Make Your Mark: Notes on Music Education
'Make Your Mark: Notes on Music Education' is a podcast showcasing diverse experiences and perspectives from across the music education sector.
We'll explore the major challenges faced by those working with young people in music, the challenges young people face themselves, and celebrate inspiring projects and stories from across the nation and beyond. Tune in to hear from expert guests as we tackle music education's biggest questions, highlight its most exciting initiatives, and discuss the musical journeys of those involved.
This podcast is produced by Aimee Christodoulou, Emma Cragg and Yusef Sacoor for Music Mark, a membership organisation, Subject Association, and an Arts Council England Investment Principles Support Organisation advocating for excellent musical learning in and out of school. Music Mark support their members and the wider sector through training, resources, networking and advocacy work at a national level and across the UK. This is done with a vision for accessible and excellent musical learning and engagement, inspiring and enriching the lives of all children and young people.
Make Your Mark: Notes on Music Education
5: Music Therapy
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In this final episode of Series 2, we explore music therapy and the therapeutic impacts of music with music therapist Graeme Davis and music education and arts leader Jane Bryant. Together, they discuss what music therapy is, how it differs from wider music-making and talking therapies, and why listening, agency and relationship-building are central to its impact. From young people and those with additional needs to people living with dementia and their carers, this conversation considers the many ways music can help people express themselves, connect with others and be heard.
Find full transcripts, guest bios, as well as show notes, links and resources mentioned in episodes at https://www.musicmark.org.uk/podcast.