Youth Music is one of the National Lottery’s great success stories. Set up in 1999, with a remit to support music-making activities for some of the UK’s most disadvantaged young people, Youth Music has gone on to reach over 1.75 million children and young people, encouraging their talents, building their confidence and transforming the landscape of musical opportunity throughout the UK. The music-making supported is of the widest variety, from Hip Hop and DJing to Classical and Jazz.

To get involved with youth music-making in your area, contact your nearest Regional or National Co-ordinator.

To find out about training opportunities visit www.MusicLeader.net a national service that aims to help music leaders make well informed and realistic decisions about their career development. MusicLeader offers a tailored service to music leaders to help them make well informed and realistic decisions about their career development.


Other good organisations to contact include:

• Sound Sense
• Connexions
• Learning and Skills Councils
• Local Authorities' Arts Departments

Job vacancies at Youth Music:

Research Tender - Youth Music Action Zones
Youth Music is inviting suitable applicants to tender for an evaluation of its flagship programme, the Youth Music Action Zones (YMAZs).  Set up between 2000 and 2003, the 21 YMAZs across England and Wales offer regionally responsive programmes to children and young people with least opportunity to participate in quality music-making activities.  During their lifetimes YMAZs have undergone change and strategic development, with the majority now being programmes within independent organisations with a wider remit of work. Regional responsiveness has enabled the YMAZs to become a broad and extremely diverse network of organisations. The evaluation will be used to recommend the focus of the YMAZ programme from 2010 onwards, in implementing Youth Music’s new policy areas.
T: 0207 902 1060
E: donna.yay@youthmusic.org.uk
Deadline for applications: 5 January, 2009. Interviews will take place on 16 January, 2009
Download full tender brief

Music Education Development Officer
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and imaginative programme development officer with broad knowledge of music education, to join our growing charity. The role is responsible for working with colleagues, developing ideas and administering programmes of activity consistent with our policy plans.  Team working, determination, and working to deadlines are all features of this role. 

To find out more details about this role please email jobs@youthmusic.org.uk or download the application pack which includes a role profile. Please note that we do not accept CVs.

Closing date: 5pm, Monday 12th January 2009

Job vacancies at other organisations:

 
Programme Officer - Sound it Out
Sound It Out Community Music is the regional Community Music
Development Agency for the West Midlands, and is looking to appoint a highly
motivated, enthusiastic individual to join our growing team.
For more information and an application pack, email: enquiries@sounditout.co.uk
Deadline for applications:  Wednesday 21 January, 2009
W: www.sounditout.co.uk
T: 0121 772 8655