Welcome to Music Mark

Welcome to Music Mark!

Congratulations on becoming a 2019/20 Music Mark School Member!  You have been nominated, and supported financially to become a member by your local Music Service/Hub. They have recognised the value that you place on music and requested that you become a Music Mark School Member.

We have over 5000 School Members, all doing fantastic and inspiring work. We work to connect our members from the music education sector, as well as offering training courses, conferences and CPD.

We are also your subject association for music and our online MarketPlace offers a comprehensive range of resources to support music teachers. We include both free-to-access and purchasable resources.

This is your first of three newsletters this year with the latest sector news and events and we hope you find it useful. We wish you a successful academic year and hope to hear from you soon!

Bridget Whyte
CEO Music Mark

Meet our School Members

We love meeting our new School Members every year. And we love even more the fantastic response we get on Twitter! Thank you for sharing your wonderful photos.

MarketPlace

Our MarketPlace lists a comprehensive range of resources to support excellence in music education, from research and guidance, to practical tips for the classroom. Have a browse or take a look at some of our listings below…

Bring the Noise

We’re working in partnership with the BBC on Bring the Noise, a new resource for teachers and children.

Becoming a Better Musician

Free online course, providing skills, knowledge and insight needed to be an effective music teacher.

News

• Become a Teacher Ambassador with the Royal College of Music Museum
• Sound and Music publish new report outlining a crisis of creativity in music education
• BBC Ten Pieces Trailblazers
• Sing Up Day Special: Collaboration with Trinity College London
• #StartSomethingAmazing and Audition for National Youth Choirs of Great Britain!

• Orchestras for All announce 19-20 Modulo Programme
• Applications open for first Benedetti Sessions in 2020
• Catering for learners with ASD
• Collins’ 20 new songs for Christmas
• Music Mark and ISM call for continued funding for Music Education
• And more …

Events

Practical CPD

Join us 21st of November in Sheffield for Teach Together: an afternoon of networking and practical CPD.

• TeachMeets with Trinity

12th October – Sheffield 

• Expression, Communication and Creativity in Music Performance

19th October  – Newcastle

• abcd Autumn Initial Course

24th October – Birmingham

• Fast Forward Festival

25th October (deadline) – London

• Choral Music Experience (CME) Institute London 19-20

1st -29th November – London

• Teaching Classroom Music Through Singing

2nd November – Oxford

• Young Conductor Day 

7th November – Swindon

• Music Mark Member Meeting

9th November – London

• ABRSM Teacher Conference

9th November – Manchester

• Early Career Teacher Conference

13th November – Durham

• EFDSS Folk Education Development Day

• World Music Workshop Day

21st-22nd November – Sheffield

• Music Mark Annual Conference

23rd January – London

• Teaching Classroom Music Through Singing: Level 2 

12th February – Cheshire

• Help! I’m a Music Co-Ordinator 

27th February – Nottingham

• Making the Connection

11th March – Cheshire

• Help! It’s Music Next (KS1) 

12th March – Cheshire

• Help! It’s Music Next (EYFS) 

19th March – London

• Early Years CPD

26th March – Cheshire

• Help! It’s Music Next (KS2) 

15th May – London

• Choral Essentials 

21st May – London

• Teaching Classroom Music Through Singing: INTRO

MORE

*Details of  non-Music Mark training courses, conferences and providers are presented here for information purposes.  Music Mark is not in a position to recommend any course or provider or comment on their quality or relevance.*