CMA Friday welcomes instrumentalists of Grade 4-5 standard or above, who will often have progressed from CMA Saturday Concert Band or String Orchestra. Friday centre groups are split into Youth Winds and Youth Strings for ensemble, chamber music, or sectional work. Students then mix into full orchestral ensembles: Croydon Youth Concert Orchestra or Croydon Youth Orchestra.

Rehearsals are during term time, 6:00 - 8:30pm at Oasis Academy Shirley Park