Posts Tagged ‘advocating music education’
[PODCAST] [5] Making music education a core subject in the poorest schools in New York – Education Through Music
In this episode, I’m talking with Penny Swift, Executive Director and Katherine Damkohler, Director of National Activities of Education Through Music (ETM). ETM is a New York-based organisation working with under-resourced schools to provide music education as a core subject for all students. It has experienced significant growth over the last few years, and has…
Read MoreMusic for education & wellbeing podcast [4] TRANSCRIPT: Simon Glenister, Noise Solution
AH: So hello, it’s Anita here, and welcome to this month’s podcast. In this episode I’m talking with Simon Glenister, who is director of Noise Solution which is a social enterprise based in Bury-St-Edmunds and it provides one-to-one music mentoring programmes using music technology for young people in challenging circumstances. Why I thought you’d be…
Read MoreMusic for education & wellbeing podcast [3] TRANSCRIPT: Nick Howdle and Sophie Amstell, Wiltshire Music Connect
AH: Hello, it’s Anita here, and welcome to this month’s podcast. In this episode I’m talking with Nick Howdle and Sophie Amstell from Wiltshire Music Connect which is a music education hub. If you don’t know about music education hubs, or you’re listening from outside of England or the UK, I’ll post some information about…
Read More[PODCAST] [3] Breaking the mould: Wiltshire Music Connect’s community development model for a music education hub
In this episode, I’m talking with Nick Howdle and Sophie Amstell of Wiltshire Music Connect, which is a music education hub. Hubs are partnerships of organisations in England, such as local authorities, schools, voluntary and other organisations who receive government funding to create joined-up music education provision in their local area. They’re required to fulfil…
Read More[PODCAST] [2] Music therapy, community music and music education – Dr Simon Procter, Nordoff Robbins
In this episode, I’m talking with Dr Simon Procter who is Director of Music Services (Education, Research and Public Affairs) for Nordoff Robbins, the national music therapy charity. You may know Nordoff Robbins because of famous supporters like Nile Rodgers, Sting, Ricky from Kaiser Chiefs (and The Voice), and many others, as well as fundraising…
Read MoreThe #Mymusicaljourney Twitter campaign
Last month I ran a short Twitter campaign called #mymusicaljourney. I wanted to demonstrate a way of getting interest on social media that perhaps we don’t use enough in the music education/music for wellbeing sectors. It was also an experiment, as I wanted to test what worked, and what I could learn and pass on.…
Read MoreMarketing music lessons – why parents aren’t buying and how to change that -Part 2
Encouraging young people to take up music lessons – and their parents to part with the money – can seem like an uphill battle. This is part 2 of the series, see also Marketing music lessons – why parents aren’t buying and how to change that – part 1. Involve young people and parents The most…
Read MoreMarketing music lessons – why parents aren’t buying and how to change that – part 1 of 2
Encouraging more young people to take up music lessons – and their parents/carers to part with the money – can seem like an uphill battle. Perhaps it feels like something you’re powerless to control. Or maybe you don’t think it’s your role – particularly if you’re a music education hub in England without a peripatetic…
Read MoreWorking together to reach more people – can we extend audience development support to music hubs?
As arts/cultural/creative organisations steel themselves for further cuts this winter, they’ll be pulling out all the stops to communicate their worth. There’s a strong network of arts marketing professionals who are more than up for that challenge: but few of them are in music education. Perhaps now’s the time to make better links, locally and…
Read MoreFour first steps: Lobbying and advocacy for music and arts organisations
WHAT IS LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY? Advocacy in the political sense means creating awareness of an issue in order to influence public policy and funding decisions. The methods you use can be wide-ranging, from communications and media campaigns, to public speaking; from commissioning and publishing research to conducting polls. Lobbying is a type of advocacy that…
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