Dorset Music Service charges and subsidies

Charges apply from 1 April 2024.

Parents and young people

Instrument hire
Item	Cost
Cello, double bass, French horn, violin, viola, classical guitar, clarinet, flute, horn (tenor), alto sax, cornet, trombone, trumpet	£60 per year
Baritone horn, oboe, piccolo, specialist clarinet, specialist sax, electric guitar, cor anglais, bassoon, euphonium, drum kit, tuba	£120 per year

Dorset Youth Jazz Orchestra

£50 membership fee per term

Subsidies

You must be registered with a Dorset school/academy to be eligible for these subsidies:

children who are eligible for free school meals get a 50% reduction on these charges
Looked After Children and Children in Care get free instrument hire (for one instrument)
Looked After Children and Children in Care get free music group membership
loans for specific purposes to partner schools can be discussed by arrangement

Find out about help with music fees from Dorset Music Service and how to apply.

Schools

VAT is payable for services delivered to non-Dorset maintained schools.

Specific arrangements can be made for specialist settings for example, specialist SEND settings and Learning Centres. Contact us to discuss your needs.

Music Hub membership 2024/25
Number of pupils on roll	Cost
0 to 125	£250 per year
126 to 400	£275 per year
401+	£300 per year

Subsidised Sing Up subscription 2024/25

A subsidised Sing Up subscription is only available to schools who have purchased Music Hub membership for 2024/25. The costs listed below are in addition to Hub membership.

Number of pupils on role	Cost
0 to 100	£62
101 to 250	£90
251+	£114

Classroom Instrumental Learning 2024/25

Programme (duration: 1 term per year)	Cost
Instruments only: class set of samba, ukuleles or recorders	£30
Instruments only: class set of woodwind, brass or string instruments	£60
Sessions led by a visiting musician: 1 class - this does not include the hire of a class set of instruments, if required	£500
Sessions led by a visiting musician: 2 classes - cost includes class sets of instruments	£795
Sessions led by a visiting musician: 3 classes - cost includes class sets of instruments	£945

Class set of instruments

(When hired separately to the Classroom Instrumental Learning programme)
Instruments	Cost
For example: a class set of djembe or taiko drums	£190 per term