Overview of the Cornwall Music Education Hub
Our Vision
To celebrate and grow Cornwall’s rich music legacy by shaping an inclusive and dynamic culture which inspires learning, creates aspirational performance opportunities and supports every child and young person to achieve their musical potential.
The Aims of the Cornwall Music Education Hub
The Cornwall Music Education Hub partnership has worked together to draw up and agree a set of aims for our Hub. These aims shape the planning of all of our activity and are as follows:
- To ensure that all children and young people have the chance to learn, enjoy and appreciate a wide range of music making opportunities
- To develop children and young people’s broader learning and skills development through music making
- To ensure that all children and young people have access to high quality information, advice and guidance about progression opportunities
- To support children and young people in playing an active role in the musical culture in Cornwall
- To continue to build the skills and expertise of a music education workforce across Cornwall
- To develop and secure partnerships which will ensure a high quality, broad and inclusive offer to children and young people
- To improve equality of access to instruments, music making and performing opportunities regardless of background or circumstance
- To provide a robust, sustainable, vibrant and cohesive music education plan for Cornwall
Hub Roles
As a condition of its Arts Council grant, the CMEH is required to deliver four ‘core’ roles:
- First Access - whole class or large group instrumental learning for the minimum of a term for every child aged 5-18
- opportunities to play in ensembles and perform
- clear progression routes which are available and affordable to all young people
- regular singing opportunities including choirs and vocal ensembles for every pupil as a result of a singing strategy
Hubs are expected to obtain additional funding to help them to deliver three ‘extension’ roles:
- CPD for school staff, particularly to help deliver curriculum music, as well as leadership
- an instrument loan service (discounted or free for those on low incomes)
- access to large-scale/high-quality music experiences for pupils via professional musicians/venues – may include publicising opportunities available to schools, parents/carers, pupils.
Hub Delivery
The CMEH must set out an annual plan of its activity and how it plans to deliver the core roles. This plan is approved by the Hub Strategic Advisory Panel and submitted to Arts Council England
Structure
The CMEH is led by Cornwall Learning and works with 27 partners and 26 supporting organisations to plan and deliver activity through the CMEH Planning Group and specific working groups. CMEH budget and delivery is monitored by the Strategic Advisory Panel which is made up of school, third sector, Cornwall Council and music industry representation.
Funding
The Cornwall Music Education Hub (The CMEH) receives funding from the Department for Education, via Arts Council England. The funding is in place until March 2016. Funding is released on a quarterly basis upon the submission of satisfactory delivery data and financial information to the Arts Council.
In addition, the CMEH works with partners to co-fund projects and also to apply for external funding for specific projects. Successful joint bids over the last 2 years alone resulted in excess of £1.13m of funding for local projects and we are continuing to work with our partners to identify new funding opportunities. A number of activities also generate income from ticket sales and membership/delegates fees.
The CMEH also holds the Hub funding for delivery on the Isles of Scilly.
Impact of the Hub
Annual update of Hub activity and impact - Hub highlights & impact - update Sep 14
