matrix ma¯’triks, the place in which anything is developed or formed, a situation or surrounding substance within which something else originates, develops, or is contained

Matrix Arts Centre is a purpose-built, award-winning centre for music and other arts which was set up in 1989 by Lindsay MacKenzie and George Taylor and obtained charitable status in 1993. The Yamaha Music School at Matrix has been in existence from the very start, providing a refreshingly musical start to hundreds of students in our area.

Matrix offers music scholarships to those who would like their child to learn but would otherwise be unable to afford it. We are very grateful to the Gannett Foundation for enabling us to give music sessions to Foundation Stage and scholarships to pupils from our local village school.

The hub of Matrix is the main hall, with a seating capacity of 120. It has a gallery, good lighting arrangements, sprung maple floor, dance barres and basic back stage facilities. The hall is used for chamber concerts, student concerts, music tuition, dance lessons, keep fit sessions and art exhibitions. A further three large studios cater for slightly smaller classes, ensembles and art groups. On the first floor there are four music practice rooms for individual tuition and study and for small groups. Additional facilities include a kitchen which is available for everyone to make tea and coffee, a changing room, a shower room and south facing garden. Car parking is free and adjacent.

If you are a music teacher, we rent rooms for tuition at extremely competitive rates and hold Associated Board music examinations and Yamaha Music Foundation examinations three times a year. Our pianos are tuned regularly, our facilities are of a very high standard and the hall is available for our teachers to hold student concerts.

We have strong links with Oxford Brookes University, with several graduates and undergraduates among our Yamaha Music School teachers. We provide excellent training and ongoing support, a wonderful job and a great place to work, so no wonder it is attractive to those who are starting out on their music teaching career!