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Music for Life: A Marvellous Party!
by Judy Hildesley (from BKA Summer 2004 Newsletter)
On the 3rd of March I was privileged to spend the day at the Barbican Centre. My hosts were the DfES, DCMS, Ofsted, Youth Music and QCA who provided me with lunch, refreshments and a pack of goodies welcoming me to Music for Life. Richard Stilgoe guided me and a few hundred others as we listened to performances by more than 600 young musicians representing 12 Music Services that had been taking part in the Wider Opportunities for All pilot programmes for the last two to three years. There was an amazing array of talent on display and while expertise did not always match the enthusiasm, it was the enthusiasm that carried the day and made it such an inspiration. I am only sorry that more full-time teachers were not able to experience this wonderful day first-hand. They have not been forgotten however, and a DVD has been promised to all the Heads of Primary Schools throughout the country. Perhaps you have already received your copy!
- The DVD, "Tuning in" – wider opportunities in specialist
instrumental tuition for pupils in Key Stage 2, is an evaluation of
pilot programmes in 12 local education authorities. It comes with
examples of work, the full evaluation report and a QCA handbook with
units of work and is available through Ofsted.
- "Creating chances for making music", the story of the pilots by
Leonora Davies and John Stephens is to be published by Youth Music. This
story book compliments the Ofsted evaluation report and QCA schemes of
work and will be distributed free to all primary schools and Music
Services in England at the beginning of October 2004.
- The final evaluation report for Youth Music Trustees, on the first phase of the Youth Music funded pilot programmes, is available on request from Sally Stote at Youth Music.
As a footnote, members may be interested in my observation that the best
Musicianship skills belonged to those groups who had been using sol-fa in
their pre-instrumental programmes. A variety of other schemes were apparent
but none so effective in securing good intonation!
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