Chiswick Saturday Music Centre (CSMC) is currently closed for half term but opens again on Saturday, 8th November. 

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In the meantime, we are delighted to report that Waitrose in Chiswick has relaunched its Green Token promotion and that CSMC has been chosen as one of the first local charities to benefit from the scheme. So please visit Waitrose in Chiswick and add your tokens to our box.

 

As we look forward to the second half term, limited places are available for music lessons on guitar and drums, so why not come and join us.

 

Click here to book a trial lesson.

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Terms dates for the Autumn 2025 term are:

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   Half term:               25th Oct and 1st Nov

   Second half:             8th Nov to 13th Dec.

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Our Christmas Concert will be on Saturday 13th Dec. 2025

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The full list of term dates for the 2025 / 2026 academic year can be found under 'Where & When' on the menu above or by clicking here. ​

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​We are very excited to welcome Sally Aiko Dando to the teaching team. Sally is taking over from Lucy Ruuskanen teaching violin, viola and piano. Click here to see Sally's profile.

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A new academic year always brings lots of turnover of students, and so we do have a few spaces still available for lessons. We need your help getting the word out about us - to your schools, friends and neighbours! We have flyers - both printed and as an email attachment - if you would like some to help with this. As a reminder, we offer all of the following: violin, viola, piano, drums, guitar (classical/jazz/bass/electric), ukulele, recorder, flute, clarinet, saxophone, music theory, singing. We also cater for adults as well as children. If you are interested in starting or continuing your musical journey then please email us at info@chiswicksaturdaymusic.org.uk or click on this link and complete the form to request a trial lesson.

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A key part of everyone’s musical learning is playing music with others. It’s fabulous fun and a great way to grow as a musician. Please get in touch if you would like to join one of our groups – they’re free if you also have an individual lesson.  Currently we run:​
 

• Rock Group:                9:40 for 40 mins

• Junior Music Group    9:50 for 30 mins

• Joe’s Rock Group:     10:20 for 40 mins

• Jazz Rock:                  10:20 for 40 mins

• Guitar Group:              11:15 for 30 mins

• Violin Ensemble:         11:15 for 30 mins

• Woodwind Group:      11:15 for 40 mins
   

It’d be great to start up other groups too – Singing Group perhaps?

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Over the next couple of weeks you will start to get some fee requests from Naheed - as ever, it makes her task so much easier with prompt payments. But also, please do get in touch if you need to arrange a payment plan. We are keeping our prices the same as last year, which we hope will be welcome news for you all.

As a committee, we're all volunteers helping out alongside our normal day jobs etc. As such, we could do with some extra support! We're particularly interested in the following:

• help with the Finances

• help with Safeguarding

• help on Saturdays, with setup (9 am+), coffee break (11 am) and closedown (12:45)

 

Lastly - there are a bunch of great photos from our summer concert on our website for you to enjoy. Just click gallery, or navigate here: https://www.chiswicksaturdaymusic.com/gallery​​​​

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​​​​​CSMC Committee