DNA in Milton Keynes

MusicLeader DNA (Development Needs Analysis) is our tailored advice and guidance service for established practitioners working in music education. It gives you the opportunity to discuss your professional development ideas and aspirations with a specially trained adviser on a confidential, one to one basis. 

Our next one is on the 15th September in Milton Keynes

For more details, please see: http://www.musicleader.net/content.asp?CategoryID=1515

To book a place please contact south-east@musicleader.net

Start Up in Crawley, June 28th

Are you a musician who would like to work as a music leader? Just setting out on your music leading career? Not sure where to start? Then Start Up is for you!

Venue: The Hawth Theatre, Crawley

Date: 28th June

Time: 5.30pm- 9.30pm

See here for more details: http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=4442

Urban Orchestra Training

These workshops are aimed at any music leader who wants to explore ways of working with young people that are creative, collaborative and inclusive.


They will help Music Service tutors and school based music teachers looking to better understand and work with technology and urban music styles, music leaders who are looking to use music technology in creative ways and musicians and DJs from non-classical genres looking to find ways to work collaboratively with instrumentalists and more traditional performance backgrounds.
To find out more and apply, click here.

Free Training for Music Leaders in Brighton and Hove

We are happy to announce free training for Music Leaders in Brighton.

The Crew Club are proud to share the training they have developed in partnership with MusicLeader South East, funded by their recent successful Youth Music Open Programme. The Training is being held at the Crew Club, 26, Coolham Drive, Brighton. (www.crewclub.co.uk/contact_us.htm)

If you would like to book a place or find out more please contact Rachael Casoria on south-east@musicleader.net or 0870 1417484 (ext 1).  MusicLeader South East has a menu of further activities outside of Brighton & Hove which you can find out more information about here.

For Musicians new to Music Leadership:
Start Up: 8th June, 6-8.30pm.
For more information, click here.

For existing Music Leaders:

Project Management For Existing Music Leaders: 15th & 22nd June, 2-5pm.
For more information, click here.

Inclusive Technology For Existing Music Leaders: 6th July, 2-5pm.
For more information, click here.

Musical Futures announces free training programmes for 2010–11

Musical Futures, an approach to music education that has transformed music teaching and learning in schools across England, has unveiled a range of free training and CPD courses for 2010–11, including a new series of ‘Musical Futures Live’ sessions.

Training/CPD is free of charge, and open to anybody from classroom teachers and peripatetic teachers, to Music Service/Local Authority staff, community musicians, students and other arts and education professionals. Courses are practical, hands-on, and aim to provide delegates with an insight into how pupils themselves experience musical learning through Musical Futures.

For more information please visit http://www.musicleader.net/news_details.asp?newsid=1898

Safeguarding children in music.

This is the series of short films for Keeping Children Safe in Music, a joint initiative between the Musicians' Union, the NSPCC, MusicLeader and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM). This is an online resource allowing anyone teaching music to children to gain a better understanding of their child protection responsibilities and avoid situations that could lead to accusations of misconduct.

Introduction - www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMiVD8eGHIQ

Part 2- Inappropriate communication with children
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPkzXThEp70&feature=related

Part 3- Inappropiate demonstration of technique
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcxKgNLWKVg&feature=related

Part 4- Dealing with a difficult group situation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZB_uCKQvxY&feature=related

Part 5- Responding to concerns about abuse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJc8jM9XbFA

Child Protection Awareness in Music Course

MusicLeader is pleased to announce the launch of Child Protection Awareness in Music – an online training programme for musicians who work with children and young people.

Child Protection Awareness in Music is the latest in the NSPCC’s EduCare series of distance learning courses. It has been produced by the NSPCC and the Musicians Union, in partnership with MusicLeader and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM).

The training programme uses short films to show a variety of good and bad practice examples, which are available to watch online. It will help anyone teaching music to children and young people to gain a better understanding of their child protection responsibilities and avoid situations that could lead to accusations of misconduct.

Child Protection Awareness in Music covers a wide range of scenarios that are relevant to both school and out-of-school settings, including:

•Handling inappropriate communications with children and young people
•How to demonstrate playing techniques
•Dealing with a difficult group situation
•What to do when you have concerns that a child / young person may be suffering abuse or self-harming

MusicLeader recommends that anyone working in music with children and young people complete this basic introduction to child protection. This course provides fantastic value for money at only £15 plus VAT and will only take two to three hours to complete. All learners receive a certificate of achievement upon completion of the course – a great way to help them evidence to employers / customers that they have essential knowledge and understanding in this area.

To access the course visit http://platinum.educare.co.uk/music

We are very interested to hear from anyone who completes this course - any feedback/suggestions can be sent to enquiries@MusicLeader.net.

Project Management - Fund-raising & Marketing Workshop

This is a one day crash course in fund-raising for youth music project – and why marketing is at the heart of fund-raising. Where money comes from, & how to get it - from someone who knows! This popular training course developed by Ruth Jones gets results every time! Leave thinking outside the box and raring to go!

To find out more and book a place click below
http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=3843

Maidstone Start Up - FREE places remaining!

MusicLeader Southeasts Start Up programme gives musicians who are new to the sector an introduction to the world of music leading. MLSE will help you to identify relevant work and training opportunities and 'ways in' to what's going on regionally and nationally. They will help you identify you're particular skills and where you fit in the big picture.

To find out more and book a FREE place go to the Music Leader website.

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=3813

MU & MusicLeader Child Protection Awareness Workshop

Are you a music teacher?
Does your work involve contact with children either on a one to one basis or within a group?
Want to learn about good working practices within this environment?

This Child Protection Awareness workshop is held in partnership with Musicians Union, and aims to give our members who teach the necessary skills and resources to work safely with children.

This event will cover issues such as:

• Child protection legislation
• Practical advice and good practice within a teaching environment
• Protecting yourself, interacting with children and working with children with
special educational needs
• Recognising an abused child; what to do
• Child protection case studies

More information ia available here

Last few places remaining on Start Up in Havant

The first Start Up Day is happening in Havant on 21st September 2010. Our Start Up programme gives musicians who are new to the sector an introduction to the world of music leading. We will help you to identify relevant work and training opportunities and 'ways in' to what's going on regionally and nationally. We'll help you identify you're particular skills and where you fit in the big picture

If you think this course could benefit you then check out out the training directory for more information and to register your interest www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=3515

Song Writing with Young People

An exciting workshop coming up in Lewes, E. Sussex for anybody working with young people year 4 and above. The aims on the day will be to develop the skills of participants to enable young people to write songs they are proud of and write and how to perform a new song. To register your interest please fill out the application form on the bottom of this page http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=3514

Bongo Club - early years music resource for practitioners and parents

Check out Youth Music's early years music making resource for practitioners and parents
Bongo Club is an online resource for early years music making. Hosted by Youth Music, Bongo Club is full of musical ideas and inspiration for both parents and early years practitioners working with 0 - 5 year olds. The website is packed full of information, musical games and tips that can be used with little people at home, in nurseries and classrooms.

Early Years Practitioners

If you’re working in an early years setting such as a nursery or crèche and would like to find out more about using music in your practice, Bongo Club provides a useful range of information including research, work sheets, musical games and expert advice on making music with 0 – 5 year olds. Bongo Club also keeps you abreast of music-based training opportunities for early years workers, so if you’re thinking of strengthening your own musical skills or want to get involved in early years music making, log on to see what’s going on throughout the UK. Bongo Club also talks regularly to musicians, teachers and early years workers, and you can visit the website to read through the case studies and career profiles of practitioners at work.

Parents

If you’d like to find out more about using music at home with your child, and the positive impact that music can have, Bongo Club is full of expert advice, other parent’s views and hints and tips on things you can make and do with your little ones. Whether you’re on the lookout for musical games that your toddler can play, or you're wondering what effect music can have on your unborn child, Bongo Club contains a wealth of information online.

To sign up to the Bongo Club newsletter, or to have a look around the website, visit: http://www.bongoclub.org.uk/.

You can also follow Bongo Club on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bongo-Club/315156571707

Follow Bongo Club on Twitter too!

http://twitter.com/bongo_club

An Introduction to Song Writing & Behaviour Management Within a Music Project.

This course is the first hosted by MusicLeader South East and is taking place on 31st July in Woking. It will provide you with the knowledge you need about group dynamics within a music workshop and provides a starting point for introducing song writing into your sessions. More details can be found here http://musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=3511

Since being advertised there has been an overwhelming response and this workshop is now fully booked! However, it may be run again due to the high demand so please register at south-east@musicleader.net if your still interested in attending on another date.

MusicLeader South East - First Start Up Date Now Confirmed!

This month we are very excited to announce our first Start Up Day happening in Havant on 21st September 2010. Our Start Up programme gives musicians who are new to the sector an introduction to the world of music leading. We will help you to identify relevant work and training opportunities and 'ways in' to what's going on regionally and nationally. We'll help you identify you're particular skills and where you fit in the big picture

If you think this course could benefit you then check out out the training directory for more information and to register your interest. http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=3515

MusicLeader South East

Meeting the skills gap.

Meeting the skills gap: Uk Music launches an industry wide audit:

UK Music has launched an online industry-wide skills audit in a bid to understand, evaluate and anticipate potential skills gaps across the commercial music sector.

UK Music has launched an online industry-wide skills audit in a bid to understand, evaluate and anticipate potential skills gaps across the commercial music sector.

Accessible via the UK Music and Music Week websites, the audit will run until the end of June.


http://www.musicleader.net/news_details.asp?NewsID=1528

News Flash! Youth Music is excited to announce the appointment of Rhythmix to deliver MusicLeader South East!

MusicLeader South East is now in it’s set up phase and is due to be officially launched in April 2010.

Funded by Youth Music and delivered by Rhythmix, MusicLeader South East will support the development of the region's music leading workforce, equipping it with the knowledge and skills required by employers. Musicleader South East will provide a range of professional development services including:

• Information, advice & guidance (IAG)
• Training & networking opportunites
• Online resources

The services provided will help music leaders to actively develop their practice and ensure a more enriching learning experience for those that they deliver to.