This article, written by Chris Philpott, considers ways to decolonise the school music curriculum in a holistic way, and looks beyond ‘adding more’ to the curriculum to challenging the underpinning values. It is ‘concerned with the ways in which one corner of education, that of classroom music education in the UK, has aimed to address issues of social justice and, by implication, decolonisation. This is a small corner, but one which richly exemplifies the part that education can play in ongoing issues of injustice when under the influence of powerful and prejudicial discourses of knowledge and culture.’
Members can watch back the livestream from our 2024 Spring Summit and download resources from the day.
OHMI Connect is designed to help disabled musicians find the adapted instruments and enabling equipment best suited to their needs. The website provides two entries into support: a search for instruments based on a musician’s impairment; and a search for options relating to a particular instrument.
In 2024, Music Mark teamed up with MEHEM Uprising’s Ben Sellers to deliver a series of online events around inclusive music with a focus on SEND in various settings.
Understand and overcome the barriers to singing with this free resource from the ISM Trust.
The Rainbow Flag Award Classroom is a free set of LGBT+ inclusive lesson plans and resources including some that link to the music curriculum. Lessons have been written across all key stages and all curriculum areas.
A guide to working with trans and non-binary young people, including those questioning and exploring gender identity.
A free resource for youth workers, schools and organisations to support trans & non-binary young people on residential trips.
Discover the Proud Trust’s array of positive, specific and inclusive KS3 and KS4 resources to support LGBT+ youth and LGBT+ education.
Discover the Proud Trust’s array of KS1 and KS2 resources which help enable conversations that usualise the existence of LGBT+ people and help de-stigmatise language and wordings.
