Evolve Music

Making Community Music Happen

Evolve Music provides inclusive music services for communities in the South West, and professional development for musicians and educators nationally. We use music as a tool for positive change.

About us
Two men playing the bongos.

Our projects and services are designed for:

A mother and a child playing and a father and child playing.

Early years children & families

A man playing a tambourine with a group of people playing various instruments and someone playing the xylophone.

Young people

Someone playing with a Cabasa and a large wooden drum and a woman playing the guitar for a child.

Artist Development

A woman playing a bell and someone playing a drum.

Education, health & social care providers

What's on

Safe and inclusive spaces for you to make music and be creative

  • A circle of dads and sons.

    Dads Rock

    Bath, Frome, Locking Castle, Bristol, Radstock

    Free, regular and open early years music sessions in community spaces for dads and their young children.

    Find a Dads Rock session near you
  • A toy dinosaur on top of a pair of bongo drum.

    Explorers & Adventurers

    Newton Abbot, Yeovil, Frome, Radstock and Locking Castle

    Early years music sessions for children and families needing a little extra support from time to time.

    Find out more here
  • Group of young people smiling and laughing surrounded my drums and guitars

    SoundLab

    Radstock and Yeovil

    Fun, interactive community music sessions for neurodiverse young people (14+).

    Join a Sound Lab group near you
  • A woman holding a red hollow tube to her ear.

    Sound Explorers

    Early years music training for educators and carers

    Training and resources in early years music for people working with young children in a professional capacity.

    Training in Early Years Music

Our impact in numbers

Since 2017 Evolve Music has provided

1230

Community Music Sessions

52

Partnerships with health services & community groups

3332

People with high quality music activity

5600

Days of paid employment for musicians

1200

Hours of musician CPD

9360

Hours of CPD for early years educators

Learn more about our impact

Become part of the Evolve Music community by supporting our work

Our community music-making is free at the point of use and we rely on generous donations to make sure everyone can take part.

Join our movement