World Heart Beat Music Academy

Area: Southfields

Type: Organisation

Art form: Music, Performance

Piano lessons at World Heart Beat
Piano lessons at World Heart Beat
Young violinists in green room before performing at Mansion House
Young violinists in green room before performing at Mansion House
Performing New Orleans at Happy Streets
Performing New Orleans at Happy Streets
Learn violin at World Heart Beat
Learn violin at World Heart Beat
Performing New Orleans second line
Performing New Orleans second line
Flute players in the 51st State Band
Flute players in the 51st State Band

Biography / Artist statement

World Heart Beat Music Academy is a joyful, welcoming and innovative place, where young people aged 5-25 are brought together with world-class musicians to share their love of music. It was founded to address the lack of affordable music tuition available to Wandsworth’s children and young people.

World Heart Beat: offers high-quality music tuition and personal development opportunities to local children and young people; delivers transformative music programmes that help young people realise their talent and enter into professional music careers; provides opportunities for participation and engagement of music within the wider community through regular concerts and performances.

Our students (70% of whom are BAME) and the music genres we teach and promote reflect the diversity of Wandsworth.

Why do you love Wandsworth?

Wandsworth is almost like a new frontier with a huge amount of untapped potential. It has community spirit. People come here to fulfil their aspirations and there is a hopefulness that they will actually achieve it.