Inclusive Practice in Action: Power and Privilege | Sound Connections

A Sound Connections Knowledge and Practice Exchange

£35 freelance rate; £60 organisations with a turnover of less than £250k; £90 organisations with a turnover of more than £25.

In our annual gathering this year we will be exploring what power and privilege means in music education.

Hosted by Talia Randall, speakers from outside the music education sector including Imrana Mahmood (Arts Educationalist), Reveal Poison (Poet and Rap Artist), Claire Mera Nelson (Director of Music, Arts Council England) and Sahar Summer (Wired4Music) will offer their perspective, insight and provocation.

Confirmed breakout sessions:

• Grappling with lyrics: Chaos in the studio (Colin Brent and young person TBC: Bollobrook Youth Centre)
• Using music to promote empathy between newly arrived groups and host communities (Jim Pinchen and Raghad Haddad: I Speak Music (Surrey Music Hub))
• Developing and embedding Youth Voice in a music education hub (Jane da Costa: Tri-borough Music Hub)
• Perspectives on inclusive practice (Vicci Worthy: Daisi; Neil Phillips: Awards for Young Musicians; Michael Davidson: Music Net East; convened by Adam Cookson: Youth Music)
• #SaveOurMusic: youth voice and advocacy (Dafydd Evans and LMM Alumni: London Music Masters)
• Working with the Youth and Community Sector (Emily Reddon: London Youth)
• Orchestrating Change and Growing Musical Landscapes Together (Rachel Thame and Deborah Woollaston: Moor to Sea Music, Devon)
• What is Inclusion? Music Making is the Key (John Kelly and Douglas Noble: Drake Music)
• Is it time for a power shift? Looking at the role of non music specialists in delivering music activity with families and under 3’s in the community (Rosie Adediran: Rhymes Reimaged)

More information on the timetable and sessions here.

During lunch, delegates will be able to have Development Needs Analysis one-to-one sessions with the Sound Connections team.

We are experimenting with a new format that will focus around a Long Table, where we hope all delegates will be able to bring their ideas forward and engage meaningfully with our large events.

Why attend?

• Learn
• Think
• Share
• Provoke and be provoked
• Network
• Enjoy

Who is Inclusive Practice in Action for?

This event is open to anybody working with children and young people and music for example:

• Classroom Teachers, instrumental teachers and freelance music practitioners
• Grassroots music organisation practitioners and staff
• Music Education Hub practitioners and staff
• Early Years practitioners and organisations
• Wired4Music members
• Regional and national music and arts organisations practitioners and staff
• Freelance consultants, project managers, researchers

All are welcome! If you have any queries about whether this event is for you please email admin@sound-connections.org.uk. Some travel bursaries are available for practitioners who aren’t London based, please email admin@sound-connections.org.uk for details.

We hope to see you there, to join the Long Table discussions, network with a range of people from within and beyond the music education sector, and further your own thinking and practice.

We are working towards all of our venues being fully accessible, and checking accessibility details with venues is part of our booking process. If you have any queries about access at the venue please contact admin@sound-connections.org.uk

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