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In September 2019, Ofsted introduced the new education inspection framework with a focus on the three curriculum pillars of intent, implementation and impact. Alongside this, the launch of the Music Deep Dive has provided a renewed vigour and momentum for music within the curriculum.Today will provide you with the inspiration, knowledge, skills and support needed to meet these new challenges head on to ensure all pupils receive an outstanding musical offer. We thank you for your continued commitment to improve the lives of so many young people through music!

We hope you enjoy this event!

Music Education Hubs from across the East Midlands are delighted to join forces to welcome you to the inaugural #MEHEM2020 Conference: Building an Outstanding Music Curriculum!

INTRODUCTION

With thanks for the generous support from The Mighty Creatives


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10.45am11.15am

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RegistrationWelcomeKeynote SessionDr Darren Henley OBE, Chief Executive – Arts Council England

Performance Jeneba and Aminata Kanneh-Mason

What can a school do to prepare for a subject inspection?Dr Jamie Clarke, Chief Executive Officer – Tove Learning Trust

BreakWorkshop Session OneDavid WardenPolicy Adviser – Department for Education

LunchPerformance by Boston Youth Jazz Orchestra Scott StromanWorkshop Session TwoClose

AGENDA


WORKSHOP SESSION ONE 11.15AM

OSBOURNE LOUNGE

Based on the principles of Kodály, and delivered through rhymes, song, movement, games and instrumental work, Musical Gems lead EYFS children on a journey into sound. In this workshop, we will share some of our favourite repertoire, explore age-appropriate approaches to musical concepts and singing, and explain the progression within and across the sessions we lead. Pop in and share some ‘must-have’ items from our toolkit

BALMORAL GALLERY

Bespoke musical activities involving props, toys and story-telling to develop and embed listening, improvising and composing skills ... all leading to creative outcomes.

KS1: Springboards to Creative Music-Making!Sue Nicholls

MAIN HALL

In this practical workshop you will explore a range of ideas for the Key Stage Two classroom using voices and instruments to improvise, perform and compose. The activities are inspired by music of different times and places and will focus on providing an outstanding music curriculum by developing the quality of pupils’ musical responses, depth of understanding and enjoyment. This session is suitable for music specialists and generalist teachers.

Raising the BarHelen MacGregor

Musical GemsJu Birchall and Brigid Fraser

SYNDICATE 4

A creative learning programme, created with teachers, for primary schools across England.Classroom-based and digital activities, with strong curriculum links, to help teachers give children a better understanding of singing and opera, unlocking their imagination and creativity.

Create and Sing ProgrammeCamille Maalawy, Royal Opera House

CITY SUITESuitable for both generalist and specialists, this workshop provides a practical introduction to the extraordinary potential of the iPad as a tool for creative music-making. Delegates will explore several apps, each offering unique approaches to songwriting, improvisation and music theory. Each delegate will receive a comprehensive set of resources to support classroom delivery.

Integrating technology within your lessons:KS2/3 - Songwriting & Music Production with iPadsBen Sellars


WORKSHOP SESSION ONE 11.15AM

SYNDICATE 2

At KS3 some children, even those who have sung enthusiastically in the past, lose the joy of singing - and finding ways to regain their interest can be a challenge.For many, songwriting provides the key to the singing experience. This session offers accessible ways in to whole class songwriting via a stealthy route of physical application, vocal exploration and spoken and sung games.Come and explore useful – and fun – tried and tested activities that will inspire collective songwriting, increase the quality of singing and enhance musical learning for the whole class, the small group and the individual child.

SYNDICATE 3

Come and find out how you can quickly and easily produce exceptional quality printed music for your ensembles. Written by former Sibelius developers, Dorico is intuitively designed (even for technophobes) and has hundreds of advanced notations, features and options. In this session you can have your specific questions answered and your voice heard by Steinberg’s International Product Specialist, John Barron.This session will include how to simply get started; import your existing pieces; make worksheets; quickly create cues to speed up your rehearsals and make a condensed conductors score with one button!Come and find out yourself how Dorico can help you save time, and pick up some tips & resources to get you composing and arranging with Dorico.

SYNDICATE 1

This workshop will address strategies for teaching music composition at GCSE and A-Level and identify opportunities for schools to bring in professional composers and performers to work with students on their compositions.Practical work with composers and performers empowers students’ confidence and creativity and enables them to break free of the limitations imposed by software and MIDI, enhancing learning outcomes and musical understanding.

Teaching Music Composition at GCSE and A-LevelElizabeth Kelly

Classy Songwriters: Ways in to Whole Class Songwriting at KS3Em Whitfield Brooks John Barron

Dorico: More time for music


WORKSHOP SESSION TWO 2.15PM

BALMORAL GALLERY

Bespoke musical activities involving props, toys and story-telling to develop and embed listening, improvising and composing skills ... all leading to creative outcomes.

KS1: Springboards to Creative Music-Making!Sue Nicholls

MAIN HALL

In this practical workshop you will explore a range of ideas for the Key Stage Two classroom using voices and instruments to improvise, perform and compose.The activities are inspired by music of different times and places and will focus on providing an outstanding music curriculum by developing the quality of pupils’ musical responses, depth of understanding and enjoyment. This session is suitable for music specialists and generalist teachers.

Raising the BarHelen MacGregor

OSBOURNE LOUNGE

Based on the principles of Kodály, and delivered through rhymes, song, movement, games and instrumental work, Musical Gems lead EYFS children on a journey into sound. In this workshop, we will share some of our favourite repertoire, explore age-appropriate approaches to musical concepts and singing, and explain the progression within and across the sessions we lead.Pop in and share some ‘must-have’ items from our toolkit

Musical GemsJu Birchall and Brigid Fraser

SYNDICATE 4

A creative learning programme, created with teachers, for primary schools across England.Classroom-based and digital activities, with strong curriculum links, to help teachers give children a better understanding of singing and opera, unlocking their imagination and creativity.

Create and Sing ProgrammeCamille Maalawy, Royal Opera House

CITY SUITE

iPads allow all pupils to make engaging, meaningful and age-appropriate, music regardless of ability.This workshop introduces a range of creative projects suitable for settings from PMLD to PRU, and everything in between. Each delegate will receive a comprehensive set of resources to support classroom delivery.

Integrating technology within your lessons:Creating Inclusive Classrooms with iPads (SEN/D)Ben Sellars


WORKSHOP SESSION TWO 2.15PM

SYNDICATE 3

At KS3 some children, even those who have sung enthusiastically in the past, lose the joy of singing - and finding ways to regain their interest can be a challenge.For many, songwriting provides the key to the singing experience. This session offers accessible ways in to whole class songwriting via a stealthy route of physical application, vocal exploration and spoken and sung games.Come and explore useful – and fun – tried and tested activities that will inspire collective songwriting, increase the quality of singing and enhance musical learning for the whole class, the small group and the individual child.

SYNDICATE 2

CYP with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD) face multiple challenges when it comes to accessing the arts including physical access, and perceptions of intelligence and ability.However, employing disabled artists to work with CYP with PMLD can have a significant positive effect on participants’ creativity by becoming inspiring role models, mentors and leaders. However, disabled artists have very few professional development opportunities to develop their community arts facilitation and project management skills and sustain their work with CYP with PMLD.This workshop presents the findings of the TMC Splash! programme and provides practical examples of good practice of working with disabled artists.

SYNDICATE 1

This workshop will address strategies for teaching music composition at GCSE and A-Level and identify opportunities for schools to bring in professional composers and performers to work with students on their compositions.Practical work with composers and performers empowers students’ confidence and creativity and enables them to break free of the limitations imposed by software and MIDI, enhancing learning outcomes and musical understanding.

Teaching Music Composition at GCSE and A-LevelElizabeth Kelly Scott Stroman

Splash! Building communities of Disabled Artists to work in schools and communitiesNick Owen

Vocal Workshop


CONTRIBUTORS

John Barron is a sax and keyboard player and the International Product Specialist for Dorico, Steinberg’s new notation software program.Prior to Steinberg, he spent many years working for Sibelius and Avid alongside Daniel Spreadbury and the old Sibelius development team. It is that same team who, since late 2012 have been developing the brand new Dorico program, and in 2016 John re-joined the team.Online or in person he now runs Dorico training sessions to get people up and running as quickly as possible and to help them save time in the composition process and music preparation.

John Barron Ju Birchall was a primary Assistant Head, and has the Certificate for Music Educators. She has also worked as a member of the school support service in Derby, leading on the arts and enrichment.Together, they created and have delivered Musical Gems to thousands of EYFS children across the city and county, and led accompanying training exploring Tuning into Sounds, Firm Foundations, using music in the prime areas, to support communication and language, physical development and PSE, and school readiness.Brigid Frazer is an established Early Years music specialist, who initiated and led Kodály Kids weekly at Wirksworth Music Centre and was formerly a member of the Cambridgeshire (CIMA) Colourstrings team, leading classes for babies, toddlers, pre-school and family music.

Ju Birchall and Brigid Frazer

Nikki Charlesworth, disabled theatre designer trained at NTU, creative team member of the CPISRA World Games and assistant designer with Graeae.Nick Owen, CEO of TMC. Ex-Head of Community Arts at LIPA, he led the B.A. in Community Arts and Certificate in H.E. for Disabled People.

Nikki Charlesworth and Nick Owen


CONTRIBUTORS

Darren Henley OBE is chief executive of Arts Council England. His two independent government reviews into music and cultural education resulted in England’s first National Plan for Music Education, new networks of Music Education Hubs, Cultural Education Partnerships and Heritage Schools, the Museums and Schools programme, the BFI Film Academy and the National Youth Dance Company.Before joining the Arts Council, he led Classic FM for fifteen years. He holds degrees in politics from the University of Hull, in management from the University of South Wales and in history of art from the University of Buckingham.A recipient of the British Academy President’s Medal for his contributions to music education, music research and the arts, his books include The Virtuous Circle: Why Creativity and Cultural Education Count (2014), The Arts Dividend: Why Investment in Culture Pays (2016) and Creativity: Why It Matters (2018)

Darren Henley Having initially studied at the Royal Academy of Music, Jamie Clarke is now CEO of Tove Learning Trust (TLT), a multi-academy trust (MAT) based in Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes and the West Midlands. Jamie leads the strategic vision and development of the trust, and has directed the growth of the MAT from two schools in Northamptonshire in 2016 to seven secondary schools across the Midlands and Central England by the end of 2019. The primary education arm of the MAT has been established in 2020 providing links for all-through education and to support pupils with their transition through their education.Jamie has a proven track record of school improvement through his previous roles as Executive Headteacher and Headteacher at Sponne School, an outstanding academy in Northamptonshire. Examples of successful outcomes at Tove Learning Trust include:

V Leading a team of School Improvement Directors to facilitate improvements in teaching and learning, in mathematics and in science, with improved GCSE and A level exam results and

V Progress scores improving year on year. V Establishing strong governance structures within academy schools, improving challenge and accountability.

V Delivering bespoke training to schools to build capability and confidence in senior and middle leaders enabling them to articulate the intent, implementation and impact of their curriculum.

As a National Leader of Education Jamie works with the Department for Education on a range of special projects to support leadership development in improving schools. He has been involved extensively in assessing school effectiveness in a wide range of contexts. He is also an experienced keynote speaker at national education conferences and holds a number of senior roles with advisory boards.

Dr Jamie Clarke Chief Executive Officer, Tove Learning Trust


CONTRIBUTORS

Aminata is thirteen years old and attends Trinity School in Nottingham. She attends The Junior Royal Academy of Music, where she is a member of the Classical Orchestra, and studies violin with Nicole Wilson and piano with Sarah Pickering.Aminata has Grade 8 distinction on the violin and Grade 8 on the piano (aged 11 and 12). She also has singing lessons with Jane Harwood and Mr Burton. She is a member of Chineke! Junior Orchestra and has played with the orchestra in venues such as The Royal Festival Hall, Southbank. Aminata has performed throughout the UK, and in the Caribbean, playing solo and chamber music. As a concerto soloist, she has played Mozart Violin Concerto in G with The Orchestra of the Restoration and she will play Bruch Violin Concerto with Djanogly Orchestra in November 2019. Aminata has appeared on several television and radio programmes with her siblings, including the BBC4 documentary, Young, Gifted and Classical, and BBC1 The One Show.She is featured, with The Kanneh-Masons, in a USA documentary by CBS Television. Aminata is very grateful to The Nottingham Soroptimist Trust and to the Nottingham Education Trust for their support.

Aminata Kanneh-MasonElizabeth Kelly is Assistant Professor in Music Composition at the University of Nottingham. Her music embraces diverse influences, running the gamut from ‘majestic Wagnerian lines aggressively punctuated’ (Boston Musical Intelligencer) to ‘rasping jazzy exploration’ (The Guardian).Her compositions have been performed throughout the UK, Europe, and North America at venues including Carnegie Hall in New York, the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, the Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts, the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in the UK and the Gaudeamus Festival in the Netherlands. Her opera about soprano/silent film star Geraldine Farrar, ‘Losing Her Voice’, premiered in April 2019 with support from an Opera America ‘Discovery Grant’ and a British Academy Small Research Grant.She is co-founder and co-curator of the Nottingham Forum for Artistic Research (NottFAR), a new music concert series and outreach programme, which has produced over 30 events since 2016.As part of her NottFAR activities, she has developed a partnership with the Nottingham Music Service and Villiers Quartet, engaging with over 1300 students in the Nottingham city schools in 2018/19 to introduce them to the art of composing for string quartet and work with them on their compositions.

Elizabeth Kelly


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Helen MacGregor is an award-winning music education author with many years’ experience of teaching music in Inner London Primary schools.She has combined teaching with teacher-training and worked for ten years with the London Philharmonic Orchestra on education outreach projects.She became Music Adviser in Southwark and Kent where she won the Marsh Community Education Award for her work with the Royal Opera House on the ‘Voices of the Future’ project.Her many music resources for the Primary classroom include the Listening to Music series (Primary Music Magazine Listening resource of 2019). She has co-written three Roald Dahl musicals and the Music Express and Singing subjects series.

Helen MacGregorBorn to an Egyptian father and English mother, Camille studied at Goldsmiths College graduating with a BMus (Hons), MMus Degree (Distinction) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Opera Studies.Her repertoire is as extensive as it is diverse, ranging from art song/lieder, oratorio and opera to embracing both Arabic and Jewish music. Notable engagements have included Camille’s debuts at Grimeborn in 2019, in Bushra El-Turk’s ‘Silk Moth’ and also at the Wigmore Hall with the Liverpool Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Camille’s passion for embracing music from many cultures has brought her success not only as a performer but also as an educator, working with children and young people across a wide range of communities, through organisations including the Royal Opera House ‘Create and Sing’ project, Spitalfields Music, Voices Foundation, Jewish Music Institute, Hertfordshire and Tower Hamlets Music Services, and Mahogany Opera.

Camille Maalawy Royal Opera House Jeneba Kanneh-Mason is sixteen years old and attends Trinity School in Nottingham. She studies piano with Patsy Toh and cello with Ben Davies at Junior Royal Academy.Jeneba was a Keyboard Category Finalist in BBC Young Musician 2018. She was The Nottingham Young Musician 2013 and she won the Murs du Son Prize at the Lagny-Sur-Marne International Piano Competition in France, 2014. She is also winner of the Iris Dyer Piano Prize at The Junior Royal Academy of Music.She has played numerous concerts in England, Wales and in Paris, as a recital and concerto soloist and as a chamber musician. She performed (with the Kanneh-Masons) at The BAFTAs 2018 and she has played concertos with several orchestras, such as Saint-Saens No 2, Tchaikovsky No 1, and Ravel in G. She plays two piano recitals at Cheltenham Festival in July 2019. Jeneba is grateful to The Nottingham Soroptimist Trust and to The Nottingham Education Trust.

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason


CONTRIBUTORS

Scott Stroman is a conductor, composer, trombonist and singer in a uniquely broad range of musical styles, from jazz to classical, contemporary, and world music.A native of the USA but based in London since 1982, he is director of the London Jazz Orchestra, the multi-stylistic choir Eclectic Voices, artistic director of Highbury Opera Theatre, and a professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he developed and directed their world-class jazz programme. He created and directed the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s innovative cross-genre Renga ensemble, was conductor of the LPO’s Future First and Hit Squad ensembles, and works regularly with orchestras, choirs and ensembles throughout the UK and Europe.He often arranges for and directs programmes combining orchestral musicians with jazz, folk and popular artists including Youssou N’Dour, Herbie Hancock, Goran Bregovich, Phil Collins and Seu George. He has performed with Billy Cobham, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Wheeler, Rufus Reid, Randy Brecker, David Liebman, Norma Winstone and numerous other jazz artists, and co-leads the Stroman-Jönsson project with Swedish saxophonist Cennet Jönsson.In addition to his work at the Guildhall School he has lead hundreds of workshops in singing, conducting, improvisation and performance throughout the UK and Europe. He often conducts youth orchestras, choirs and bands and was conductor of both the London Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and the Northern Sinfonia’s Young Sinfonia. His numerous compositions include jazz orchestra suites, choral song-cycles, orchestral music, stage musical works Fever Pitch the Opera, As You Like It, and Fables, and numerous shorter compositions, tunes and songs. He is currently writing an opera based on Michael Palin’s play The Weekend.Scott was made a Fellow of the Guildhall School in 1988 and received a BASCA Gold Badge Award in 2018.

Scott StromanSue Nicholls worked as a music subject leader in many primary settings during her career as a teacher, achieving the status of Advanced Skills Teacher - a role which allowed her to develop her particular passion within music education: the support of generalist teachers.She has published several music resource books for Collins and OUP and lectures on music modules for BA and PGCE teacher trainees.Sue now works nationwide as a music education consultant delivering workshops and music-based CPD to schools and music hubs and also leads the ‘Fast-Track’ Trinity CME programme for the Northampton University centre.

Sue Nicholls


CONTRIBUTORS

Choral leader, director, facilitator, voice coach and songwriter Em Whitfield Brooks works with professionals, amateurs, individuals and groups of all sizes, ages and abilities from all backgrounds and across all sectors.She has led projects, directed shows, run teachers’ choirs and trained teachers and leaders in and out of schools across the UK since 1990. Her approach embraces elements of theatre, music, circus, mindfulness and performance in her search for the ‘easy way’ to free the voice.Em’s educational work has included voice and performance projects for Sing Up, Sage Gateshead, Opera North, West Yorkshire Playhouse, York Theatre Royal, Leeds College of Music, University of York, York St John’s University, Youth Music, Yorkshire Young Musicians, Music Leader, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Whitby Musicport, 509 Arts, Back to Ours and Trinity Guildhall. She specialises in large-scale community performance, conducts the Hull Freedom Chorus and is Associate Director of the Map Consortium. www.emwhitfieldbrooks.com

Em Whitfield Brooks

David is a Senior Policy Advisor with the Department for Education, where his work has focused on a number of areas related to the curriculum, subject-specific programmes, and social mobility.He has worked across the Civil Service in a number of roles since moving to the East Midlands from Edinburgh, Scotland.

David Warden Policy Adviser, Department for Education

Ben Sellers strives to bridge the gap between technology, inclusive practice and curriculum music.He is the author of several educational resources, including the textbook ‘Teaching Music with Garageband for iPad’ and Charanga’s ‘SEND Create’ resource. He has provided training for the BBC and Tokyo Symphony Orchestras, National Association of Headteachers, Drake Music, WOMAD Festival, and Music Education Hubs across the UK.

Ben Sellars


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ABRSM is the UK’s largest music education body, one of its largest music publishers and the world’s leading provider of music exams, holding over 650,000 assessments in more than 90 countries every year. As a registered charity, they also make significant donations towards music education initiatives around the world.Founded in 1889, they have a long and storied history. But their mission has stayed the same: to nurture a love for music, and to inspire achievement in it. At ABRSM, they believe that everyone, wherever they’re from, should have access to high-quality music-learning.

ABRSMCharanga’s award-winning platform is used by over 100 music hubs, 9,000 schools and 35,000 teachers in 62 countries. Infinitely customisable, our programmes are designed to help children and young people develop a love, knowledge and respect for music in all its forms

CharangaThe Mark Allen Group is a dynamic media company which delivers high-quality content through market-leading journals, magazines, books, events, exhibitions and websites. Our brands offer unrivalled access to specialists in healthcare, education, business and consumer markets.Our success comes from a focus on editorial excellence; our in-depth knowledge of our markets’ and our customers’ needs; our commitment to educate, inspire and engage our audiences; and our ability to think differently to provide innovative client-focused solutions.

Mark Allen Group

With a heritage stretching back over 200 years, HarperCollins is one of the world’s foremost book publishers, with a catalogue ranging from cutting-edge contemporary fiction to award-winning apps and everything in between.

Harper Collins Music


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Normans is one of the country’s leading specialist suppliers of Musical Instruments and accessories.We are a family run business and have been established for over 60 years, our principle aim is to deliver the highest standards of quality and service to our customers both in the UK and across the world. We supply Pupils, Schools, Local Education Authorities and Professional Players. Our distribution facility, based in Burton-upon-Trent carries 1,000’s of product lines to ensure our customers have a great choice of both instruments and accessories. Good stocks also ensure that we are able to supply you with specialist products in super fast time. We are here to support music makers nationwide and hope you enjoy pursuing our range and are tempted to sample the Normans experience.

Normans Musical Instruments For 30 years, teachers have been coming to Out of the Ark Music to find resources that they know will be educationally relevant, easy to use and perfectly suited to primary school children.We’ve built our reputation on providing the very best singing resources and songbooks for schools that teachers love to teach and children love to sing! We started with a nativity (Off To Bethlehem) and an assembly songbook (Songs for EVERY Season) but now have over 160 titles for our customers to enjoy and be inspired by, and have expanded our songbooks to support key curriculum topics suitable for EYFS, KS1 / P1-3 and KS2 / P4-7.Songs will always be at the heart of what we do, and we believe that a song can be a springboard to other learning, whether that is musical or in other curriculum areas, and firmly believe that our curriculum-linked resources can support learning in the classroom.Providing a broad and balanced curriculum is important for every school, and by allowing pupils to learn through music and song it helps them develop a whole host of skills, and encourages them to engage creatively with curriculum subjects and topics. It also supports whole-school well-being. Delivering subjects through a new, imaginative format really can bring them to life, achieving amazing improvements in learning and overall results in the classroom.

Out of the Ark

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OCR is a leading UK awarding body. We provide qualifications which engage people of all ages and abilities at school, college, in work or through part-time learning programmes.Our general and vocational qualifications equip students with the knowledge and skills they need for their future, helping them achieve their full potential.

OCR Examining Board

Oxford Cambridge and RSA

Steinberg has been providing award-winning, technologically advanced music and media production products for musicians and producers of music, video and film since 1984. Today, Steinberg is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of music and audio software and hardware, with millions of users worldwide.Steinberg also provides business customers with license-management and copy-protection systems. The Steinberg range of products has long since found world renown in all aspects of modern digital audio processing. They form the backbone of facilities specializing in music composition and production, mastering, restoration, sound design and audio post for the music, game and film industries.Dorico is the next-generation scoring application from Steinberg, with a whole new way of working with music notation. Built from the ground up by musicians for musicians, Dorico is like having an intelligent assistant by your side.

Steinberg (Dorico) Take it away provides interest-free loans to individuals for the purchase of musical instruments, equipment, and software.You can buy an instrument using the loan scheme at one of the 130 music shops across England and Northern Ireland. Take it away is operated by Creative United, a not-for-profit Community Interest Company, and funded by Arts Council England.

Take It Away

We believe that every day, for every child and young person, should be an inspiring and creative adventure.For many it is not an option. Limited access to creative opportunities restricts a young person’s development and reinforces social and economic disadvantages.Our purpose is to work with education providers and cultural organisations to support and develop ways of tackling inequality and access.

The Mighty Creatives (EM Bridge Organisation) Everyone should be able to pursue their creative goals with confidence, regardless of skill level, background or orientation.RSL’s mission is to empower both teachers and learners with dynamic, relevant qualifications for all learning environments. All RSL qualifications are fully regulated and developed by leading industry figures and senior academics.

RSL


Derbyshire Music Education HubDerbyshire Music Education Hub is collaboration between key local and regional music organisations, led by the Derby & Derbyshire Music Partnership, working together to create joined up, high quality music education in and out of school.The two overriding aims of the Derbyshire Music Education Hub are to broaden and increase the opportunities for music-making for all children and young people in the city and county, regardless of their background or personal circumstances

Leicestershire Music Education Hub Leicestershire Music Education Hub is a dynamic partnership of the Leicester-Shire Schools Music Service (formerly Arts in Education / Leicestershire Arts), and over 30 local and national musical organisations, as well as all schools and both Local Authorities.National and regional partners include The Philharmonia Orchestra, The Darbar Arts Culture and Heritage Trust, Sinfonia ViVA and Soft Touch Arts Ltd. Other partners range from charitable trusts, community arts organisations, small businesses, national providers of music equipment and technology, colleges and choral groups.The Hub aims to connect music making organisations and music educators both locally and nationally along with providing performance opportunities (for Bands / Orchestras / Ensembles / Choirs including learning an instrument or learning to sing / singing) and music learning (Music Tuition - Whole Class Ensemble Teaching, Darbar Indian Music Project, Vocal-Ease, Associate Teachers), for young people and schools.

Music Education Hubs East Midlands (MEHEM) is a consortium of Music Education Hubs representing the cities and counties of the East Midlands area. These Hubs include:

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Northamptonshire Music Education Hub The Northamptonshire Music Education Hub (NMEH) is a partnership of organisations committed to delivering the aims of the National Plan for Music Education for the Children and Young People of Northamptonshire.As lead partner of the NMEH, NMPAT will work with its partners to deliver the promises of the government’s National Plan.The Hub will offer a way for every organisation supporting music education in the counties to be directly involved and to network with the whole community.

Nottingham Music Hub Nottingham Music Service (NMS) is the lead partner for the Nottingham Music Education Hub and works with local and national partners to make music more accessible and inclusive. NMS runs or supports instrumental tuition in most schools in Nottingham City. We also support young people from across the city to develop their musical skills by participating in our diverse ensembles including Area Bands, rock and pop bands, orchestras, choirs and more. We organise inspiring events and performances throughout the year for city pupils, providing them opportunities to perform, listen to and work with professional musicians and artists.

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WHAT IS MEHEM?Lincolnshire Music Education Hub The Lincolnshire Music Education Hub is made up of 21 organisations, united to provide high quality music opportunities to the children and young people of Lincolnshire.Led by the award winning Lincolnshire Music Service, the Hub provides a wealth of opportunities for all such as Learning an Instrument, Singing, Choirs and Bands and Orchestras.

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Nottinghamshire Music Hub Instrumental Music Teaching − providing instrumental music and vocal teaching in schools.County Youth Arts − providing music activities for young people aged 13-19 including specific projects for children and young people who face difficult circumstancesWe are delighted to be working with schools and partner organisations to deliver our vision for children and young people in Nottinghamshire

Rutland Music Hub Rutland Music is led by Northamptonshire Music & Performing Arts Trust (NMPAT) and supported by other partners, Rutland County Council and Uppingham Community College, with Oakham School and Exton & Greetham C of E and Oakham C of E Primary Schools Primary Schools. Oakham School leads the Singing Strategy.Rutland Music brings a team of delivery partners who are specialists in the music projects we are implementing and this team is playing a vital role in taking new opportunities to young people and to their schools.

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DELEGATE BROCHURE · programme, the BFI Film Academy and the National Youth Dance Company. Before joining the Arts Council, he led Classic FM for fifteen years. He holds degrees in