Welcome back! We hope all of our teachers and music educators had an enjoyable summer break. As you ease your way #backtoschool make sure you're taking full advantage of the Hub support available to you by following our top tips for the new academic year...
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Sign up for Hubdates - if you're reading this, you should already be signed up to receive our weekly Hubdates. We know that email addresses often change at this time of year so do let us know if your contact details have changed or if there is anyone else at your school that would like to register - you can do this via the online form on our website.
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Apply for MEG funding - School Music Development Plans are a new DfE recommendation for schools under the National Plan for Music Education. Check out our guidance and self-evaluation tool and make sure you apply for delegated Music Education Grant (MEG) funding before the deadline on Friday 6 October 2023.
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Attend a Teach Meet - visit our What's On pages to register for one of next week's Online Teach Meets where our Music Development Leads will give you the lowdown on everything we have coming up for you over the next few months.
Good luck for the year ahead and remember, we're here to support YOU!
Devon and Torbay Music Education Hubs are delighted to be working in partnership with Live Music Now to provide a fun and inspiring workshop for young musicians with Back Chat Brass. Join us at King Edward VI Community College, Totnes TQ9 5JX on Sunday 15 October from 2-5pm.
This event is aimed at young musicians that play any brass, woodwind or percussion instrument. No graded music exams need to have been taken but we suggest that you are working at Grade 3 level of ability or higher.
On the day, you will get to hear Back Chat Brass perform before becoming part of the band to learn some tracks from the Back Chat Play educational resources, supported by professional musicians and members of the Hub team. At the end of the afternoon, parents/carers and supporters are invited to join us for a short performance.
This is a FREE event supported by Live Music Now and Devon and Torbay Music Education Hubs, but advance booking is essential.
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Following the retirement of Paul Painter at the end of the summer term, Anthony Chamberlain has joined our team of Music Development Leads on an interim basis, taking responsibility for East Devon. A vocal specialist, Anthony is an experienced teacher and has worked as both a curriculum and Visiting Music Teacher in Devon since 1997.
Anthony has worked extensively for the Hub in recent years as a Music Consultant, supporting schools, leading CPD and as co-director of Devon Youth Choir. He is also an Accredited Trainer for the Royal Opera House Create & Sing programme and Charanga's Regional CPD and Training Manager for the South West.
For more information about how the Hub can support your school, please contact the Music Development Lead for your area.
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We are delighted to be working with colleagues at Wiltshire Music Connect to create a range of customised resources to explain why music matters to children and young people. Most people know that music is a ‘good thing’. Research proves again and again that it is so important to children and young people’s lives and futures. Why? Because music education…
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increases confidence and self-esteem – which has a knock-on effect in all areas of their life and learning.
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improves health and wellbeing – reducing stress, increasing a sense of wellbeing and happiness.
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provides important life and social skills – such as listening, concentration, working as a team.
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develops creativity and self-expression – helping young people to think differently and develop their power of imagination.
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improves cognition, literacy and numeracy – recent neuroscience research has shown that children who learn an instrument have higher levels of cognitive capacity, specifically in their language acquisition and numerical problem-solving skills.
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can be the key to unlocking potential – particularly for young people who are strongly creative, or who struggle to engage with other areas of learning.
Check out the Why Music? area on our website for more information and printable leaflets on your child and music at transition and careers in the music industry, with lots more resources to follow over the next few months.
Great news for young musicians in Exeter and East Devon facing financial or other barriers to engaging in music. Awards for Young Musicians have a new award supported by East Devon Music. An AYM Award can support your musical growth by offering financial help, professional advice and opportunities. You may be eligible if:
- You're aged 5-17.
- Living and studying in the UK.
- Your family are on a low income.
The Chorister Outreach Programme is designed to encourage and enable Cathedrals to use their musical resources to promote singing among Key Stage 2 children. In Devon & Torbay, this initiative is run as a collaboration between Exeter Cathedral and Devon & Torbay Music Education Hubs and forms a key part of our singing strategy. Open to all Devon & Torbay maintained primary schools and academies on a fully subsidised basis thanks to funding and in-kind support from Exeter Cathedral and the Hub, it’s delivered in a different geographical area each term.
As well as advice and support for staff, each school receives three workshops with a skilled vocal practitioner. Choristers from Exeter Cathedral join one of these sessions to inspire the children and talk about life as a chorister. The Chorister Outreach Programme usually culminates in a large scale Saturday afternoon performance at Exeter Cathedral to celebrate the musical achievements of all children involved.
During 2023-24 the Chorister Outreach Programme will work with schools in Torbay (autumn), Exeter (spring) and South Hams (summer). We currently have capacity for more Torbay primary schools to get involved in this term's project.
Online Teach Meets
Monday 11 September 2023 – New Music Subject Leads | Online
Tuesday 12 September 2023 – Secondary | Online
Monday 18 September 2023 – Primary | Online
Tuesday 19 September 2023 – SEND schools/settings | Online
Introduction to Charanga Musical School
Thursday 21 September 2023 | Axminster Community Primary School
Ofsted update on Music in Schools
Monday 16 October 2023 | Online
Devon Music Education Conference 2024
Friday 24 May 2024 | Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre
Come and play with...Back Chat Brass
Sunday 15 October 2023 | King Edward VI Community College, Totnes
Who Run The World?
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October 2023 | Make Tank, Exeter
The Resol String Quartet Family Concert
Sunday 12 November 2023 | Barkham, Exmoor
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