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Open Programmes take a minimum of three months to process
First StepsDeveloping 0-5 year olds through music, with training for parents and carers
Make It Sound
Music-making for 5-18 year olds who otherwise lack the chance to take part
Programmes where the voice is the main instrument Involving young people
There are many different ways in which you can involve young people Does the new licensing law affect you?
The Licensing laws in England and Wales are changing on November 24, 2005, ensure your organisation has the right licence to continue to stage entertainment, sell food or alcohol.
Workforce development
Overall aim:
To improve the quality and quantity of music leadership in order to deliver better music-making opportunities for children and young people.
To improve the quality and quantity of music leadership in order to deliver better music-making opportunities for children and young people.
Key messages:
- All children should have the chance to make music.
- We need more leaders to enable more opportunities.
Rationale
To ensure young people are getting the best music making experience, Youth Music needs to play an active role in encouraging and supporting musicians to become better music leaders, equipped to meet the demands of a changing music education landscape.
Youth Music seeks to be seen as a proactive and trusted force, which is:
- Informed about training and development of music leaders issues and is tackling them in an open, inclusive and above all practical way
- Working across the youth, music, education, community and learning sectors encouraging a partnership approach to workforce development
Youth Music is investing significant funds to address this issue.
Specific aims and activities
- To enable music leaders to develop their skills and practice
- To encourage new music leaders into the sector
- To improve standards of music making activity
- To increase the understanding of working practices across and between the music, youth, education and learning communities
- To increase financial investment in workforce development from external sources
MusicLeader
MusicLeader is a Youth Music initiative providing access to professional development for music leaders at every stage of their career
www.musicleader.net
www.musicleader.net