Join a community orchestra or band
A friend has invited you to do this with them.
Playing your part inside a full ensemble is a different thing entirely from practising alone at home. Leisure-time orchestras, jazz bands and other groups run across the UK, so an instrument sitting in a cupboard has somewhere to go.
ModerateUnder £100 / $130MonthsIndoorsWith othersUK
How to start
- Use the Making Music site to look for a group near you.
- Contact one group and ask whether you can sit in on a rehearsal.
- Take your instrument along to a rehearsal and play.
Where to go
We opened this link on 6 October 2026 and found it to be what we say. Dates, places and prices are on the official page, where they stay up to date.
Plan this
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