{"id":97,"date":"2025-10-20T15:06:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T14:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2026-02-23T10:57:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:57:47","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"832\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/home\/slsbb-and-st-marys-cropped\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/uploads\/sites\/16877\/2026\/01\/20131116\/SLSBB-and-St-Marys-cropped.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,591\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&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;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SLSBB and St Mary&#8217;s cropped\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/uploads\/sites\/16877\/2026\/01\/20131116\/SLSBB-and-St-Marys-cropped-300x141.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/uploads\/sites\/16877\/2026\/01\/20131116\/SLSBB-and-St-Marys-cropped-1024x480.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/uploads\/sites\/16877\/2026\/01\/20131116\/SLSBB-and-St-Marys-cropped-1024x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/uploads\/sites\/16877\/2026\/01\/20131116\/SLSBB-and-St-Marys-cropped-1024x480.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/uploads\/sites\/16877\/2026\/01\/20131116\/SLSBB-and-St-Marys-cropped-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/uploads\/sites\/16877\/2026\/01\/20131116\/SLSBB-and-St-Marys-cropped-768x360.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/uploads\/sites\/16877\/2026\/01\/20131116\/SLSBB-and-St-Marys-cropped.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-rokkitt-font-family wp-elements-de46f77743d9433b6811be930e18d85c is-style-text-subtitle--1\" style=\"font-size:clamp(24.526px, 1.533rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.615), 41px);\">Inspiring young musicians across our communities, South Lanarkshire Council\u2019s Instrumental Music Service provides high-quality instrumental music tuition and performance opportunities for South Lanarkshire pupils . Our dedicated instrumental music teachers build confidence, and encourage a lifelong love of music through lessons, ensembles, and events that celebrate creativity and achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-rokkitt-font-family wp-elements-56c5ed39757a707236bd75d4fae5a63a\" style=\"font-size:clamp(39.538px, 2.471rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 3.379), 74px);\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>IMS Latest News<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><ul class=\"columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-77737926 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-940 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:1; 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