The National Foundation for Youth Music has launched a new initiative to fund partnerships between schools and music education providers.
Exchanging Notes will offer grants of up to £120,000 for music initiatives delivered by these collaborations.
An action research project evaluating the educational and musical benefits of these new partnerships for young people will also take place alongside the project.
Matt Griffiths, executive director at Youth Music, said: ‘There are many great examples of high-quality effective music education practice across in-school and out-of-school settings.
‘No rigorous study over such a long period has ever been done of the benefits of combining these different approaches for young people at risk of low attainment or exclusion, so we hope that this research will stimulate fresh thinking and improve our collective understanding of high-quality music education. Ultimately, we want to give young people the widest possible variety of ways to work with music.’
Suitable projects will begin in September 2014 and run for four academic terms until July 2018. £30,000 worth of funding is available for each year.
Deadline for applications is 10 February 2014.
Further information can be found at www.network.youthmusic.org.uk/exchangingnotes
Exchanging Notes will offer grants of up to £120,000 for music initiatives delivered by these collaborations.
An action research project evaluating the educational and musical benefits of these new partnerships for young people will also take place alongside the project.
Matt Griffiths, executive director at Youth Music, said: ‘There are many great examples of high-quality effective music education practice across in-school and out-of-school settings.
‘No rigorous study over such a long period has ever been done of the benefits of combining these different approaches for young people at risk of low attainment or exclusion, so we hope that this research will stimulate fresh thinking and improve our collective understanding of high-quality music education. Ultimately, we want to give young people the widest possible variety of ways to work with music.’
Suitable projects will begin in September 2014 and run for four academic terms until July 2018. £30,000 worth of funding is available for each year.
Deadline for applications is 10 February 2014.
Further information can be found at www.network.youthmusic.org.uk/exchangingnotes
