Creating opportunity through music

Brighter Sound Creating Opportunity through Music

Children and Young People Across the region

Creative Learning programme at Band on the WallMusical and professional development for all ages

Children and Young People in Challenging Circumstances- Musical Inclusion Music Practioners / Quality Assurance/ CPDProgression/ Talent and Potential Youth Leadership Blaze Festival

• Looked After Children

• Partnership with Barnardos

• Role of Strategy and delivery in engagement process

• The value of partnership working

Project Aims

To engage 15-25 young people in creative music makingTo provide opportunities for composition, lyric writing,Improvisation, group performance and instrumentaltuitionTo culminate the project with a high profile performanceAnd recording opportunity

Project Timescale / Structure-Flexible-Youth Consultation -Reactionary

On-the-ground partners

Support

Creating opportunities to learn and share

Training / CPD

• Recruitment / Retention and Participation

• Priorities

• Commitment

• Support

• Incentives

• Reassurance / Doing

• Reflecting

“ I love it, it’s the only thing that makes sense to me at the moment” Participant

“It’s about having fun, we all muck in together and make music. We are doing an urban opera! Me! An opera – brilliant! Participant

“The workers don’t look down on us , they help us learn at our own pace and that makes it easy and fun” Participant

“I was a bit dubious to begin with but after seeing the young people get so involved it has made my job a right laugh on a Wednesday” Care Worker

“I can make a fool of myself and not worry because we are all taking chances and giving something new a go” Care Worker