Festival Outreach
It is the aim of the Wansbeck Music Festival not only to provide a platform for young musicians within the Festival itself but also to offer an outreach programme to organisations, thereby taking our young performers to other venues in the Northumberland and Tyne & Wear areas.
Over the past six years WMF has been able to offer this service to National Charities and to local Churches in order to raise funds for worthy causes. 
We now have regular requests for this service to which, wherever possible, we are delighted to respond.
Concerts have taken place in aid of NSPCC, Northumbrian Air Ambulance Service, Save the Children Fund, Water Aid, and many local church charities between 2004 and 2007. Seven concerts were given during 2008 – our busiest year to date. In February 2011 five young musicians presented another concert to Longhirst Music Society, a return visit was made to Ulgham Church and to a new venue at Hepscott Village Hall in June 2010. Young Festival musicians also helped to entertain at the Mayor of Morpeth’s Tea in August and at the official opening of the new Registrar’s Facility in Morpeth Town Hall.
These concerts have involved numerous Class Winners in a purely voluntary service to the community. Performers have come not only from the Morpeth and Ashington area but also from Cramlington, Alnwick, Warkworth, Amble, Tyneside, Durham and Teeside.
The Festival has also provided young soloists to the Mid-Northumberland Chorus for their Christmas concert in 2010 and the forthcoming concert in December 2011.
Our 2011 winner of the Town Council Bursary is taking part in the St George’s URC Lunchtime Concert series in November 2011 and others are due to appear both in December 2011 and in 2012. Individual younger musicians have also performed in several local Residential & Care Homes.
Anyone interested in this Outreach work should contact the Chairman Mrs Gillian Irvine (tel 01670 515870) for further details. Wherever possible and practicable the Festival is pleased to assist Charities and local Churches in their fund-raising efforts.