Inclusive music groups

Our inclusive music groups are free sessions which take place outside school hours. There is no need for any previous experience, just a desire to get creative and have fun!

Each group provides a safe, inclusive space for young people with additional needs and/or complex needs to access and enjoy.

All of our Inclusive Music sessions take place at The Core (Homer Road, Touchwood, Solihull, B91 3RG) which has a Changing Places facility.

Creative Sounds are free weekly sessions for pupils with additional and/or complex needs. They are designed for anyone aged 5 to 16 who is interested in learning to play new instruments, write songs, experiment with technology and make new friends. Each group contains around 8-10 members who have additional and/or complex needs.

Group 1 - Wednesdays 4.30-5.15pm

Structured music making sessions using assistive and adaptive musical instruments and hand held percussion instruments.

You will like this group if:

• You have additional and/or complex learning needs
• If you would like to make music with assistive and adaptive technology
• You like to play and sing along to familiar and new songs
• If you are in KS1 or KS2

Sign up here

Group 2 - Wednesdays 5.15-6.00pm

Creative music making and song writing sessions for pupils aged 7-18 (Year 3- Year13) with additional needs.

You will like this group if you like:

• Being creative
• Writing lyrics to songs
• Learning to play new instruments
• If you like variety and get bored of a routine
• If you are in KS2 or KS3

Sign up here

Solihull Inclusive Choir is a free singing and Makaton* signing group open to all children, young people and their families. The group has a core membership of around 30 young people, aged between 5 and 25 years old and we deliver sessions five times per term, on Saturdays between 11-12pm.

The group celebrates the belief that everyone has their own unique way of sharing their voice.

We aim to be as inclusive as possible and welcome all voices. We actively try to remove barriers to participation from those with additional and/or complex needs.

Inclusive Choir registration form

Spring term 2026 sessions

17th January

31st January

28th February

21st March

18th April

Summer term 2026 sessions

9th May

6th June

27th June

4th July

Music Makers Saturday sessions are family friendly music making sessions. They enable young people to explore musical instruments as well as short group activities where we sing, *sign and make music together.

Sessions are suitable for all children and young people with additional needs, and their families, who are interested in learning to play new instruments, sing songs and make music with new friends.

We deliver five sessions per term, on Saturdays between 10-10.45am. These are delivered on the same Saturdays as Inclusive Choir on the dates above.

All of our inclusive sessions take place at The Core, located in Solihull town centre. It has an assisted accessible toilet.

Watch a video of our Inclusive groups preparing for a performance at Symphony Hall here.

(Please note Solihull Music groups are featured around 2 minutes 30 seconds into the clip)

*We do not claim to be Makaton accredited. We work closely with choir members and use resources available on YouTube to inform our delivery. Our aim is to support musical engagement and enjoyment through movement.

Please visit Makaton for more information and more accredited ways to learn.

Solihull Music is delighted to be working in partnership with Amber Trust and the Solihull SISS Team (Specialist Inclusion Support Service) to deliver weekly music sessions at Hatchford Brook Family Hub for children under five with visual impairment and Profound Learning Difficulties.

Membership of the group is by invitation from the Local Authority Sensory and Physical Needs Team.