{"id":5284,"date":"2026-05-21T13:48:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/?p=5284"},"modified":"2026-05-21T13:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:48:39","slug":"free-string-tuition-opportunity-for-current-p4-p6-pupils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/2026\/05\/21\/free-string-tuition-opportunity-for-current-p4-p6-pupils\/","title":{"rendered":"Free String Tuition Opportunity for Current P4 &#8211; P6 Pupils"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4445\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4445\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/ochiltreepssite2017\/2025\/09\/25\/free-strings-tuition\/violin-neck-and-pegbox-musical-instrument-black-and-white-vector-design\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/09\/25093617\/strings.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"490,612\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Getty Images\/iStockphoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;violin neck and pegbox - musical instrument black and white vector design&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;violin neck and pegbox - musical instrument black and white vector design&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"violin neck and pegbox &#8211; musical instrument black and white vector design\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;violin neck and pegbox &#8211; musical instrument black and white vector design&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/09\/25093617\/strings-240x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/09\/25093617\/strings.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4445\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/09\/25093617\/strings-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/09\/25093617\/strings-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/ochiltreepssite2017\/uploads\/sites\/5345\/2025\/09\/25093617\/strings.jpg 490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">violin neck and pegbox &#8211; musical instrument black and white vector design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>THE KING&#8217;S FOUNDATION PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMME<\/p>\n<div id=\"SubTitleId_subtitleAriaId\" class=\"--e-124\">\n<p><span class=\"text-format-content \">The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Junior Conservatoire Music, The King&#8217;s Foundation at Dumfries House and East Ayrshire Council are offering the opportunity for children Primary 5-7 (as of August 2026) who currently receive string tuition within the classroom in the Cumnock, Doon and Auchinleck areas the opportunity to further their instrumental progression for free supported through funding from The King&#8217;s Foundation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-format-content \">Through the Music Centre programme, children are offered instrumental string lessons delivered in small groups, practical musicianship classes and the opportunity of playing in a string orchestra setting. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-format-content \">Classes are led on a weekly basis by a team of professional music specialists and are designed to give young learners a high quality cohesive music education, delivered in a fun and inspiring environment.<\/p>\n<p>The open evening will take place on\u00a0<\/span><strong>Wednesday 24th June<\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0<strong>4pm &#8211; 5pm<\/strong>\u00a0at the <strong>Pierburg Building<\/strong> on the <strong>Dumfries House Estate<\/strong>.\u00a0If you would like to attend to learn more about the programme and have your young person measured for an instrument to begin lessons,\u00a0please click<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>on the link below\u00a0to proceed through the form.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=qJGrCdbmuk-Y2mPqx6s84mwV7Vvh1xVEo1OJOeLrgEBUQzRGTVBNVEkzM1ZRQTVSRkgwSUZIWVRXWi4u\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=qJGrCdbmuk-Y2mPqx6s84mwV7Vvh1xVEo1OJOeLrgEBUQzRGTVBNVEkzM1ZRQTVSRkgwSUZIWVRXWi4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RCS\u00a0Dumfries\u00a0House\u00a0Strings New Starts 2026-27 Information and Application form<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE KING&#8217;S FOUNDATION PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMME The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Junior Conservatoire Music, The King&#8217;s Foundation at Dumfries House and East Ayrshire Council are offering the opportunity for children Primary 5-7 (as of August 2026) who currently receive string tuition within the classroom in the Cumnock, Doon and Auchinleck areas the opportunity to further &hellip; 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