Sage Gateshead/CoMusica

The CoMusica Inclusion Programme will enable children and young people in challenging circumstances to progress personally, musically and socially through sustained engagement in high quality music provision.

Provision will be supported through strategic partnerships, establishing networks, sharing practise and delivering training. Our aim is to train and support a workforce responsive to musical and social needs of young people experiencing challenging circumstances.     

Over our 4-year programme CoMusica Inclusion will:

• Continue to develop strong musical inclusion networks of practitioners and organisations that include all Fund A/B holders in the region and MEHs.
   
• Forge stronger, wider and more varied pathways and progression routes for CYP experiencing challenging circumstances across a wide variety of settings
   
• Continue to increase workforce diversity and ensure skills, knowledge and experience are appropriate for delivering music for CYP living in challenging circumstances.
   
• Specifically support emerging practitioners from diverse and BME backgrounds to access training and practice development opportunities
   
• Develop progression routes, which enable practitioners from diverse and BME backgrounds to train other emerging practitioners from diverse and BME backgrounds
   
• Increase understanding of musical inclusion and increase musically inclusive practice within regional MEHs and MEH areas
   
• Increase musical inclusion and creative diversity in the North East and support a musically inclusive England

There are three key areas to this programme:

1. Musical Delivery:

• Arches Academy: A musical delivery programme offers music and art activities for NEET, Pre-NEET and Post NEET young people aged 13-25.
   
• Music Spark Traineeship: Our community music training programme for young people with learning disabilities.

2. CoMusica Inclusion Training:

• CME Level 4 Delivery: Level 4 Certificate for Music Educators run through Sage Gateshead for MEH staff and music practitioners in the North East.
   
• CoMusica Exchange: Emerging Practitioner network including shadowing and co-mentoring opportunities for aspiring musicians in the North East.
   
• Masterclasses: Advanced musical training sessions for practitioners in the North East – focusing on musical excellence and linking with visiting artists at Sage Gateshead.
   
• Music Education Hub Pilots: Delivery pilots delivered in partnership with local Music Education Hubs.

3. Strategy and Networking:

• CoMusica Inclusion Steering Group: Bi Annual Steering Group Meetings with Music Education Hubs and key partner organisations.
   
• Bi Annual Northern AMIE Grant Holder Meetings
   
• CoMusica Assembly: Annual meetings with regional Fund A/B Grant holders.