Music in the Round is very excited by the big news today from Sheffield Theatres, our Sheffield home for over 40 years, which will bring many exciting benefits for the city.
In the coming weeks, we’ll be continuing our conversations with partners and friends across Sheffield and beyond, developing our ambitious plans for our concerts in the region and around the country for autumn 2028 and the years to come.
With the news of the developments today for the Crucible Theatre, we can confirm that the Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse continues to be our home and that our 2027 Sheffield Chamber Music Festival, guest curated by composer (and Master of the King’s Music) Errollyn Wallen and our 2028 Festival will both go ahead as planned.
Watch this space for more news from us about our future plans.
Music in the Round seeks a Participation and Events Coordinator
13 Jan 2026
Music in the Round is seeking a Participation & Events Coordinator to support the Sheffield Programme Manager and Head of Programmes, and work closely with the National Projects Assistant and Composition & Creativity Coordinator with the logistics of concerts, events and projects in schools.
This role is crucial to delivering a programme of activity that goes beyond the concert hall, complementing the performances with events to enable people of all ages and backgrounds to get closer to the music. Concert or similar event management experience is required, and some knowledge of how schools operate is desirable. Attention to detail and first-class administration skills are essential, along with excellent written and verbal communication skills and a proficiency with computers and data input.
We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and cheerful, able to work within a small team and to take responsibility for their own projects. We would like to see a willingness to take a hands-on approach to the practical aspects of event management, and an open, collaborative approach to working is welcomed. A person who is flexible and adaptable, with patience and a sense of humour, will fit in well to our small team and be made to feel very welcome.
WeCompose: helping keep music alive in schools since 2022
1 Dec 2025
“The project lit a fire in our students, they were inspired by the opening concert and couldn’t wait to get started. Meeting our composer helped them see a real career as a musician and gave so much value and insight.” Teacher
In 2022-23, Music in the Round started a new project in secondary schools called WeCompose.
Over the last few years, it has been making an impact on the lives of thousands of young people across the country, aiming to change how composition is taught in secondary schools and reinvigorating the subject to inspire a new generation of music makers. We are already seeing more students choosing to take GCSE music in participating schools.
Last year was our biggest yet, engaging:
11 composers
34 schools
830 young people
We engaged students in Barking & Dagenham, Barnsley, Doncaster, East Riding of Yorkshire, Middlesborough, Milton Keynes, Portsmouth, Rotherham, Sheffield and Wakefield.
The Project
WeCompose begins with students attending an introductory concert played by world class performers, at which the project is introduced to both students and teaching staff.
Each school is then matched with a professional composer, who visits the school three times to support the development of the students’ music through workshops. They also support the teachers, providing them with enhanced skills and confidence for teaching composition beyond the life of the project.
WeCompose concludes with a culmination day, where students work with their composer to workshop their music with a professional ensemble. Their music is then performed and recorded, providing a lasting memento of the project as well as a submission for those studying GCSE Music.
Watch this short video about the WeCompose project to hear more from one of the teachers involved in the project already.
“This was a once in a lifetime opportunity for our students that will never be forgotten! The quartet were extremely professional, enthusiastic and encouraging to all our students and made them feel at ease. All our students were buzzing on the way back!” Teacher
“I found this entire experience very informative, and exciting as well. We learned about new techniques on string instruments and got to interact with actual live players. The composing was also fun, and […] it was my first time hearing strings live.” Student
“Quite a few of our year 8 cohort have selected [GCSE] music after taking part.” Teacher
We are very proud of this huge, nationwide project.
It has only been possible thanks to the support of our funders including the Friends of Music in the Round, and those who gave to our Big Give Christmas Challenge 2023.
What’s Next?
In 2026 we want to expand this amazing project into primary schools, aiming to ignite a similar passion for music-making in young people aged 7 to 11 to help them find their creative voice.
As part of this work, we plan to showcase some of the pupils’ music in a performance as part of Sheffield Chamber Music Festival 2026.
Music in the Round seeks a new Marketing & Development Coordinator
14 Jul 2025
Music in the Round is seeking a Marketing & Development Coordinator towork closely with the Marketing & Communications Manager, Chief Executive and other members of staff to grow and diversify our audiences, improve income generationand promote the organisation and its activity across the country.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about what we do and can develop excellent relationships with a wide range of supporters, staffand organisations. Getting to know existing stakeholders and gaining a thorough understanding of our wide range of activity and musicians is key to being successful in this role.
This new role involves a range of activity, from submittingapplications to trusts and foundations andidentifyingnew funding opportunities,todigital and social media marketing, some print productionand data collating, as we aim for our activity to be accessible to more people in more places.
Music in the Round seeks a new National Projects Manager
20 May 2025
Music in the Round is seeking a National Projects Manager who is keen to support our aim of fully integrating all our strands of concert and Learning & Participation activity with venues outside of Sheffield.
We are looking to appoint someone who enjoys running events to work with the Head of Programmes and National Projects Assistant to administer our national programme of activity, maintaining and developing excellent relationships with a wide range of venues, organisations, supporters and musicians. Collaborating with our current partner venues around the country, this exciting role is about nurturing each of these partnerships through presenting inspiring concerts and L&P activity across the country, from Goole to Portsmouth via Doncaster and Milton Keynes.
Update: Applications for these positions have now closed.
We are currently seeking up to three new trustees, who believe in our aim of bringing people and music closer together.
We currently have a board of 12 trustees (listed here), but as some are stepping down over the coming months we have an opportunity to refresh the people who support Music in the Round. We think that the best organisations have a diversity of voices, so we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. In particular we are keen to hear from anyone who feels they are under-represented in chamber music.
We also would like to meet people who work with or have knowledge of neighbourhood/community organisations in Sheffield and the vicinity.
Sheffield has revealed a new culture strategy for the city.
“Sheffield is a city filled with inspiring artists, makers, and doers. Our artists, musicians, and designers are known around the world, but those who live here understand that thousands of incredible creatives across our communities and neighbourhoods are simply getting on with their work. We recognise that, as a city, there is much more we can do to support these individuals in flourishing.
With this in mind, we have developed a fresh vision for creativity, arts, and culture in Sheffield. We hope this vision will ensure that everyone who lives, works, or visits here has the opportunity to participate, collaborate, and benefit from the many wonderful contributions that arts and culture bring to our city.”
“…First heard only as a tuba-heavy roar of brass, played by a raucous “Minotaur band” in the gallery, the worm-like man-beast was deliciously creepy when he finally appeared through two different entrances simultaneously. The hero of the hour is Theseus – part Wagner’s Siegfried, part Barbie’s Ken – who wore an orange fluorescent shell suit, waved a sword as twinkly as a Christmas tree and knew no fear. The final chorus, these music-makers of Sheffield singing and playing their hearts out, was expansive and stirring.”
“The whole performance was a terrific achievement… Rosie Kat’s production used the whole auditorium with bravura. We, the audience, were close to and surrounded by the drama, giving the performance real immediacy. The non-professional performers were entirely unphased by this and I was particularly impressed by the way the youth chorus grasped the drama despite being in such close proximity to the audience.”
“…Rarely if ever have I heard such enthusiasm from a group of singers, who threw themselves into the occasion… And with such engagement form the young singers, it felt just perfect… A triumph, then, and a heart-warming one, a that.”
One of our participants in the adult chorus, Isabel Lovell, wrote this piece about her experience of rehearsals which was shared by Classical Music through the e-newsletter and on their website.
“Last Sunday we had our first rehearsal with all the different choirs– children’s, youth and adult choruses – together, and we were all blown away hearing the children coming in with their parts. Seeing the production slowly come together has been an amazing experience. When rehearsals started, the three choruses rehearsed separately, meeting for two hours every Sunday in the middle of Sheffield. It felt so magical to hear it start to come together, to hear how each part fit together to create something larger than the sum of its parts.”
Would you like to sing in the chorus of an amazing opera?
Would you like to perform in the iconic Crucible Theatre?
We are looking for people to join our adult chorus for Jonathan Dove’s ‘The Monster in the Maze’ for four performances on 1 and 2 November 2024. Our most ambitious project to date, this will be Music in the Round at its best: a bold collaboration, forged in the crucible of creativity that is our City of Makers.
Whether you sing regularly with a choir, or would like to try singing in a large group for the first time, we want to hear from you. This is an amazing opportunity for people of all ages to come together and perform alongside our professional resident artists and guest soloists, highlighting the best of music-making in Sheffield.
Come and join us!
Please register your interest here.
You do not need previous experience of singing on stage or to read music, just a love of singing and lots of enthusiasm!
Pre-production week rehearsals
15 Sept, 2.30-4.30pm, The Foundry, Sheffield Music Hub 29 Sept, 2.30-4.30pm, The Foundry, Sheffield Music Hub
(The Foundry, 3 Brown St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BS. Entry via buzzer to the side of the red door) 13 Oct, 2.30-4.30pm, The Creative Lounge 20 Oct 2.30-4.30pm (full run), The Creative Lounge
(The Creative Lounge, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield S1 2BX. Entry via the Showroom Workstation and it’s on the left as you go in) 27 Oct 2.30-4.30pm (sitzprobe with everyone), venue tbc
Production week schedule in Crucible Theatre: 29 Oct 5.30-8.30pm 30 Oct 5.30-8.30pm 31 Oct 1.30-4.30pm and 5.30-8.30pm (two dress rehearsals) 1 Nov performances 3pm & 7.15pm 2 Nov performances 11am & 3pm
We request that performers attend the majority of rehearsals, understanding there will be some prior commitments and missing the odd one or two is fine.
Music and rehearsal tracks will be provided. The opera lasts around 50 mins, and you will be standing to sing for around 20 mins, with little other movement required.
If you know of a young person aged 14-18 who would like to sing in the opera, find out more about the Youth Chorus here: Sheffield Music Hub
Reviews are in for Sheffield Chamber Music Festival 2024
13 Jun 2024
It’s wonderful to look back on nine days of fabulous concerts, family performances, screenings, a symposium, panel discussions and, above all, beautiful music from our 40th anniversary Sheffield Chamber Music Festival.
The Spectator: Friday Night in Paris
“the atmosphere [the Playhouse] generates – with audience closely packed on all four sides of the performance space – is wonderfully immediate, especially when (as on this occasion) it’s filled to capacity.”
Bachtrack An evening with Steven Isserlis ***** “Works by Robert Schumann and Gabriel Fauré – “my best friends in music” – provided a packed Crucible Playhouse with works of deep anguish and passionate affirmation, played with rapturous devotion by Isserlis himself, a state readily transmitted to his younger associates, Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano) and Irène Duval (violin).”
Bachtrack Saint-Saëns: The Renaissance Man **** “It was, truthfully, a remarkable concert that will live long in the memory, notably for the performance of the film score Saint-Saëns wrote for L’assassinat du duc de Guise, played to accompany a screening.”
Thoroughly Good Celebrating the Lindsays “The appreciation amongst the audience was palpable hinting at the rich bond the quartet’s reputation had formed. It is an achievement readily identified on the faces of fans, and symbolised in the presence of the chamber music festival to this day.”
For the last few months a group of supporters and staff have been working hard on brand new instruments, getting up to Grade I standard!
They sit their exams at the end of February. There have been ups and downs, but it’s been a lot of fun. Across the group they’re learning the saxophone, snare drum, bassoon, viola, horn, clarinet, flute, piano and guitar!
JOIN OUR TEAM: Participation and Events Coordinator
15 Dec 2023
We are looking to appoint a Participation & Events Coordinator.
Deadline for applications 10.00am Monday 22 January 2024 Interviews w/c 29 January 2024
The Participation and Events Coordinator will be involved in the planning and delivery of events for a range of audiences that expand our programme of activity beyond the concert hall, enabling people of all ages and backgrounds to get closer to the music. The person who is recruited will join us at an exciting time as we focus on fully integrating all our strands of activity in the concert hall and with local communities in partnership with venues and organisations in Sheffield and beyond.
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