Magdalen Farm Strings is a well-established annual course for promising and enthusiastic young string players aged 9 – 18 who come together for a week of music making and fun. Most of our participants love it so much they keep coming back year after year, and many of our staff are ex-participants who wanted to keep Magdalen as part of their lives.  

With a total of 30 participants each year, we are quite a small course and it always has a lovely family feel – helped by the fact that many of the staff are related. If you are new to Magdalen Farm Strings, we can’t wait to meet you. 

We are extremely fortunate that the internationally-renowned composer Colin Matthews composes a new piece for Magdalen Farm Strings each year and continues to be our very active and enthusiastic patron.

We are very grateful to Colin Matthews, The Joyce Fletcher Trust, The Christina Aitchison Trust, The Richard Ely Trust, The Albert and Eugenie Frost Music Trust and other generous individuals for their support, without which Magdalen Farm Strings would not be able to continue in its present form.