London has 9 organisations engaged in youth voice and music education
Arts Council England
Arts Council England champions, develops and invests in artistic and cultural experiences that enrich people’s lives.
Arts Train
The ArtsTrain project began in September 2008 and was created and developed by the leading social enterprise Mytime Active.
BitterSuite
BitterSuite are exploring how to re-imagine the classical concert through the senses. They have already developed two original experiences.
Drake Music
Drake Music is a national arts charity working with a team of associate artists & technologists to deliver a programmes across England….
EFDSS
The English Folk Dance and Song Society is the national folk arts development organisation for England, championing traditional arts.
Living Song
Living Song aims to challenge limiting assumptions about what young people can achieve and gives young leaders centre stage.
Serious
Serious aims to inspire and innovate with everything it does. Their Learning & Participation programme brings professional artists and …
Wigmore Hall Learning
Wigmore Hall’s renowned Learning programme reaches a broad and diverse audience through innovative creative projects, concerts, events…
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Wired4Music
Wired4Music, hosted by Sound Connections, is a unique engagement programme for young Londoners who are passionate about music.
Arts Council England
Arts Council England champions, develops and invests in artistic and cultural experiences that enrich people’s lives.
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Arts Train
The ArtsTrain project began in September 2008 and was created and developed by the leading social enterprise Mytime Active.
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BitterSuite
BitterSuite are exploring how to re-imagine the classical concert through the senses. They have already developed two original experiences.
Full Profile +
Drake Music
Drake Music is a national arts charity working with a team of associate artists & technologists to deliver a programmes across England….
Full Profile +
EFDSS
The English Folk Dance and Song Society is the national folk arts development organisation for England, championing traditional arts.
Full Profile +
Living Song
Living Song aims to challenge limiting assumptions about what young people can achieve and gives young leaders centre stage.
Full Profile +
Serious
Serious aims to inspire and innovate with everything it does. Their Learning & Participation programme brings professional artists and …
Full Profile +
Wigmore Hall Learning
Wigmore Hall’s renowned Learning programme reaches a broad and diverse audience through innovative creative projects, concerts, events…
Full Profile +
Wired4Music
Wired4Music, hosted by Sound Connections, is a unique engagement programme for young Londoners who are passionate about music.
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Reports, videos and articles to inform and inspire.
Youth Engagement Equaliser
The Equaliser is a tool to help you learn more about Youth Voice & Participation, consider what you are already doing and identify aims for further development.
ReWired: Promo Video
Sound Connections and Wired4Music believe that youth voice is at the heart of all meaningful activity for young people. Watch this video to get an insight into the ReWired project and those who are contributing to it.
ReWired Literature Review
Young Researcher & Wired4Music member Siân Dicker-Thorne, shares the research into the field of youth voice undertaken to provide a foundation of knowledge for ReWired: a mapping project of best practice in youth voice in music across the country.
Data Report: Scoping National Youth Voice in Music
Young Researcher & Wired4Music Member, Siân Dicker-Thorne, lays out some of the survey findings from Rewired – a research project scoping national youth voice in music.
Youth Participation through Music
This briefing paper, written by former Sound Connections Programme Manager Lawrence Becko, describes how the principles of democratic participation can be applied in a musical context. The paper explains the process through which Wired4Music was developed, the benefits this has had for young people and the lessons the Sound Connections team learnt.
ReWired Survey - Executive Summary
Our National Youth Voice Survey collected information about Youth Voice activities from 22 organisations across the country. This executive summary brings together some of our early findings from an initial analysis of that data.
