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Chiltern Music Academy puts the play into playing and the passion into performance. Come and join in, and let your music out!

Tuesday June 23 – cancelled

Due to the expected extreme heat, CMA is cancelled on Tuesday 23 June – apologies for the inconvenience.

Opportunities coming up

Want to learn an instrument?

Find Your Forte – lessons and instrument included in the membership fee for a year (for children in year 3-6)

Starting September 2026

Wycombe High School

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This Week’s News

Win a box for 5 at the Royal Albert Hall!

A luxury box at the Royal Albert Hall; an unforgettable concert… the stuff of dreams?

It could be you! CMA’s fabulous Summer fundraising raffle is live.

You could win a box for 5 at the Royal Albert Hall, for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s Concert at 2.30pm on Saturday 19^th September. Programme to include Holst’s Planets Suite and Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

Tickets only £5 – available until 4^th July from Peoples Fundraising – full terms and conditions here.

Congratulations to our fabulous Senior Brass on their triumph at the Music For Youth National Festival – they have been invited to play at Birmingham Symphony Hall in July!

‘Wow, what a concert!’ ‘Breathtaking!’ ‘Two wonderful concerts, beautifully executed and hugely enjoyable’ – just a few of the comments from the delighted audiences at CMA’s 10th anniversary concerts.

CMA’s Concert Band have once again won the top Platinum Award at the National Concert Band Festival, consolidating their reputation as one of the leading youth bands in the UK.

Symphony Orchestra have been awarded a place in the National Festival of Music for Youth finals at Birmingham Symphony Hall in July.

‘It was a pleasure to be part of such a wonderful event – just amazing!’ – Mayor of High Wycombe Arif Hussain – Coronation Party, 2023

‘Thank goodness for CMA where so many experienced teachers guide students, from the very beginners to the most advanced!’

–Christine Rice, opera singer and CMA Patron

‘I am so proud of everything Chiltern Music Academy do.’

-Nicholas Daniel, oboist, conductor, BBC Young Musician of the Year 1980 and CMA Patron

‘It’s vital for local, talented string players to be able to explore and develop their natural musical gifts. CMA provides this education with wonderful creativity and passion.’

-Lawrence Power, viola virtuoso and CMA Patron