Training opportunities

We connect emerging and existing music leaders, teachers and practitioners with professional development opportunities through our practitioners network. We list training opportunities and vacancies in our monthly email newsletter, which you can sign up to here.

We will also signpost relevant training opportunities and resources on this page.

Musinc opportunities

We provide training opportunities for our existing music practitioners.

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Archived sessions: Youth Voice in Music – Online Training

A past CPD event based around youth voice with London-based charity Sound Connections.

Who is the training for?
Music Educators who work with children, young people or adults; we welcome existing or emerging community musicians, music leaders, school based and peripatetic music teachers, community based band and choir leaders.

Event Outline
This event is delivered in partnership between Musinc and guest speakers Sound Connections.

This CPD event will:
• Demystify and bring Youth Voice to life
• Refresh and upskill music educators
• Explore children and young people’s behaviour

Through presentations, group discussion and feedback the training will answer the following questions:
• Why adopt a young person centred approach?
• In sessions, what can music leaders do to support and encourage Youth Voice and a Young Person Centered approach?
• What can organisations do to support and encourage Youth Voice and a Young Person Centered approach?
• How do you find the right balance between young people leading projects and music leaders ensuring goals are realistic and activities are inclusive?

Access to the recorded session and resources

If you missed the session, you can contact us for the link to the recorded session. You can also find more resources provded by Sound Connections below:

Youth Voice and Participation Handbook

Music Lab toolkit

Youth Voice On Demand (videos from Youth Voice Week in 2020 and 2021).

Partner opportunities

See below for upcoming webinars, training events and conferences from our partners that you can attend. We also share lots of opportunities on our Facebook page (follow us here).

The Partnership have recently added new training sessions to their programme.

Sessions include Trauma, Resilience and Regulation, Autism workshops and Supporting Children and Young People in Bereavement.

Find out more.

 

Ongoing opportunities

If you are looking for training in Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, working with young people facing barriers and/or teaching, then check out these links to various course providers. These opportunities are available on an ongoing basis.

Middlesbrough College offer a variety of courses in Music Technology, Music Practice, Equality and Diversity, Mental Health and more.

View distance learning courses here, and all courses on site here.

Education for All: Diversity and Inclusion: For more info click on the link below.

https://www.futurelearn/courses/education-for-all

Youth Mental Health: Helping people with anxiety: For more info click on the link below.

https://www.futurelearn/courses/youth-mental-health

Good practice in autism education: For more info click on the link below.

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/autism-education

Teaching students who have suffered complex trauma: For more info click on the link below.

https://futurelearn.com/courses/teaching-students-trauma

Communicating effectively with vulnerable children and young people: For more info click on the link below.

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/communicating-with-vulnerable-children

Transforming education in challenging environments: For more info click on the link below.

https://futurelearn.com/courses/transforming-education

The Bridges to Learning partnership has links with a number of online learning partnerships to offer tailored learning opportunities to UNISON members, family and friends in the Northern Region.

Their website has various online courses and resources that you can browse.

Learn more

Get a free introduction to group music-making and the social contexts in which musicians participate.

Find out more >

Improve your teaching strategies and skills as a music teacher or vocal coach with this ABRSM online course.

Click here for more details.

Training courses and resources for staff working in education settings to enable them to support autistic children and young people from the ages 0-25 years in both mainstream and specialist settings.

Learn more

Safeguarding

As Musinc are members of Soundsense, we have access to their online safeguarding for community musicians online course. This is available to music leaders working for Musinc, and partner organisations. Please email us if you would like to access this training on musinc@middlesbrough.gov.uk.

Webinar recordings

Below are a few interesting webinars we’ve been part of.

Drake Music Past, Present and upcoming webinars: Click Here

Drake Music’s Step Up! Webinar all about getting the most out of iPads for music. Available now on Youtube here.

Online teaching resources are still available for you to access, watch and download. They can be found here: https://www.nymaz.org.uk/connectresound/resources

There are more resources and regular updates on upcoming CPD events for online music learning via the Remote Music Learning Network too, and you can join this network for free here: https://www.nymaz.org.uk/for-professionals/remote

Here is a link to a recording of an online event, ICCM Conversations: The impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on community music which took place in October 2020. The recording includes presentations by Sonia Price from the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, Vivien Ellis of the Dragon Cafe and Nicola Wydenbach from Sing to beat Parkinson’s.

Please regularly check back to this page as it is constantly updated with new opportunities.

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Classical Cafe on Sunday 5th May presents John Hutchinson on violin and Daniel Peter Silcock on piano!

John began his musical journey in his hometown of Newcastle and obtained his Bachelors Degree with Honours at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. John is currently in the final year of his Masters at the Royal Academy of Music.

Scottish pianist, Daniel Peter Silcock, has recently moved back to London, taking up a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music. Daniel specialised in the music of Chopin on the Professional Diploma course and prior to this, Daniel studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

3pm, Middlesbrough Town Hall. Tickets £5, free for under 16s:
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Our next Amplify event is on 9th July, 6pm at Middlesbrough Town Hall. You can perform by signing up here: https://arcg.is/LLj4S0

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🌟 Middlesbrough Open Orchestra has had a great year so far, so here are some of their highlights! 🌟

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🔹 In March, they performed 3 varied pieces from their repertoire at the Schools North East Patron's Dinner in Newcastle and received a standing ovation from a room of over 500 head teachers and staff in the region.

🔹 They've been taking part in a year long project called The Digital Score, with a focus on creating compositions, in collaboration with University of Nottingham and artist Layla Curtis.

🔹 In January and February, they collaborated with composer Kate Whitley and musician Clarence Adoo in a series of workshops to produce 'Falling' - a new piece of music for the National Open Orchestras repertoire.

Don't miss their sharing concert which will premiere their Digital Score compositions on Friday 7th June at Middlesbrough Town Hall, find out more here: https://www.middlesbroughtownhall.co.uk/event/open-orchestra-sharing-digiscore/

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