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 five years WMF has been able to offer this service to National Charities and to local Churches in order to raise funds for worthy causes. 
With the Festival continuing to grow 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 2009 five young musicians presented another concert to Longhirst Music Society and return visits were then made to Ulgham Church and to St Batholomews, Newbiggin-By-The-Sea, both in June and Save the Children Fund at St George’s URC in October 2009.
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 both their Christmas and Summer concerts in 2007, 2008 & 2009.
Five young instrumentalists have given recitals in the St George’s URC Lunchtime Concerts between September 2008 & October 2009 and several more young instrumentalists & singers will give a concert in December. 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.