#CelebrateMusicEdHubs: Highlights from World Music Day 2024
28th June 2024
Last Friday 21st June was World Music Day 2024, and we took the opportunity to celebrate the last 12 years of Music Education Hubs in England, as well as the fantastic work happening in the music education sector across the UK, including Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales!
We asked you to get involved by sharing the work you’re proud of from the past 12 years, using the themes of Music Making, Inclusion, Youth Voice, and Partnerships, to inspire your posts, but also inviting you to share any successes. We were so happy to see how many people got involved using the hashtag #CelebrateMusicEdHubs on the day!
If you missed the posts on the day, here are some of the highlights:
A fantastic video from ArtsForms Leeds sharing the power of music on the lives of young people:
This #WorldMusicDay let’s #CelebrateMusicEdHubs and the fantastic work across the sector over the past 12 years! @musicmarkuk
In 2023, pupils from all over Leeds performed at @ArtFormsLeeds biggest ever concert, at the @fdarena
Also, we’ve some HUGE news coming soon!👀 pic.twitter.com/uOWFP7ZgxP
— ArtForms (@ArtFormsLeeds) June 20, 2024
Essex Music Hub celebrated their Music Making projects:
#MusicMaking projects just this year include
– @GrumpyOldRick Wakeman in #Billericay
– @JessGillamSax in #Harlow @SaffronHallSW #SaffronSounds
– #Tendring Vocal Festival with @CharangaMusic Kristian
– Play-It! Live in #Braintree@musicmarkuk #WorldMusicDay #CelebrateMusicEdHubs pic.twitter.com/M7AlRYXSEe— Essex Music Hub (@EssexMusicHub) June 21, 2024
Coventry Music highlighted their projects amplifying Youth Voice:
This #WorldMusicDay let’s #CelebrateMusicEdHubs & the fantastic work
across the sector over the past 12 years! Over this time we have amplified Youth Voice through a range of projects, including our creative music group SoundLab-COV in partnership with @covcampus @musicmarkuk pic.twitter.com/r7YBFPRK1M— Coventry Music (@coventry_music) June 21, 2024
Norfolk Music Hub shared three of their favourite projects from the past 12 years, including breaking the Guinness World Record for the World’s Largest Percussion Ensemble Using Recyclable Materials!
3: Breaking the Guinness World Record for the World’s Largest Percussion Ensemble Using Recyclable Materials last year saw young people from across Norfolk collaborate to bring a piece of music to life in an amazing and inspiring way!#WorldMusicDay #CelebrateMusicEdHubs pic.twitter.com/JSeDuLiIrt
— Norfolk Music Hub (@NMHub) June 21, 2024
The Benedetti Foundation shared the work they’ve done alongside 34 Music Hubs and Services through their Residency Sessions:
On #WorldMusicDay – alongside @musicmarkuk, let’s #CelebrateMusicEdHubs & the fab work across the sector! Since June 22, we’ve loved working with 34 music hubs/services through our Residency Sessions. This is only possible through brill partnerships -huge thanks to all involved! pic.twitter.com/Hu04wSWriM
— The Benedetti Foundation (@benedetti_fdtn) June 21, 2024
We also spotlighted the fantastic work happening in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales, sharing the projects, partnerships and statistics showcasing wider UK music education.
… And so much more fantastic work was shared too! Thank you to everyone who got involved and helped us to #CelebrateMusicEdHubs. It was amazing to see the highlights of your work over the past 12 years, and we can’t wait to continue supporting the music education sector.
