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Jessica Phillips, MBA
Dec 35 min read
MEC Blogs Presents: Jessica Phillips, MBA
As a clarinetist, educator, and advocate, Jessica Phillips has spent over two decades shaping the sound of the Metropolitan Opera...
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Tamzyn French
Nov 153 min read
MEC Blogs Presents: Kinetika Bloco
Music has a unique ability to bring people together, ignite creativity, and inspire personal growth. In this blog series by the Music...
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Dr Yasin El Ashrafi
Oct 34 min read
MEC Blogs presents: Dr Yasin El Ashrafi, HQ Creative Arts Network
We welcome Dr Yasin El Ashrafi , founder of Leicester-based HQ Creative Arts Network (CAN) . It isn't easy to encapsulate the brilliant...
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Creative Opps
Sep 272 min read
MEC Blogs presents: Creative Opps CIO
We welcome the Creative Opps CIO to MEC's blog series. Their mission is to teach young people transferable skills relevant to their...
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Anu Onasanya
Jul 264 min read
MEC Blogs presents: African Music Library.
We welcome the African Music Library to MEC’s blog series. The organisation's mission is to create an expansive and far-reaching database...
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Nate Holder
Apr 252 min read
Why read ‘If I Were A Racist’?
Although it was written by myself, ‘If I Were A Racist’ draws from the work of many writers and thinkers. People such as Philip Ewell,...
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Nate Holder
Apr 153 min read
Why write ‘If I Were A Racist’?
Back in 2020 I wrote a poem called ‘If I Were A Racist’. It was an attempt to look at how racism and white supremacist thought (blatant...
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Natasha Hendry
May 29, 20238 min read
Representation Matters (for who?)
With growing globalisation, multicultural presence in UK society and schools, plus the added spotlight on Equality, Diversity and...
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Michelle James
Apr 21, 20236 min read
Creating lasting change
We seem to be in an extended period of perpetual change as a sector with lots of good intentions, facilitated discussions, multiple...
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Sharon Jagdev Powell
Apr 4, 20234 min read
The refreshed National Plan for Music Education: Equity, diversity, and inclusion
Music & Drama Education Expo February 2023, London On the 23rd of February 2023, I was delighted to represent the Music Education Council...
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Richard Jones
Mar 14, 20239 min read
Hubs in focus
In conversation with 3 Music Education Hubs With Music Hubs waiting for the publication of the investment process for funding beyond...
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Michelle James
Aug 26, 20222 min read
A National Music Service
The Musicians' Union and the Fabian Society have published a report, setting out their recommendations for ensuring that every child can...
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Richard Jones
Jul 8, 20222 min read
If this plan works, it should be the last one we need
Richard Jones hopes this is the second and last National Plan for Music Education For nearly a century government and subject association...
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Baz Chapman
Jul 5, 20224 min read
National Plan for Music Education
- and how can it connect to Mental Health and Wellbeing? 'Music has been part of human culture for thousands of years, over millennia,...
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