Meeting the Hubs - MMM at mac Birmingham

Last month Sandra Hall from Friction Arts and I were invited to present at mac Birmingham's Music Education Hub Strategy Group meeting. We were able to meet with management staff from Birmingham Music Education Partnership, Sandwell, Coventry and Solihull Music Education Hubs and explore the topic of diversity in musical inclusion, with our Youth Music funded project Multicultural Music Making as a case study. 

The presentation included an introduction to the MMM Principles of Practice as per our attached handout, and a key discussion around the following question: -      How could music education provision be influenced by this approach to musical inclusion?

Everyone particularly enjoyed their introduction to the Ugandan xylophone, the amadinda, with this video footage shared in celebration online: https://twitter.com/i/status/1146796117352488960

Thanks again to Holly Radford at mac makes music for the opportunity to share our practice, and we look forward to continuing conversations and growing connections in the new academic year. Our next collaboration with mac makes music is the delivery of a session at their forthcoming 'Music and Social, Emotional and Mental Health training' in January 2020. You can find more information on this training opportunity here: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/music-and-social-emotional-and-mental-health