SFE Conferences
Date: Between 10th – 13th July 2023
Venue: Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Services For Education’s Birmingham Youth Proms are a highlight in the musical year of Birmingham’s schools, bringing together more than 3,000 young instrumentalists and singers, aged 8 to 18.
These concerts will feature music from a variety of genres and are a culmination of the work SFE has been doing in schools and at ensemble centres throughout 2022-23. The concerts will have BSL interpretation.
List of ensembles and schools represented each night:
Monday 10th July - 7.00pm-9.00pm
- Birmingham Schools’ Symphony Orchestra
- Birmingham Schools’ Azaad Dhol Group
- Birmingham Schools’ Training Brass Band
- Birmingham Schools’ Training Guitar Ensemble
- Birmingham Schools’ Percussion Ensemble
Birmingham Schools’ Primary Choir featuring:
- Colmore Junior school
- Guardian Angels Primary School
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
- Slade Primary School
- Brookfields Primary
- West Heath Primary School
- Abbey Catholic Primary School
- Kings Norton Primary School
- Mere Green Primary School
Birmingham Schools’ Massed Ensemble featuring:
- St Mary’s C of E Selly Oak
- St Edward’s Catholic Primary School
- Whithouse Common Primary School
- KEVI Handsworth Grammar School
- St Francis C of E Primary School
- New Oscott Primary School Guitars
- St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School
- Mere Green Primary School Pans
- Birches Green Junior School
- Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School
- St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School
- Kings Norton Primary School
- Cockshut Hill School
- Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School Year 7 Ensemble
- Swanshurst School
Tuesday 11th July 7.00pm-9.00pm
- Birmingham Schools’ Brass Band
- Birmingham Schools’ Training Wind Orchestra
- Birmingham Schools’ Guitar Sinfonia
- Birmingham Schools’ Recorder Sinfonia
- Birmingham Schools’ Singers
Birmingham Schools’ Primary Choir featuring:
- Benson Community School
- Christ Church CE Primary School
- Hill West Primary
- Kings Heath Primary
- Ladypool Primary
- Oaklands Primary School
- Priestley Smith Special School
- St John Fisher Primary School
- Tiverton Academy
- Woodthorpe J&I School
- Bournville Village Primary School
- Mansfield Green E-ACT Primary Academy
Birmingham Schools’ Massed Ensemble featuring:
- Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School
- Bournville Village Primary School
- St Laurence Church Junior School
- Queensbridge School
- Mansfield Green E-ACT Academy
- Cofton Primary School
- St Mary’s C of E Primary Academy Handsworth
- St Cuthbert’s Primary School
- Archbishop Ilesley Catholic School
- UoB School
- KEVI Northfield School for Girls
- Dame Ellen Pinsent School
Wednesday 12th July 7.00pm-9.00pm
- Birmingham Schools’ Concert Band
- Birmingham Schools’ String Sinfonia
- Birmingham Schools’ Training Percussion Ensemble
- Birmingham Schools’ Guitar Ensemble
- Birmingham Schools’ Symphonic Brass
Birmingham Schools’ Primary Choir featuring:
- Barford Primary
- King Solomon Intenational Business School
- Lakey Lane Primary School
- Maryvale Catholic Primary School
- Minworth J+I school
- Penns Primary
- Severne Primary School
- St Matthew’s C of E Primary School
- The Oaks Primary School
- Wilson Stuart School
- St Laurence Church Junior School
- St Georges C of E Academy Newtown
Birmingham Schools’ Massed Ensemble featuring:
- Grendon Primary School
- Washwood Heath Academy
- King Edwards Sheldon Heath Academy
- St Francis C of E Primary School
- St Wilfred’s Catholic Primary School
- Featherstone Primary School
- Deanery C of E Primary School
- Swanshurst School
- Cherry Orchard Primary School
- Boldmere Junior School
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
- Abbey Catholic Primary School
- William Murdoch Primary School
- St Mary’s C of E Primary School (strings)
- Worlds End Junior School
- Waverley School
Thursday 13th July 7.00pm-9.00pm
Central Ensembles taking part tonight:
- Birmingham Schools’ Wind Orchestra
- Birmingham Schools’ Junior String Orchestra
- Birmingham Schools’ Raga and Tala
- Birmingham Schools’ Recorder Ensemble
- Birmingham Schools’ Steel Band
- Birmingham Schools’ Jazz Ensemble
Birmingham Schools’ Primary Choir featuring:
- Elms Farm
- Harborne Primary School
- Little Sutton primary
- Our Lady and St Rose of Lima Catholic Primary School
- Pegasus Primary School
- Rednal Hill Junior School
- St Joseph’s Catholic Primary school
- Turves Green Primary
- William Murdoch Primary
Birmingham Schools’ Massed Ensemble featuring:
- Bournville perc and guitar
- Aston Manor Academy
- Abbey Catholic
- Lea Forest Primary Academy
- Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School
- SFE UoB Area Ensemble
- Maney Hill Primary School
- Oasis Academy Short Heath
- Westminster Primary School
- Acocks Green Primary
- St George’s School Edgbaston
- Raddlebarn Primary School
- Plantsbrook School
- Kings Norton Girls’ School
*Photography/ Filming Guidance For Parents / Carers and Concert Attendees - Please Read*
This information is for concert attendees who do not work for Services For Education.
- Services For Education will not take and use identifiable images of children and young people (under 18 years old) without permission from a parent/carer to do so.
- Parents/carers are asked annually to accept our SFE filming and photography policy. Changes can be made to the permissions at any time in the year using the ensembles portal.
- At events we ask parents/carers to be mindful of other children and ensure photos are only for personal use. Should you wish to share a photograph on social media, it must be a long-range photograph that doesn't clearly identify any other children/ young people.
- Please check your privacy settings on your social media account to understand who else will be able to view any images they share.
- Where photographs are taken at an event attended by large crowds (a concert or awards event for example), this is regarded as a public area, so it is not necessary to get permission of everyone in a crowd shot. However, we will always gain permission from parents/carers for any children who appear and are identifiable in these images.
- If you have any concerns about images being shared, please contact us at marketing@servicesforeducation.co.uk or if you have any questions relating to data protection please contact the company's Data Protection Officer, tel: (0)121 366 9950, email dpo@servicesforeducation.co.uk
At Services For Education, we know that music changes lives.
By providing our music ensembles and many of our music lessons for free, we ensure that children in Birmingham have the opportunity to learn a new instrument, to feel socially connected and to find and share a passion and skill with others, no matter what their background is.
Remove Financial Barriers to Music
We provide free instrument loans to those who need them and all of our ensembles are free, making them accessible to everyone.
Provide a Better Music Education for All
Playing as part of an ensemble and performing live to audiences are really important skills for a full and enriched music education.
Provide a Community for Children in Birmingham
Our ensembles players have a chance to become part of our community, socialise with friends and share their passion for music.
We have partnered with a number of organisations that will donate to SFE if you purchase their products quoting our reference number, find out more below or at www.sfecharity.co.uk/partners/
Visit Normans Musical Instruments; use code SFE5 to save 5% on your order. Every time this code is used Normans will donate 5% of the order value to Services for Education.
Visit Escape Live (online games); creating lasting memories with friends as well as encouraging focus, life skills and having fun! For every game you play, Escape Live supports SFE charity by making a generous donation.
Visit Personalised Nation; use code PN10SFEE when purchasing your signage, print and display items. Every time this code is used Personalised Nation will donate 10% of your cost to Services For Education.
Visit JPF First Aid; use code JPF10SFE when purchasing a workplace course. Every time this code is used JPF First Aid will donate 10% of your cost to Services For Education.
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To all our Individual Donors for all your Continuous Support
We want to express an enormous amount of gratitude to all of you who donate individually to our charitable causes, it really makes a difference.
Services For Education creates opportunities for disadvantaged children, young people and adults in Birmingham and for every donation you make, you make a difference to someone else’s life by giving them opportunity to be a part of a free ensemble, receive a free instrument as well as becoming socially connected.
our youth proms Is supported by:
Lucie Welch – Adviser, Services For Education
Jo Perrin - Adviser, Services For Education
Marsha 
