• A thriving Boscombe Community Orchestra, run with TOSH
  • Music-making sessions with Safe and Sound Dorset
  • Ensemble performances by BSO musicians, including a Tea Dance arranged with TOSH and the NHS Dementia Team, and an informal Christmas concert in the Sovereign Shopping Centre
  • Skill-sharing days to bring the arts and healthcare communities together
  • A partnership with Health Sciences University to explore music in healthcare settings, creative health activities and potential research projects
  • Crossover sessions with Vitanova’s musicians and local music leader, Jack Grace
  • Bespoke music projects to boost happiness and mental wellbeing in Boscombe primary schools.

Having reached 982 local people of all ages in 2025, we’re rolling out lots of exciting programmes in 2026.

If you’re a local resident/group and you’d like to know more about future activities, please get in touch using the contact details on the right.

The BSO in Boscombe is generously supported by

Peter & Sarah Eales

The Cressy Foundation

The Alice Ellen Cooper Dean Charitable Foundation

and one anonymous donor