MC2 Mini Conference on Early Years
Event description
Sage Gateshead is delighted to present MC2, the fifth in our series of mini conferences for Music Leaders, music teachers, project workers and musicians working with children and young people that are experiencing challenging circumstances. MC² will include presentations, workshops and a panel discussion with a focus on Early Years and Inclusive Music Education.
Delegates will come away with new knowledge, insight, skills and contacts.
Inspirational speakers including researcher and lecturer Dr Jessica Pitt, musician, author and public speaker Nate Holder will lead the event’s lectures, followed by a practical and insightful session lead by Eleanor Mooney and Ryan Humphrey from Sage Gateshead’s Early Years team.
Places are limited so advanced booking is essential.
Cost: £12.50. A 20% discount is available for Music Education Hub staff and music teachers, Youth Music funded organisations and students using code MC2EY10 or by booking via this link
A look at the day:
10.30am – 10.35am Welcome
10.35am – 11.05am Jessica Pitt Jessica will briefly outline the Early Years music landscape before going on to explore SALTMusic, the action research project that brought speech and language therapists together with early childhood music practitioners.
Through this work, Jessica and colleagues found that word-free, music-sound play can help us see the children as creative, expressive communicators – this session will show delegates how to build on this as a cornerstone of inclusive music practice.
11.05am – 11.20am Screen Break
11.20am – 12pm Workshop 1: Culture and Repertoire choices in Early Years with Nate Holder During this session, Nate will explore the range of choices available in Early Years settings in relation to culture and repertoire and the impact of these decisions on young people. He will look at the importance of young people being able to recognise themselves in the stories they hear and music they play.
A passionate advocate for the decolonisation of music education, Nate will challenge delegates to think about how we make repertoire choices in Early Years settings.
12pm – 12.45pm Lunch
12.45pm – 1.45pm Workshop 2: Early Years and the Artist Pedagogue Framework with Ryan Humphrey and Eleanor Mooney In this session, Ryan and Eleanor will explore Early Years musical learning through two case studies; Loud & Clear Early Years working with foster and adoptive families and Make Music Family Learning: Open Access classes for families with children aged 0-7.
They will describe how they use social pedagogy and the Learning Framework for Artistic Pedagogues as an approach to whole family engagement and run a mini ‘session’ so delegates can see how it works in action.
1.45pm – 2.00pm Screen Break
2.00pm – 2.30pm Panel Discussion Panel speakers will offer responses to questions collected from delegates throughout the day.
2.30pm – Closing remarks and Thank-you