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Contents Mayor’s foreword
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introduction from darren henley obe
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The mayor’s music pledges
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your music pledges
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the Mayor’s Music Education Taskforce
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Playing my instrument makes me feel that I can learn anything. There is nothing that I don’t like about music because there are so many things to be happy about when playing music.
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Esther Mayor’s Music Scholar
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I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for my music teacher, Janie Macdonald. I was being badly bullied at the time and she saw in me something I didn’t see in myself. She gave me the encouragement, self-belief and utter fearlessness to be where I am today. She applauded my differences and showed me how to celebrate them.
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Jameela Jamil Radio DJ and TV presenter Courtesy of the Teaching Awards Trust
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Mayor’ s for ewor d
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Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
5 Music isn’t a ‘nice-to-have’, it’s an essential part of every child’s education. From the ages of 5 to 14, all children are entitled to play instruments, compose and listen to music in school, every week. The fact that the National Curriculum guarantees children ten years of unbroken musical learning in our schools is something to be enormously proud of. The language of music, with its subtlety, depth and fascinating notation, is as rich as any spoken language on the planet. To reach the level of physical mastery that playing an instrument demands is as mind-boggling as the achievements of Pelé or the Williams sisters. And for a team of people to unite in making music – communicating with confidence, emotion and artistry to others – is one of the most powerful forms of community I can imagine. As with maths, history or sport, children will progress at different rates. But it’s the job of headteachers, with the help of music education hubs, to ensure that every child, not just those that can pay for tuition, has the opportunity and encouragement to progress in music through to GCSE level and beyond. London’s schools are estimated to spend £600m on class music teaching each year. Music hubs spend a further £33m on instrumental teaching, music centres, ensembles and support for schools. Over the next 18 months, the Mayor’s Music Fund and City Hall are investing £1.8m in students and teachers. Across the music industry many more millions are being spent on our young musicians.
We invest so much because music is important for our economy. London needs creative people and music is one of our most successful exports. The creative industries generate £21bn for London’s economy each year and hardly any music graduates are out of work. But music also has a bigger purpose, personally and socially. It’s unique in challenging human beings to draw upon a huge range of intellectual skills and use them, in that moment, to turn the mundane into the beautiful - to create emotion. It’s time to get serious about music, so I’ve made five pledges to help London’s schools. And I’m asking headteachers, as well as music hubs, parents and the music industry to join me by making their own pledges. It’s unbelievably easy, so please give it a go. The pledges are all in this booklet, just visit www.london.gov.uk/musicpledge to make yours!
Boris Johnson Mayor of London
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Music engenders a sense of belonging, improves team work and encourages self-discipline and a sense of achievement. It promotes cooperation, responsibility, commitment and mutual support. It provides an outlet for relaxation and a channel for emotional expression.
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Lord Winston Professor of Science and Society at Imperial College London and Chair of the Royal College of Music
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I feel I have to push myself – not in a bad way but a nice way. I can’t exactly put into words how playing my instruments make me feel but I know that it makes me feel wonderful. The thing I am most proud of is stepping in at the last moment for the soloist at our orchestra’s end of term concert and also performing at the Wigmore Hall. I am not afraid of standing up in front of people and playing now. Instead of feeling scared, I feel excited. Louis Mayor’s Music Scholar
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i ntroduction
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Darren Henley OBE. Photo Š Global
9 When the Mayor asked me to chair his taskforce, I knew that schools were facing major changes. Music hubs had arrived, a revised National Curriculum was on the way and there was a new focus on music in schools. From the very start, I wanted to make sure we did everything possible to give headteachers and class teachers the best support in music.
We live in a city awash with amazing musicians, music organisations and musical heritage. It’s essential that all schools know what is on offer and how to access it. So it is no accident that music is one of the subjects chosen to launch the Mayor’s London Curriculum. This brilliant new idea will help more schools to form proper relationships with musicians and performing organisations.
I would love to sing from the roof of City Hall, ‘Teachers – we haven’t forgotten you!’ The truth is, it’s safer when I stick to the written word, so my colleagues and I on the Mayor’s Music Education Taskforce have put together this plan.
Finally, we want parents and carers to feel as informed as possible about what music teaching their child should receive, in-school, out-of-school and through their local music hub. To help, we are looking at a way of providing parents with simple, jargon-free information about their children’s music education.
Music can be a tough subject for heads and senior leaders to get to grips with. We want to help everyone recognise exactly what a good music lesson looks like and know whether children are making progress. I’m pleased that Ofsted has said that music is central to a broad, balanced curriculum and an essential element in every pupil’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural education. Now we need to help headteachers recognise and support outstanding music teaching. We want to ensure that music teachers don’t find themselves isolated with little chance to meet and learn from other expert musicians. We spoke to Deputy Mayor Munira Mirza about the urgent need to support London’s 1,200 school music teachers. She responded magnificently and I’m thrilled that Music Excellence London is now providing free, world-class continuing professional development (CPD) for London teachers.
Through the London Music Awards, the Mayor is committed to celebrating schools and music hubs. I would also like to celebrate the support that he and Munira Mirza are giving to high quality music education, particularly inside London’s classrooms. Let’s make the most of it!
Darren Henley OBE Chair of The Mayor’s Music Education Taskforce Managing Director at Classic FM
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Music has always played an important role in my work as a mathematician. I listen to a lot of music while trying to make the next mathematical breakthrough. The structures that fascinate the composer are surprisingly similar to the structures that I am drawn to as a mathematician. It’s as if the same part of the brain is at play when you’re doing maths and listening to music. An education bereft of either music or maths would rob children of a lifetime of learning, cultural and creative opportunities! Marcus du Sautoy Professor of Mathematics at University of Oxford
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Th e Mayor’ s M us i c P le d g e s
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We will bring together a team of London Music Champions – highly experienced headteachers with an outstanding track record, plus accomplished professional musicians. They will provide free advice and mentoring to headteachers.
Music Excellence London is a world-class CPD scheme. Funding from City Hall means that it’s currently free for London’s key stage 3 music teachers. It will help them to implement the new curriculum, increase student attainment and make the most of London’s rich musical resources.
Specialist advice for headteachers
Headteachers will be able to call upon a London Music Champion via their local music hub.
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He understood my music and understood what I was trying to do, so nothing else mattered. If he suggested that I listen to something I would… Everything started there.
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Dizzee Rascal Musician Talking about Tim Smith, his music teacher at Langdon Park school in Poplar
CPD and resources for teachers
The London Curriculum is a new key stage 3 resource. It offers music teachers exciting ways to bring London’s amazing people, places and heritage into their day-today classroom teaching, as well as ideas for educational visits.
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Many parents don’t know that their children should receive ten years of weekly music teaching throughout primary and secondary school. Likewise, the range of out-of-school activities can be mind-boggling and hard to navigate.
The Mayor’s Music Fund gives instrumental scholarships to talented key stage 2 and 3 students who cannot afford music lessons. There are 280 Mayor’s Music Scholars from 240 different London schools. Their programme of musical activities is managed by music hubs.
The London Music Awards is a star-studded celebration of London’s outstanding musicians, young and old. The awards are organised by the Mayor’s Music Fund and recognise the achievements of students and teachers as well as rising stars and London legends.
The Mayor’s Music Fund has also awarded £250,000 to give 6,500 young musicians the chance to learn with top professional musicians and perform in venues like the Royal Albert Hall. Funding applications are made through London’s music hubs and the deadline is every November.
In 2015, we will create a new award to say ‘thank you’ to schools with an outstanding commitment to music. Independent and state primary, secondary and special schools can apply. To enter, schools must sign-up to the Mayor’s Music Pledge, get involved with their local music hub, offer their music staff CPD and show that students are making good musical progress.
Jargon-free advice for parents
We want parents to confidently support their budding musicians, so we’ll carry out research to find out what information parents need and how they’d like to receive it.
Nurturing young musicians
Celebrating schools and young musicians
Finally, we’ll continue to showcase London’s brilliant young musicians through our annual busking competition. Every summer hundreds of performers aged 1125 will get outstanding support and advice and the chance to perform in iconic spots all over London. This year the competition entertained 1.8 million people.
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Learning and playing music is not a luxury, as the benefits are countless and far reaching over the course of all our children’s lives!
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Alison Balsom Virtuoso trumpet player
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I think it’s important to learn an instrument because it might help me to get far in my life. My dream goal… is to play all around the world. I’d like to play fascinating pieces that really make the audience feel it.
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Teodora Mayor’s Music Scholar
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you r M us i c P le d g e s
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To make your pledge, visit www.london. gov.uk/musicpledge. Please pledge as many as you can and we’ll send you everything you need to get started.
H e a dt e ac h e r s
T e ac h e r s
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Meet your music hub and review your school’s music offer
Contact your music hub and attend their teachers’ meetings
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Read and act upon Ofsted’s short guidance for heads and teachers
Read and act upon Ofsted’s short guidance for heads and teachers
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Get free advice from a London Music Champion
Be an active musician, in class and out
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Offer your music staff specialist music CPD every year
Go to specialist music CPD events every year
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Go to our Headteachers’ Music Conferences in March or June 2015
Go to the Music Education Expo (March 2015 at the Barbican)
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Make one of your governors a music and arts champion
Take students to hear a live music performance
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Apply to be an Arts Mark approved school
Nominate a ks2 student for a Mayor’s Music Scholarship
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Offer your students the Arts Award qualification
Register for the London Curriculum
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Get more live music happening in your school
Take part in events with your music hub and other schools
Enter your school for a London Music Award
Enter your school for a London Music Award
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M us i c i an s an d th e m us ic i n du s t ry
Par e n t s
Meet your local headteachers to review their school music offers
Contact your local music hub to find out how you can support them
Ask the head teacher what music is happening in your child’s school
Call on a London Music Champion for free support and advice
Contact Music Excellence London to find out how you can support them
Speak to your local music hub about what’s available for your child
Offer headteachers free advice from a London Music Champion
Speak to your local schools about their music offer; offer your expertise
Sign-up as a school governor at www.sgoss.org.uk
Promote Music Excellence London to your secondary schools
Offer to perform at your local school
Encourage music-making as part of your child’s life
Run a London Curriculum session for your secondary schools
Check out the London Curriculum and tell secondary school teachers about it
Go to concerts organised by your child’s school or music hub
Encourage staff to signup as school governors at www.sgoss.org.uk
Sign-up as a school governor at www.sgoss.org.uk
Take your child to hear live music
Attend your schools’ concerts to show you value their work
Tweet, blog, speak or write an article about the power of music education
Support parents whose children need help getting to lessons and rehearsals
Share a resource or idea with other hubs
Tell others about your local music hub and what they offer
Tell others about your local music hub and what they offer
Arrange more shared tuition and ensembles across boroughs
Tell others about the London Music Pledge
Tell others about the London Music Pledge
Nominate a school for a London Music Award
Nominate a school for a London Music Award
Nominate a school for a London Music Award
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Photo Š Alick Cotterill. Courtesy of Music for Youth
Everyone should hear young performers in action. Music For Youth Schools Proms are incredible concerts, all performed by school students. They happen at the Royal Albert Hall every November. When you make your pledges we’ll send you information on how to get tickets, or nominate your school to perform.
19 The Mayor’s Music Education Taskforce
Darren Henley OBE (Chair) Managing Director, Classic FM Karen Brock (Vice Chair) Head of Tower Hamlets Arts and Music Education Service Lincoln Abbotts
Director of Strategic Development, ABRSM
Paul Broadhurst
Senior Cultural Strategy Officer (Music), GLA
Andrew Burke
CEO, London Sinfonietta
Maggie Crowe OBE
Director of Events and Charities, BPI
Philip Flood
CEO, Sound Connections
Sean Gregory
Director of Creative Learning, Barbican Centre and Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Kim Hember
Head of Enfield Music Service
Kate Laurence Subject Lead – PGCE Secondary Music, Institute of Education Munira Mirza Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture, Mayor of London Steve Moffitt
CEO, A New Direction
Richard Morris
Chair, Yehudi Menuhin School
Leigh O’Hara
Director of Music, St Paul’s Girls’ School
Mark Phillips
Senior HMI - London, Ofsted
Graeme Smith
Head of Croydon Music and Arts
Helen Sprott
Director of Music, Arts Council England
Sue Stephens
Head of Music, Alexandra Park School
James Thomas
Head of Music Service, London Borough of Hackney
Veronica Wadley
Senior Mayoral Advisor, Mayor of London
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I was fortunate to have a really good education and had an outstandingly good music teacher who encouraged me to explore my love of music as a way to help unscramble my block with maths. I believe the arts give children the tools for creative thinking that serve children in every aspect of scholastic development. Minnie Driver Hollywood actress Courtesy of the Teaching Awards Trust
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