Making music accessible and fun for all in primary schools

February 19th, 2021 | 1 min read

After many months of home-school and online learning, we want to help and support teachers in providing a safe, vibrant and active learning environment back in school – no screens needed! Our pInstruments are safe to use in schools and completely sustainable too. Zero carbon emissions but infinite fun; and absolutely no prior brass experience required!

Warwick Music Group has a long and successful track record of supporting primary schools to make music accessible and fun. Below are just a few of the successful projects we’ve run in primary schools.

The award winning pBuzz is aimed at Key Stage 1 students and is the easiest way for children to start their brass journey.

Year 2 pupils at Annie Lennard Primary School had just four sessions learning pBuzz before performing to parents.

"Music makes me happy and I like playing music with my friends."

We gave a set of pBone minis to a class of seven and eight year-olds for ten weeks. This short film looks from the class teacher's perspective at the benefits of the pBone mini project, ran at Wheelock Primary school in partnership with Music for Life.

Pear Tree Primary School held a Brass event for the whole school where each class got to play on a pBone, pTrumpet and pBuzz. At the end of the day the whole school played a joint piece on all the pInstruments. 5 hours, 80 pBuzzes, 65 pBone Minis, 35 pTrumpets and 70 pBones later – the whole of Pear Tree Primary were on track with their brass-playing journey. Read more about this project

Ninety 8-9 year old children at Frederick Bird Primary School in Coventry embarked on a ten week course of class music lessons learning the pBone and pTrumpet. Read more about this project

"Music is important to me because it makes me feel good.”

Warwick Music Group have a dedicated team of Education Professionals who have been invited to schools to run successful projects and are looking forward to being able to do so again once the Covid pandemic restrictions allow.

If you’d like to fill your assembly hall and classrooms with the joy of music in the summer term and beyond, please reach out and let us know how we can help. It might be useful for those OfSted Music Deep Dives as well!

Julie Fews

Since graduating from University with a BA (Hons) in Music and Business Management and a PGCE in Primary Education, Julie has gathered over 20 years experience in primary education having worked as a classroom teacher, governor and deputy head of schools in the Midlands. Julie is also an accomplished brass musician, holding principal positions with top section brass bands performing in Europe, UK, USA and Australia.

From 2010 – 2018 Julie lived with her family in Sydney, Australia. During this time Julie combined her passion for music and education by taking the position as Primary School Band Director. Over seven years under her direction, Julie developed an inclusive band program that doubled in size, winning numerous prestigious awards and competitions including ‘Commitment to Musical Excellence’. When her own children started school she took an active role in the Parents and Community Association, this takes the role of both the PTA and Board of Governors in Australia.

In 2016 Julie was elected P&C President, equivalent to Chair of Governors and was commended in the NSW Parliament for her effort, commitment and achievements. Julie is enthusiastic about the benefits to children of all abilities in learning and performing music and in 2017 she became Education Consultant for WMG in Australia where she successfully launched the pBuzz program. Julie secured strategic agreements with national and local distribution partners for pInstruments including School Bands Australia and Taylormade Music. Since moving back to the UK, Julie continues to work for WMG in her current role as publishing manager for Warwick Music Publishing.