Yamaha Music School
Our Yamaha Music School at Matrix Arts Centre was established in 1989. The Yamaha Music Education System offers a set of creative and engaging music courses with playing the piano at the centre of the learning, carefully designed for each stage of development. Learning in groups is at the heart of this comprehensive system of music education.
Children can join the programme between the ages of 2 and 7. The entry course for each age group is listed below. They can then continue onto our extension courses - see the chart at the bottom of this page which shows the course progression - and a Junior Extension Course video. You may also enjoy exploring our News and Events to see some performances and compositions by our students.
Entry Courses
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Apple Music
2 year olds
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Music Wonderland
3 year olds
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Junior Music Course
4 and 5 year olds
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Junior Fundamental Course
6 and 7 year olds
Extension Courses - the next stages
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Junior Extension Course
Course length: 2 years
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Junior Advanced Course
Course length: 2 years
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Advanced Extension Course
Course length: 3 years
Course progression
You can join our courses at any time between the ages of 2 and 7
New courses start every April and November
“At Matrix, I learned to love music in all its forms. I formed connections with peers through group lessons and ensemble playing, learned to listen to music in a way that sparked my imagination, and discovered how to express myself through composition.
I found the Yamaha Music Course at Matrix accessible and inspiring, and Matrix itself is a wonderful place to learn, setting me up for a life-long positive relationship with music. It’s thanks to this that music forms a large part of my life now: I compose music for piano, write and perform pop music, and am doing a music degree at the University of Oxford, and I find that I’m using skills I learned at Matrix in everything I do!”