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Independent Society of Musicians Trust

The ISM Trust was created in 2014 to advance education, the arts and to promote health. We are dedicated to creating pioneering resources to support music and those who work in the sector.

Understand and overcome the barriers to singing with this free resource from the ISM Trust.

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Discover inspirational and practical singing strategies to enhance your music curriculum, and feel empowered to share the joy of singing with your students.

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Indian Takeaway, an online resource brought to you by the ISM Trust and Yogesh Dattani, complete with videos and visual resources, enables you to take away our lesson plans and successfully teach a piece of Indian classical music on any instrument.

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Jane Werry explores how you can create meaningful assessment strategies for KS3 music.

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Katie Hasler and Leigh O’Hara reflect upon what it means to be ambitious for Music teaching in years 7-9.

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The ISM Trust recently launched Play: A psychological toolkit for optimal music performancePlay is an essential hands-on guide to help musicians manage performance anxiety and reach their full musical potential.

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Dr Alison Daubney (PhD) and sports psychology specialist Gregory Daubney (MSc, MBPsS) offers guidance to music teachers for their identification and management of performance anxiety.

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