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Discover inspiring music education training and events around the UK.

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Peer Groups, Mentoring and Coaching

  • Members Only
  • Music Mark

Music Mark members are invited to get involved in a range of opportunities to develop professionally through peer groups, mentoring and coaching.

Apple: Planning Essentials and Music Education

  • 10th January 2024
  • Apple HQ, Battersea Power Station
  • Members Only
  • Music Mark

Music Mark is excited to host a day of discussion on music technology alongside Apple and Jigsaw24 at Apple’s new London headquarters at Battersea Power Station. This event is for music service/hub leaders in England, or potentially staff in your team who are working specifically on music technology projects or have a keen interest...

Digit Music: Digital Music for a Modern Music Curriculum

  • 16th January 2024
  • 4pm - 5pm
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Music Mark

Build digital creativity and confidence in music education with Digit Music! Join us as we launch a series of free digital music classroom packs, igniting inspiration for young learners and building confidence for teachers.

Talk into Action: Emerge to Thrive

  • 23rd Jan, 8th Feb, 20th Feb, 7th Mar, 19th Mar, 4th Mar 2024
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Members Only
  • Music Mark

An online course on learning how to effectively lead in a commitment to EDI in your organisation.

Inclusive Instrumental Teaching & Accessible Ensembles

  • 31st January 2024
  • 4pm - 5.30pm
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Music Mark

As part of our New Directions in Inclusive Music series with MEHEM Uprising, this session will share practical tips on enabling neurodivergent and non-verbal pupils to experience high-quality, pupil-centred instrumental and ensemble provision.

Introduction to Fundraising with Cause4

  • 7th February
  • 2pm - 4pm
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Music Mark

Join Cause4 as we give an introduction to raising funds for your organisation.

Accessible Instruments & Music Hubs: Finding the ‘on’ switch

  • 28th February
  • 10am - 11.30am
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Music Mark

As part of our New Directions in Inclusive Music series with MEHEM Uprising, this session will explore the best ways to source accessible instruments and work with tutors as well as the wider Music and Education section to have a highly effective accessible instruments programme.

Tuesday Teach Meets

  • 5 March 2024, 4 June 2024
  • 4pm - 5pm
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Music Mark

Join us for our online discussion group for classroom and instrumental music teachers. This is your opportunity to bring along a cup of tea and finish your day (or start your evening) meeting and chatting with colleagues around the country, sharing your experiences and advice and talking about the hot topics in music education.

As part of our New Directions in Inclusive Music series with MEHEM’s Uprising!, Dr. Ally Daubney will explore how Music Development plans can form the foundation of a school’s music offer, including appropriate curricula, ensembles and the development of staff skill and confidence. This session will be of particular interest to Inclusion Leads.

Musical Playfulness for Pupils with PMLD

  • 24th April
  • 4pm - 5.15pm
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Music Mark

As part of our New Directions in Inclusive Music series with MEHEM Uprising, This webinar introduces practitioners to the Musical Play Framework and using it with pupils with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities.

Peer Groups, Mentoring and Coaching

  • Members Only
  • Music Mark

Music Mark members are invited to get involved in a range of opportunities to develop professionally through peer groups, mentoring and coaching.

Understanding the National Plan for Music Education

  • Thursday 30 November 2023, Friday 12 January 2024, Monday 4 March 2024, or Wednesday 17 April 2024
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

This 1 hour webinar will outline what the National Plan for Music Education (England) means for schools, covering all relevant aspects of this non-statutory government guidance.

Development and Progression in Primary Music

  • 4 December 2023 or 26 April 2024
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

In this 1.5 hour webinar you will explore research around development and progression of musical skills in primary aged children.

Introduction to the Online Individual Learning Plan

  • 5th December or 7th December 2023
  • 16:30
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

Register for one of two free online CPD sessions which will demonstrate how the Online-ILP works, and explore Charanga’s bank of resources and how they can enhance and personalise your students learning experience.

Communicating Through Music – Children

  • 5 December 2023
  • 6.30 - 9pm
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

This event is hosted by BAMT (British Association for Music Therapy), led by a HCPC registered Music Therapist. This online workshop explores the role music plays in helping develop and support communication and wellbeing in young children (up to 12), and how your musical skills can support.

PMLL’s Christmas Workshop

  • Monday 11th December
  • 18:30 - 19:30
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

A Christmas workshop where you will have the opportunity to learn and sing a beautiful arrangement of a Christmas song from one of the most sought-after choral directors and arrangers in the music industry, Mark De-Lisser.

Apple: Planning Essentials and Music Education

  • 10th January 2024
  • Apple HQ, Battersea Power Station
  • Members Only
  • Music Mark

Music Mark is excited to host a day of discussion on music technology alongside Apple and Jigsaw24 at Apple’s new London headquarters at Battersea Power Station. This event is for music service/hub leaders in England, or potentially staff in your team who are working specifically on music technology projects or have a keen interest...

Secondary Music Leadership Certificate

  • 11 January, 25 January, 8 February 2024
  • 12.30pm - 3.30pm
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

This programme aims to provide tools to support teachers in developing a thriving music department and delivering a high quality curriculum appropriate to their local context. It is suitable for those who are currently leading a department, or working towards their first head of department role.

MEC Seminar: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

  • 11th January 2024
  • 10am - 12pm
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

What does EDI look like in the music education workforce? How can we better support routes into the sector?

Choral Conducting: A Beginner’s Guide

  • 13th January 2024
  • 09:00 - 16:00
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

This day-long online course is for all those who want to learn about the foundations of choral leadership, and would suit those new to leading choirs, teachers, community musicians and young choral leaders (18+)

Inclusive Practitioner CPD Training – Young People and their Musical Worlds

  • 15 January 2024
  • 09:30 - 16:00
  • Beacon Music Centre, Stanton Road, Southmead, Bristol BS10 5SJ
  • Wider Sector

This session for music educators is an exploration of how young people’s musical identities are shaped and the context in which they experience music within formal and non-formal settings, including technology and social media. It will explore the positive effects that music can have on young people.

Digit Music: Digital Music for a Modern Music Curriculum

  • 16th January 2024
  • 4pm - 5pm
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Music Mark

Build digital creativity and confidence in music education with Digit Music! Join us as we launch a series of free digital music classroom packs, igniting inspiration for young learners and building confidence for teachers.

This twilight CPD series is designed to develop confidence, knowledge & skills for teachers, of all experience levels, leading secondary-school singers in a choir or a classroom. In this session, Suzzie Vango will explore repertoire & strategies to support the transition from Y6 to Y7 for singers.

Primary Music Leadership Certificate

  • 17 January, 7 February, 6 March 2024
  • 1pm - 3.30pm
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

This taught course comprises three half-day training sessions across the Spring term. These will be supported with access to online learning materials, and challenges, ideas and activities to try out in the classroom, culminating in a short assignment.

Inclusive Practitioner CPD Training – Musical Development and Disability

  • 17 January 2024
  • 9:30
  • Beacon Music Centre, Stanton Road, Southmead, Bristol BS10 5SJ
  • Wider Sector

After this session you should leave with a practical toolkit consisting of approaches, practical ideas and a recourse library that you can use moving forward in a range of settings.

Curriculum Music Conference (Central)

  • 18 January 2024
  • 9.30am - 4pm
  • Riverway Centre, Stafford
  • Wider Sector

The Curriculum Music Conference® returns for an 8th year, this year for the first time taking place across multiple locations. The central conference will take place at the Riverway Centre in Stafford on Thursday 18th January 2024. South and North versions of this conference are also available.

Talk into Action: Emerge to Thrive

  • 23rd Jan, 8th Feb, 20th Feb, 7th Mar, 19th Mar, 4th Mar 2024
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Members Only
  • Music Mark

An online course on learning how to effectively lead in a commitment to EDI in your organisation.

Creating a Music Development Plan

  • 23 January 2024, or 20 June 2024
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

In this 1.5 hour webinar you will explore how to create and implement a music development plan for your school or setting.

Maximising The Impact of Classroom Helpers

  • 24 January 2024
  • 18:00 - 19:30
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

Are you making the most of your classroom help in your drama, dance or music lessons? Teaching assistants and additional adults (who may be teachers or performers) can have an amazing impact on learning when deployed and communicated with effectively.

2024 Intermediate Course

  • 27th and 28th January, 17th February, 9th March, 20th and 21st April 2024
  • 09:30 - 16:30
  • London
  • Wider Sector

Our Intermediate course is designed for those who have either successfully completed our Initial level of training or those who already have experience in leading a choir already. This newly updated course combines our previous Emerging & Progressive courses and includes both live and online tuition

Inclusive Instrumental Teaching & Accessible Ensembles

  • 31st January 2024
  • 4pm - 5.30pm
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Music Mark

As part of our New Directions in Inclusive Music series with MEHEM Uprising, this session will share practical tips on enabling neurodivergent and non-verbal pupils to experience high-quality, pupil-centred instrumental and ensemble provision.

Cumbria Music Hub Conference 2024 – Together we can make a difference

  • Thursday 1st February 2024
  • 09:00 - 16:30
  • Low Wood Bay Hotel, Windermere, LA23 1LP
  • Wider Sector

An inspirational day of workshops and networking to help you get more out of music for the children and young people you work with. The day is designed to support you with the new National Plan for Music, your SMDP and delivery of the Model Music Curriculum – while keeping creativity and joy at the

Curriculum Design in Music

  • 2 February 2024 or 3 June 2024
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

This 1.5 hour webinar Dr Liz Stafford will take you through the process of designing an effective, sequential, and progressive music curriculum.

Learning Behaviours in Whole Class Teaching

  • 5th February 2024
  • 18:00 - 19:30
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

Would you like to feel more relaxed about behaviour in delivering whole class creative lessons with primary/elementary age pupils? This 90 minute session is aimed at performing arts teachers from all disciplines to help underpin behaviour basics in whole class teaching.

Inclusive Practitioner CPD Training – Wellbeing and Boundaries for Practitioners

  • 6 February 2024
  • 09:30 - 16:00
  • Beacon Music Centre, Stanton Road, Southmead, Bristol BS10 5SJ
  • Wider Sector

From attending this training day, you will start to recognise some of your own triggers and learn how to prepare for them so that you can focus on delivering great music making sessions.

Introduction to Fundraising with Cause4

  • 7th February
  • 2pm - 4pm
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Music Mark

Join Cause4 as we give an introduction to raising funds for your organisation.

Inclusive Practitioner CPD Training – Behaviour and Communication

  • 7 February 2024
  • 09:30 - 16:00
  • Beacon Music Centre, Stanton Road, Southmead, Bristol BS10 5SJ
  • Wider Sector

This session focusses on different ways of communicating verbally, non-verbally and musically, considering neurodivergence and trauma informed practice.

Singin’ In Harmony

  • Wednesday 7 February 2024
  • 18:00 - 19:30
  • Online Zoom
  • Wider Sector

Would you like to teach the world to sing… in perfect harmony? This quick and easy 90 minute online session is aimed at practitioners working with 4-11 year olds to help their students sing in harmony (without putting their hands over their ears and shouting).

Dive Deeper into Music

  • 15 February 2024
  • 1pm - 4pm
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

This half day webinar is designed to give primary music subject leaders the confidence to develop their school’s music curriculum, and to prepare for ‘deep dive’ music subject inspections under the current Ofsted framework.

Leading Singing in Secondary Schools: Exploring the voice change for females

  • 22nd February 2024
  • 17:00 - 18:15
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

This twilight CPD series is designed to develop confidence, knowledge & skills for teachers, of all experience levels, leading secondary-school age singers either in a choir or a classroom. In this session, Jo Tomlinson will explore the changes that happen in the female teenage voice.

Accessible Instruments & Music Hubs: Finding the ‘on’ switch

  • 28th February
  • 10am - 11.30am
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Music Mark

As part of our New Directions in Inclusive Music series with MEHEM Uprising, this session will explore the best ways to source accessible instruments and work with tutors as well as the wider Music and Education section to have a highly effective accessible instruments programme.

Top Score Teaching!

  • 29th February 2024
  • 18:00 - 19:30
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

This fun online session with Louisa Roberts explores ways to ‘be more football’ in our performing arts teaching to achieve top scores in learning outcomes. It’s 90 glorious online minutes of revelling in the beautiful (teaching) game!

Tuesday Teach Meets

  • 5 March 2024, 4 June 2024
  • 4pm - 5pm
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Music Mark

Join us for our online discussion group for classroom and instrumental music teachers. This is your opportunity to bring along a cup of tea and finish your day (or start your evening) meeting and chatting with colleagues around the country, sharing your experiences and advice and talking about the hot topics in music education.

Inclusive Practitioner CPD Training – Safeguarding and Music Practice

  • 6 March 2024
  • 09:30 - 16:00
  • Beacon Music Centre, Stanton Road, Southmead, Bristol BS10 5SJ
  • Wider Sector

Safeguarding is something that every person working with vulnerable people should know about. People often attend training, but it doesn’t always address specific common scenarios practitioners can experience in music-making sessions. We look to unpack some of these scenarios so that facilitators can feel confident to deliver sessions with confidence.

Spring 2024 Initial Course

  • 9th March, 20th April, 18th May & 15th June 2024
  • 10:00 - 17:00
  • The Dickens Room, The Birmingham and Midlands Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BS
  • Wider Sector

This course consists of four day sessions spread over four months and is designed for those who are either new to choral conducting, or have conducted for a while and want to back up their experience with training.

Teaching Music Inclusively

  • 12 March 2024, or 11 July 2024
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

In this 1.5 hour webinar you will explore how to take an inclusive approach to teaching music in your setting.

Curriculum Music Conference (South)

  • 14th March 2024
  • 9.30am - 4pm
  • Arbour Park Stadium, Slough
  • Wider Sector

The Curriculum Music Conference® returns for an 8th year, this year for the first time taking place across multiple locations. The South conference will take place at Arbour Park Stadium in Slough on Thursday 14th March 2024. Central and North locations are also available.

Inclusive Practitioner CPD Training – Plan a Project

  • 18 March 2024
  • 09:30 - 16:00
  • Beacon Music Centre, Stanton Road, Southmead, Bristol BS10 5SJ
  • Wider Sector

A discussion-based, explorative session looking at how to develop music projects.

As part of our New Directions in Inclusive Music series with MEHEM’s Uprising!, Dr. Ally Daubney will explore how Music Development plans can form the foundation of a school’s music offer, including appropriate curricula, ensembles and the development of staff skill and confidence. This session will be of particular interest to Inclusion Leads.

Developing Core Skills in Primary Music

  • 20 March 2024 or 2 May 2024
  • 9.30am - 2.30pm
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

In this full day webinar you will learn how to support your pupils to develop their skills and understanding in performing, composing & improvising, listening, reading notation, and understanding the history of music.

Leading Singing in Secondary Schools: Singing’s most endangered species – Teenagers

  • 26th March 2024
  • 17:00 - 18:15
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

This twilight CPD series is designed to develop confidence, knowledge & skills for teachers, of all experience levels, leading secondary-school age singers either in a choir or a classroom. In this session, Rachel Staunton will share her experience of engaging and retaining diverse teenage singers!

Inclusive Practitioner CPD Training – Diversity and Inclusion

  • 2nd April 2024
  • 09:30 - 16:00
  • Beacon Music Centre, Stanton Road, Southmead, Bristol BS10 5SJ
  • Wider Sector

A look at the key issues and concepts of diversity and inclusion within music education, and how to ensure your work meets the needs of all young people.

Primary Music Leadership Certificate

  • 23 April, 21 May, 25 June 2024
  • 12.50pm - 3.20pm
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

This taught course comprises three half-day training sessions across the summer term. These will be supported with access to online learning materials, and challenges, ideas and activities to try out in the classroom, culminating in a short assignment.

Musical Playfulness for Pupils with PMLD

  • 24th April
  • 4pm - 5.15pm
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Music Mark

As part of our New Directions in Inclusive Music series with MEHEM Uprising, This webinar introduces practitioners to the Musical Play Framework and using it with pupils with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities.

Secondary Music Leadership Certificate

  • 22 May, 12 June, 3 July 2024
  • 1.15pm - 4.15pm
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Wider Sector

This programme aims to provide tools to support teachers in developing a thriving music department and delivering a high quality curriculum appropriate to their local context. It is suitable for those who are currently leading a department, or working towards their first head of department role.

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