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Music Manifesto

The Music Manifesto is a campaign for improvement in music education that aims to give our children and young people a better musical future. It is focused on the five aims:

1. to provide every young person with first access to a range of music experiences;
2. to provide more opportunities for young people to deepen and broaden their musical interests and skills;
3. to identify and nurture our most talented young musicians;
4. to develop a world class workforce in music education;
5. to improve the support structures for young people’s music making.

Over five years the Music Manifesto aims to provide greater opportunities for our children and young people to develop their creative potential through music. This is no longer simply a declaration of intent. Hundreds of individuals and organisations, from teachers to music therapists to Government and record companies have come together to turn words into action. Signatories are pledging their own work and supporting a range of activity that includes encouraging more musicians to teach, better joined-up provision in the school and community and singing to be an essential experience for every child’s music education. All are united in the belief that the sustainability of our musical talent – from Dizzee Rascal to Nicola Benedetti – ultimately relies on the capacity of our education system to nurture creativity in all our young people.

Find out more, get resources and join in the campaign at www.musicmanifesto.co.uk