Musical Instrument Repairs

More information on instrument hire and repair