*ONLINE* Music Education Futures: Part 2 - Being a Freelance Practitioner & Sustainability and Wellbeing

Music Education Futures

Our new three-part series supports early‑career and freelance music practitioners to better understand the UK music education landscape, build sustainable working practices, and develop high-quality, fundable music education projects. You are welcome to join whichever sessions are most useful to them, whether that’s just 1 or 2 or all 3.

We will be delivering the series both in person and online, and there will be the option to take part in facilitated peer mentoring sessions, creating ongoing opportunities for reflection, connection and shared problem-solving beyond the sessions.

Full speaker line-up to be announced soon.

Part 2 - Being a Freelance Practitioner & Sustainability and Wellbeing

This second session focusses on the practical, financial and emotional realities of working as a freelance practitioner - with sustainability at its core.

We will explore how to manage multiple roles and contracts, navigate music‑specific delivery environments, and address financial planning for irregular income, boundary‑setting and wellbeing strategies, with space for peer troubleshooting and shared problem‑solving. Attendees will leave with clearer frameworks for managing freelance workloads while maintaining creative and personal sustainability.

This event will take place online on Thursday 1st October 2026, 10.00–12.00. An in‑person version of the event will run on Wednesday 16th September 2026, 10.30–13.30, offering different ways to take part depending on circumstances and access needs.

This listing is for the online event only. If you would prefer to attend in person, please book via the separate in‑person event listing, which is linked here.

The themes and learning from the event will also be developed into a digital resource, allowing the content to be revisited and shared more widely.