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London’s Centre for Young Musicians (CYM) brings the excitement and rewards of music making to 2,500 of the capital’s school age children. Thirteen satellite Local Junior Centres and an extensive holiday course programme (including the highly acclaimed London Schools Symphony Orchestra and recently formed London Youth Wind Band) in addition to the Main Centre at Morley College provide opportunities and experience for children across the full spectrum of musical styles, from beginners to the most advanced students.

The Centre for Young Musicians was established in 1970 and is part of a provision going back to 1951. The Centre combines excellence with equal access through a policy that seeks never to turn down students on financial grounds. Former students range from the star jazz musicians Django Bates and Jason Rebello to classical artists such as Julian Lloyd Webber and Christopher Warren Green.

The Centre is administered by the City of Westminster on behalf of all subscribing London Boroughs and is supported by its own fund raising organisation, the Foundation for Young Musicians, as well as parents and other individuals through the Friends of CYM. To download a copy of the 2005/06 Annual Report click here.
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Stephen Dagg
- Director

Stephen Dagg has
been at the forefront
of inner London’s
music education
service since 1985.
As a freelance organist, harpsichordist and choral conductor he has worked with many of the capital’s leading chamber orchestras and choirs, as well as being Director of Music at the royal church of St.Alfege, Greenwich.

Stephen began his musical life as a chorister at the specialist choir school  St.Michael’s College, Tenbury. From there he won a music scholarship to the Kings School, Worcester before graduating from Goldsmiths College, University of London with an honours degree in Music (B.Mus.hons) in 1978. After postgraduate study, Stephen spent six years as a music teacher at the John Roan Comprehensive School in Greenwich.

In 1985, Stephen was appointed to the Inner London Education Authority Music Service with responsibility for the London Schools Symphony Orchestra and other training ensembles, together with a brief to develop links between the capital’s professional performing world and the education service. In 1990 he was appointed Deputy Director of the Centre for Young Musicians before succeeding Peter Shave as Director in 1993.