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Formed in 2006 by John Shaw & Jim Lomas, Blackpool Music School offers the community of Blackpool and the wider Fylde area the opportunity to learn to play a musical instrument at minimal cost.\u00a0The school offers affordable memberships for any age from 8 years upwards and provides training in the use of a variety music of musical instruments, including: keyboard, piano, saxophone, guitar, drums and ukulele as well as training for singing, music theory and more.<\/p>\n

They endeavour to keep their costs minimal, which allows them to offer value-for-money memberships for\u00a0those on low incomes, the\u00a0disabled,\u00a0young people from disadvantaged backgrounds,\u00a0children excluded from full-time education,\u00a0and children who are unable to cope with busy classrooms. Their friendly calm environments make it perfect for learning in an informal way, allowing members to embrace all the advantages that the therapy of music can provide.<\/p>\n

Their staff are a collection of talented, dedicated professional instructors and musicians who combine a love of music with a desire to help others who want to achieve their highest musical ambitions.\u00a0Their tutors are highly qualified music professionals, each with different teaching styles delivered in a very friendly way, making it the perfect place to learn an instrument. They offer group sessions and one-to-one sessions at the academy, as well as one-to-one sessions at home if members are disabled or unable to get to us.<\/p>\n

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Formed in 2006 by John Shaw & Jim Lomas, Blackpool Music School offers the community of Blackpool and the wider Fylde area the opportunity to learn to play a musical instrument at minimal cost.\u00a0The school offers affordable memberships for any age from 8 years upwards and provides training in the use of a variety music of musical instruments, including: keyboard, piano, saxophone, guitar, drums and ukulele as well as training for singing, music theory and more. They endeavour to keep their costs minimal, which allows them to offer value-for-money memberships for\u00a0those on low incomes, the\u00a0disabled,\u00a0young people from disadvantaged backgrounds,\u00a0children excluded… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[155,177,369],"class_list":["post-2072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-154","tag-155","tag-community","tag-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBlackpool Music School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Blackpool Music School, established in 2006, offers affordable music lessons to the community of Blackpool and the Fylde area. 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