Why Every musician should sing; The power to unlock your musical potential

Annual solo platform has 20 performers and a world class adjudicator.

The Concert band and Senior String Ensemble travels to central Spain in August, giving three concerts in fantastic venues and receiving rapturous reception.

Dark Peak raises £15,000 for a professional grand piano in Victoria Hall.

Dark Peak Music Turns 25 October of this year marks 25 years since the start of the Dark Peak Music Foundation. Over the years, we have grown from one small ensemble (Glossop Wind Band) into an organisation which stretches across Glossopdale and beyond, offering a wide variety of ensembles and other musical opportunities to over 200 children, young people and (through the Orchestra of the Peaks) adults too. Throughout this year we have been running a series of events and pro

Are you a player of an orchestral instrument .... join our community orchestra and start on a new musical adventure.

Celebrating 25 years, the Dark Peak Music Foundation remains a leading example of sustained, high-quality youth music provision in a regional setting.

The Dark Peak Concert Band receives the top honour of being invited to perform on the most famous stage in the world.

Two fun and interactive music classes for children aged 4 and up based on the established music education methods of Dalcroze Eurhythmics an

Our choir for young voices welcomes all children with unbroken voices, and provides the opportunity to explore a variety of music in a fun a

Music Theory as a key tool in understanding what we play and listen to

We run two regular weekly orchestras which provide the opportunity for strings, wind, brass and percussion to work together exploring the...

Our string ensembles are structured on three levels ranging from the Junior Strings for children at the very earliest stages of learning, through the Intermediates and ultimately to the Senior String Ensemble Each ensemble is led by one or more of our experienced team of professional directors, each of whom is an expert in working with children at different levels of their musical development. Progression to the highest standard Progression between string groups is by recomme

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