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For a Youth Music funded project that pushes the boundaries to promote inclusive music making so that every young person has the chance to change their life through music.
Meet the winner...
Girl Grind UK
SHE DON DID IT
Girl Grind UK works to support girls and young women aged between 12 and 30, to ensure Black and Asian women are given the opportunities and support they need in the West Midlands. They have successfully created a 6-month programme called SHE DON DID IT specifically aimed at creative individuals from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background. Rooted in core values and principles and helmed by Chief Executive and Artistic Director NAMYWA, they have aligned with over 22 established organisations, 6 funders, and 16,000 live audiences during a global pandemic.
Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) and Soundabout
West Midlands Inclusive Choir (West Midlands)
The West Midlands Inclusive Choir welcomes children and young people of all abilities up to the age of 25 and their families, and celebrates that everyone has their own way of sharing their voice. Members take part in whatever way suits them best, which can include using makaton singing, making sounds with an instrument or sound maker, using technology such as an iPad or EyeGaze and through movement and dance. The choir has successfully developed a community of inclusive music making, positively challenging the stereotypes of the traditional choir, what they should sound like and who can access them.
Northern Roots (Kay Greyson)
Black Managers Project (North East)
Kay Greyson and Kema Kay have led this project for Northern Roots part of their Martin Luther King legacy work, continuing work inspired by Dr King's visit to Newcastle in 1967. They have recruited six young Black managers to each work with young rappers and singers. Each manager has had individual sessions with Keith Harris and Keith Armstrong and have been supported to promote live concerts featuring the artists they are supporting. They have also been funded to take their artists into the studio, record and release tracks and videos.
rb&hArts and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Vocal Beats (London)
Vocal Beats transforms the lives of hundreds of children and young people, from newborns to young adults, hospitalised with cardiorespiratory conditions and/or cancer at Royal Brompton and Harefield Clinical Group and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Professional singer-songwriters and world champion beatboxers deliver improvised person-led music sessions on hospital wards based on participants’ unique contexts and personal interests. The sessions provide crucial moments for positive distraction and a sense of agency for young people who take part, developing their musical skills, boosting confidence and reducing loneliness.
Youth Music Awards 2022
The Youth Music Awards celebrates the most forward-thinking projects and people making, learning and earning in music. From artists and entrepreneurs to grassroots projects and young leaders, the event recognises an exciting range of trailblazers from across the scene.
Opportunities Board
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Outstanding Project Award sponsored by Turtle Bay
For an organisation that pushes the boundaries to promote inclusive music education (formerly the Innovation Award).
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