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Other adults in your session: Help or Hindrance?

Join the discussion with your own experiences...

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Making music feel good

What can you do with a tablet, a tabletop and a £20 speaker?

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February Newsletter out now!

Highlights of the last month on the Youth Music Network.

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Drumming workshop with Craig Blundell

Watch the video here...

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A day in the life of a Project Trainee

Read about what it's like to train on a Key Stage 1 music project

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Joining the Dots

New bursary programme to help people make a living from independent music

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What does a leader look like?

Exploring cultural leadership skills.

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Music to Young Ears

Research about engaging deaf children with music.

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(Re)moving the goalposts

Dr Alison Daubney shares her thoughts on Ofsted's report on Music Education Hubs.

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Does early years music-making need to change?

Sumi Hollingworth comments on the latest research.

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Evaluation Builder

A handy tool for measuring the outcomes of your music project.

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ECCO: The Ethnic Contemporary Classical Orchestra

Resource pack with videos, photos, project reflections and advice.

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Mel Rooney's blog “To blog or not to blog? is a response I typically hear from many of my colleagues in music education. Colleagues who are articulate, confident, well informed and quite happy to share opinions or a range of education issues: in conversations over coffee, breakout meetings or even reaching out for the roaming microphone in a...
The Advance Network Launches Phase 2 'Taking Action'
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“Never underestimate the power a committed group of individuals has to create change, in fact it’s the only thing that ever has” Margaret Mead
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A complete guide to effective project planning, with soul! - from the North East Musical Inclusion Weekend.
music-making session with young children
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Want to get adults and carers more engaged in early-years music-making?
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Jim Pinchen (Workforce Development Manager: Rhythmix and MusicLeader South East) talks about being yourself with young people; MAC/ PC resources, Plugins, Programmes and Platforms; the elephant in the room – cracked software; what are we doing to keep our workforce up to date; and asks for your thoughts.
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Many schools have music departments on the edge of the sports field so as not to "bother" the other subjects. Has the Music Plan's Annex 2 done the same to technology?

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Taking the Reins…what partnerships bring to Musical Inclusion

These Reins Night gigs show how something quite simple can be really effective with the right support behind it. These...

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Other adults in your session: Help or Hindrance?

These are very real issues that have been around for a long time. I started writing a few comments and have ended up...

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Other adults in your session: Help or Hindrance?

Really interesting blog Paul, thank you, and thanks Lucy and Nick for your insights. Like Lucy, when I take part/visit...

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Taking the Reins…what partnerships bring to Musical Inclusion

Great blog Nick, thank you. I'd love to know more, as I'm sure other Musical Inclusion projects would - my initial...