Can you Give a Gig for young musicians?
The effects of music-making can be life-changing. Youth Music aim to make sure that every young person gets the chance to take part in, and progress through, any kind of music, whatever their circumstances.
Blog: Music education
Collaborations
Kirsty Devaney has written a piece of music for Sistema ensembles. We crowdfunded to commission and produce the world premiere performance at ISM Conference this year in Birmingham.
Access to music education and the importance of continued funding
Every child should be able to have a good basic musical education. Schools are funded to provide this and to ensure their own staff have the knowledge, skills and expertise to deliver.
The truth about GCSE
The specification for a new GCSE is getting ever closer. But who is it for? Certainly, it should be one measure of celebrating the achievement of those young people who choose to study music through to the age of 16, whether or not they continue to take music further afterwards. But should it be the only one?
Music Education Hubs must act as champions, leaders and expert partners
If at first you don't succeed… try, try again and don’t take ‘no’ for an answer. On the other hand, don’t keep banging your head against a brick wall!
Music Manifesto
Can you spare two minutes to read the extract below? It was written in 2006 – six years before hubs formally came into being!
