Training & Events
Discover inspiring music education training and events around the UK.
Music Mark Members are encouraged to take advantage of our year-round offer of professional development opportunities including peer groups and our mentoring and coaching programme.
Delve into the essential financial principles crucial for any organisation, with valuable insights, practical tools and resources in this six part course.
An opportunity for colleagues across the UK music education sector to discuss how they are getting involved in This Is Not A Rehearsal, and raise ideas or challenges surrounding their work and the climate crisis.
Join The Leadership Collective as they explain how can we succeed in attaining a healthy work-life balance.
Head up to Apple’s UK HQ to learn more about Apple’s Technology offer in relation to music education delivery.
Join Christopher Stevens for an update from Ofsted on music education in schools.
A part of The Secondary Music Teaching Series with Jenetta Hurst, this first session looks at the theory of classroom management and the realities of managing behaviour in practice via engagement.
A beginners guide to how you can best present the important work you do with the data your organisation collects.
We’ve teamed up with Diverse Educators to deliver a two-part course on understanding Neurodiversity, supporting your ‘Learner in Mind’ and more.
Join Andy Hind for a two-hour workshop on facilitating difficult professional conversations.
Join us in Nottingham this November for Music Mark’s Annual Conference, with a focus on Sustainability.
Prepare your school for the new English National Plan for Music Education, with this instalment of the Secondary Music Teaching Series. The session is lead by Jenetta Hurst.
Help contribute and advocate for the starting of a new peer group to help connect those organising events and ensemble performances in music education and with young people.
We’ve teamed up with Diverse Educators to deliver a two-part course on Transgender and Non-Binary awareness, to help people finding confidence in understanding, supporting and making space for Gender Diverse people.
Build your confidence in using spreadsheets and how to best use them to present and analyse your data.
Learn how to advocate for your subject in secondary schools with Jenetta Hurst as part of our Secondary Music Teaching Series.
This teacher education aims to help educators understand the ‘values perception gap’, how to close it and its impact on young people’s wellbeing.
Discover more about how to embed diversity into your school’s Secondary Music teaching with Jenetta Hurst as part of our Secondary Music Teaching Series.
T-Time online sessions are interactive sessions exclusively for classroom teachers to talk about their current teaching practice. T-Time is an opportunity to reflect with colleagues across primary, secondary and SEND settings around the UK and discuss hot topics affecting music education.
Become a Mental Health First Aider with Soundcastle! Join them to explore many practical ways to support mental health in music education settings and gain a FAA Level 2 Award in First Aid for Mental Health
Music Mark peer groups allow people across the UK to connect, discuss and learn from people with similar roles within the Music Education Sector. This session is specifically for Instrumental and Vocal Tutors.
Music Mark peer groups allow people across the UK to connect, discuss and learn from people with similar roles within the Music Education Sector. This session is specifically for Instrumental and Vocal Tutors.
Music Mark Members are encouraged to take advantage of our year-round offer of professional development opportunities including peer groups and our mentoring and coaching programme.
Delve into the essential financial principles crucial for any organisation, with valuable insights, practical tools and resources in this six part course.
An opportunity for colleagues across the UK music education sector to discuss how they are getting involved in This Is Not A Rehearsal, and raise ideas or challenges surrounding their work and the climate crisis.
Would you like to understand more about looking after your voice? In this session, designed for young singers aged 11 – 18, we’ll look at all the things that affect your voice, and how you can take care of your instrument.
Join The Leadership Collective as they explain how can we succeed in attaining a healthy work-life balance.
This one day, certified ‘Safeguarding Children – Level 4’ training is suitable for those wishing to undertake the course for the first time, or as a refresher. In order to undertake this course as a refresher it is essential that you have a valid safeguarding level 4 training.
Head up to Apple’s UK HQ to learn more about Apple’s Technology offer in relation to music education delivery.
Fully-funded return to work workshop for colleagues returning from maternity, adoption or shared parental leave.
Join Christopher Stevens for an update from Ofsted on music education in schools.
A part of The Secondary Music Teaching Series with Jenetta Hurst, this first session looks at the theory of classroom management and the realities of managing behaviour in practice via engagement.
Join us for ‘Access & Accessibility – Careers in the Music Industry,’ an event for music leaders, musicians, producers, and educators! With workshops, expert panels, and hands-on tech demos, explore career paths and music-making opportunities for neurodiverse and disabled artists. Fully accessible!
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.
A beginners guide to how you can best present the important work you do with the data your organisation collects.
An in person full day course to help support primary music leads.
Join us for a day of inspiration, learning and creativity to support your classroom delivery. Sponsored by the ABRSM and held at the University of the West of England, the day is open to all music teachers from EYFS through to Secondary (and primary non-music teachers)
Our keynote presentation will focus on how to greatly increase participation in music learning and develop strong progression routes through effective partnership working.
Join us for a weekend of workshops, repertoire, exhibition and networking for everyone who leads singing, whatever their experience. Catch up with colleagues, meet new ones, browse new repertoire, brush up on skills with leading practitioners and take part in debate.
We’ve teamed up with Diverse Educators to deliver a two-part course on understanding Neurodiversity, supporting your ‘Learner in Mind’ and more.
Drawing on his extensive experience of supporting the development of teachers to lead whole school singing, Dr Charles Béquignon-MacDougall returns to abcd to guide us through vocal health for teachers and students in the classroom.
This training session will 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.
Join us for a 2 hour online workshop exploring the power of music in communication, led by a HCPC registered Music Therapist. Whether you’re a musician, teacher, or just a music lover, this workshop will help you discover the ways powerful ways to utilise music in connecting with children.
This 90 minute online experience is a quick and easy session aimed at performing arts teachers from all disciplines to help underpin behaviour basics in whole class teaching. The session is intended as a starting point for promoting the benefits of building positive relationships quickly.
Join Andy Hind for a two-hour workshop on facilitating difficult professional conversations.
In this webinar led by Kay Charlton you will explore how to use diverse and inclusive music in your primary music lessons.
This online session explores the Model Music Curriculum and is designed to assist those who work in primary school settings, in its implementation.
Join us in Nottingham this November for Music Mark’s Annual Conference, with a focus on Sustainability.
The Curriculum Music Conference comes to Suffolk on 20th November! A day of practical workshops, presentations, discussions and networking for early years, primary and secondary music teachers.
A practical training course for musicians who wish to develop their skills in creative music-making and leadership in a range of community settings. It is an opportunity for emerging and established music leaders to expand their toolkit, stretch their skills, and meet fellow likeminded artists.
Join us for a transformative 2 hour online workshop exploring the power of music in communication, led by an experienced HCPC registered Music Therapist.
In the spotlight is the role of educators in schools, colleges and universities, and everyone working in music education hubs, talent development organisations, and youth and community groups, in providing young people who aspire to work in music with the skills, knowledge and support they need.
A national singing conference celebrating Sing for Pleasure’s 60th anniversary. Our conference features an outstanding line-up of workshop leaders, speakers and panellists made up of diverse and influential figures from across the arts sector.
Prepare your school for the new English National Plan for Music Education, with this instalment of the Secondary Music Teaching Series. The session is lead by Jenetta Hurst.
Help contribute and advocate for the starting of a new peer group to help connect those organising events and ensemble performances in music education and with young people.
This session focusses on different ways of communicating verbally, non-verbally and musically, considering neurodivergence and trauma informed practice.
Join us on this new professional development programme that puts the focus on careers and trends in the music business, providing music educators with the information, knowledge and contacts they need to advise and support students who seek to pursue a career in music.
In this webinar led by Dr Phil Mullen you will explore strategies for promoting positive behaviour, and dealing with inappropriate and challenging behaviour in a music education setting.
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’ve teamed up with Diverse Educators to deliver a two-part course on Transgender and Non-Binary awareness, to help people finding confidence in understanding, supporting and making space for Gender Diverse people.
Build your confidence in using spreadsheets and how to best use them to present and analyse your data.
Learn how to advocate for your subject in secondary schools with Jenetta Hurst as part of our Secondary Music Teaching Series.
In this 1.5 hour webinar led by Dr Phil Mullen you will explore strategies for delivering music activities for children and young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties (SEMHD).
The Curriculum Music Conference returns to the West Midlands on 22nd January 2025. This conference will provide inspiration for early years, primary and secondary music teachers, covering all aspects of delivering the music curriculum.
Conductor and Vocal Coach Joanna Tomlinson leads a session for amateur singers and choral directors on how to look after your voice. We will not only look at day-to-day vocal health, but also consider what to do if there’s a vocal problem.
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.
This programme supports primary music subject leaders in all aspects of their leadership role including leading, planning and assessing, and delivering music in their schools.
This teacher education aims to help educators understand the ‘values perception gap’, how to close it and its impact on young people’s wellbeing.
Shortlisted for the Teach Secondary Awards 2024, this programme aims to provide tools to support new and existing heads of department in developing a thriving music department and delivering a high quality curriculum appropriate to their local context.
Two days of practical workshops, music making, discussion and reflection.
Discover more about how to embed diversity into your school’s Secondary Music teaching with Jenetta Hurst as part of our Secondary Music Teaching Series.
In this training session, Dr Jenevora Williams will outline the changes in the voice as singers move through into their golden years; help your singers to learn about how to reduce effort and increase stamina, how to maintain a healthy singing voice for a lifetime, and how to avoid vocal illness.
In this 1.5 hour webinar led by Kay Charlton you will explore how to use diverse and inclusive music in your primary music lessons.
T-Time online sessions are interactive sessions exclusively for classroom teachers to talk about their current teaching practice. T-Time is an opportunity to reflect with colleagues across primary, secondary and SEND settings around the UK and discuss hot topics affecting music education.
Become a Mental Health First Aider with Soundcastle! Join them to explore many practical ways to support mental health in music education settings and gain a FAA Level 2 Award in First Aid for Mental Health
A discussion-based session looking at how to develop music projects.
Music Mark peer groups allow people across the UK to connect, discuss and learn from people with similar roles within the Music Education Sector. This session is specifically for Instrumental and Vocal Tutors.
In this webinar led by Dr Phil Mullen you will explore strategies for promoting positive behaviour, and dealing with inappropriate and challenging behaviour in a music education setting.
A practical and discussion-based session exploring the different ways that musical development can take place when working with young people with physical impairments, sensory impairments, learning difficulties, learning disabilities and how to support this in varied settings.
This programme supports primary music subject leaders in all aspects of their leadership role including leading, planning and assessing, and delivering music in their schools.
In this webinar led by Dr Phil Mullen you will explore strategies for delivering music activities for children and young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties (SEMHD).
Shortlisted for the Teach Secondary Awards 2024, this programme aims to provide tools to support new and existing heads of department in developing a thriving music department and delivering a high quality curriculum appropriate to their local context.
Music Mark peer groups allow people across the UK to connect, discuss and learn from people with similar roles within the Music Education Sector. This session is specifically for Instrumental and Vocal Tutors.
In this webinar led by Kay Charlton you will explore how to use diverse and inclusive music in your primary music lessons.
In this full day webinar led by Dr Liz Stafford 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.
In this webinar led by Dr Phil Mullen you will explore strategies for promoting positive behaviour, and dealing with inappropriate and challenging behaviour in a music education setting.
Develop and validate your skills with The Inclusive Practitioner Certificate of Music Education (CME) – a Level 4 qualification in music education accredited by Trinity College, London.
