In its role as advocate, Youth Music actively encourages debate and research on music education and the provision of music-making activities for young people.
Why console games are bigger than Rock and Roll
December 2007
Commissioned by Youth Music and written by Andrew Missingham, this report has sought out young people’s views about music-games, and aims to provide an insight into how music-games may develop and how the music sector could make the most of this exciting, nascent culture. Some of the questions that this report aims to explore are:
- Are young people being attracted to making music via these games?
- Do music-games add value to or replace other ways that young people make and listening to music?
- Are young people making music, or learning about music, on consoles instead of on “traditional”2 instruments?
- Are people starting on games consoles, then going on to other more "traditional” music making methods?
- What can games developers and console and peripheral manufacturers do improve music-games?
Download Why console games are bigger than Rock and Roll
(709KB PDF)
Youth Music Consultation:
The Cultural Olympiad 2008 - 2012
April 2007
The Cultural Olympiad which includes the Culture and Education Programme, is the wider festival which runs from the moment when London becomes the host city, at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Games in 2008. The Olympiad will encompass projects and events organised across the country from national institutions to schools, community organisations and individuals.
Youth Music would like to thank all those who contributed their comments to Youth Music's survey on musical activity for young people linked to the Cultural Olympiad.
Read the response summary
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February 2007
This research was conducted as part of a questionnaire that was sent out to Youth Music’s singing contacts in the summer of 2006. This research outlines information about singing activities currently taking place in England and aspirations to further develop vocal provision in future.
Proving the value
October 2006
A survey was sent to 200 Youth Music funded organisations seeking evidence showing what difference Youth Music has made to the cultural landscape in England.
Youth Music announces Omnibus survey 2006
October 2006
Our Music examines the musical engagement of young people aged 7 – 19 in the UK. Music is, arguably, the young person’s creative art form of choice. More children and young people are making music on their own or with friends than in school. This survey of 1.295 children and young people was conducted by Youth Music in May 2006.
February 06
The research study Turning Their Ears On demonstrates the impact of music-making on 750 children who attended Sure Start nurseries located in two Youth Music Early Years Zones.
Youth Music has completed its response to the DfES Green Paper, Youth matters
February 2006
The young people consulted flagged up key concerns for the government to consider. Youth Music’s funded activity is directly influenced by the views of young people. In order to respond to this Green Paper, we consulted with a cross section of young people aged 12 –20+ from diverse backgrounds in focus groups around the country. Their views are directly represented (indicated young people) throughout.
September 2005
Barriers still remain to there being real equality of opportunity for children and young people of minority ethnic backgrounds to make music
August 2005
Youth Music will be contributing to the DfES consultation and would like to encourage others to do the same
Creating Chances for Making Music
December 2004
In 2004, Youth Music published ‘Creating Chances for Making Music, the story of the Wider Opportunities Programme’. This book tells the experiences of 13 pilot programmes, seven funded by Youth Music and six by the Department for Education and Skills, in which each explored different ways of providing primary school children with opportunities to learn a range of musical instruments.
Download the Creating Chances for Making Music book (PDF 5MB).
Download units of work from Haringey Music Service developed as an outcome of Wider Opportunities as an example of how class teachers can work collaboratively:
All Together Now Part 1 (PDF 161 KB)
All Together Now Part 2 PDF 336 KB)
Musical Ladders (PDF 208 KB)
April 2005
An online consultation was carried out in October – December 2004, with the aim of the results helping to inform Youth Music's future policy for 2005 – 2010.
November 2004
Throughout November and December 2004, Youth Music is running an online questionnaire, which will allow you to have your say on areas such as our priorities for funding, the types of programmes we will support and how we can deliver more effective and efficient Lottery. Your feedback is important to us.
New research finds training of music leaders requires collaboration
February 2004
Youth music-making could be better supported if the wide range of formal and informal music education providers shared opportunities for training and continuing professional development (CPD), according to new research funded by Youth Music.
Youth Music consults on Youth Arts funding
December 2003
Youth Music, in partnership with Arts Council England, has facilitated discussions with other youth arts organisations to consider how the sector might work together to make best use of the government’s new youth arts fund.
All Together Now: an exploration of multi-agency music-making for young people in London
October 2003
The mushrooming field of music making opportunities led Youth Music to commission an exploration of multi-agency facilitated music-making for young people in London. All Together Now is a piece of fact finding research undertaken primarily in the outer London Boroughs, but several sections (pages 20-41) have a relevance to people and organisations outside London. It was conducted by Andrew Peggie and Rachel Gardiner with funding from Arts Council England.
Youth Music publishes research on training of professional musicians
July 2002
Young musicians may not be getting the range of training they need to meet the future demands of the music industry, according to Youth Music research commissioned by The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).
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