The National Youth Orchestra and Young Sounds UK and are partnering on a unique role-modelling experience to empower musical mentors to support young musicians across the country.
NYO musicians will become role models for young people who are part of the Young Sounds Connect programme, an initiative designed to help pupils from low-income families sustain their musical learning beyond core lessons in schools, so they can keep developing their making music.
As part of this opportunity, NYO musicians will receive access to a bank of specialised resources and role-modelling training, which will draw on Young Sounds’ acclaimed work with BBC Orchestras and their Arts Council England funded Talent to Talent project.
They will put the training into practice, attending musical events in their regional music hub to support young people on Young Sounds’ Connect programme. Working in partnership with the Department for Education and Arts Council England’s Music Hub network, the programme is now supporting nearly 1,000 young people across the country to sustain their music education. NYO’s teenage musicians will be acting as musical mentors at upcoming events in Sheffield, Yorkshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
This project is part of the Department for Educations Music Opportunities Pilot.