East Lothian Council’s YMI has produced short films to highlight the work of six of our projects and you can watch them here.
We Are The Music is a snapshot of East Lothian YMI’s accessible music-making opportunities.
Music makes an important contribution to the life of every school and should be celebrated, promoted and encouraged. It helps build pupils’ self-esteem and self-discipline and leads to higher standards across the curriculum. Today many more schools are benefiting from this transformational power that music brings to pupils, staff and parents alongside the wider whole school community.
The 10 Things Schools Should Know About Music
This booklet, produced by Music Mark, summarises the 10 key benefits of music, from recognition within the ‘National Plan for Music Education ‘ that music is an educational building block through to the inclusive nature of music irrespective of abilities. Music should be an entitlement for every child, an integral part of school life and never side-lined as just a ‘nice to have’ subject.
Read a Summary of the 10 Things Here
#2 Music Improves Learning Skills
#3 Music is an Educational Building Block
#4 Music Encourages Creativity
#7 Music Boosts School Improvement
#8 Music Underpins Better Behaviour
These articles will be updated on a regular basis. Share your favourite things about music in schools on Twitter using #YMIEastLothian #10Things
Further Research:
A new music manifesto for young people in Scotland.
Learning Music Can Change Brain Structure – Research from Edinburgh University Neuroscience.