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'Make Your Mark: Notes on Music Education' is a podcast showcasing diverse experiences and perspectives from across the music education sector. 

We'll explore the major challenges faced by those working with young people in music, the challenges young people face themselves, and celebrate inspiring projects and stories from across the nation and beyond. Tune in to hear from expert guests as we tackle music education's biggest questions, highlight its most exciting initiatives, and discuss the musical journeys of those involved.

This podcast is produced by Aimee Christodoulou, Emma Cragg and Yusef Sacoor for Music Mark, a membership organisation, Subject Association, and an Arts Council England Investment Principles Support Organisation advocating for excellent musical learning in and out of school.  Music Mark support their members and the wider sector through training, resources, networking and advocacy work at a national level and across the UK. This is done with a vision for accessible and excellent musical learning and engagement, inspiring and enriching the lives of all children and young people. 

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In the first of this two-part conversation, Yusef and Ella welcome Manon Llwyd from Charanga Cymru, Eilidh MacKenzie from Fèisean nan Gàidheal, and Steve Hawker from Cornwall Music Service Trust to explore Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Cornish in music education. From classroom singing and community projects to oral traditions, musical memory and contemporary music, they discuss how language and music can nurture confidence, connection and a sense of belonging.
Sarah Baumann from Brass Bands England and Kevin Hartley from the NSPCC to return to discuss Safeguarding. This episode looks at the emerging threats to safeguarding children and the key takeaways are resources our guests would point to to step up your Safeguarding knowledge. As with part 1, please note that sensitive topics will be discussed in this episode are child exploitation and abuse, which may be upsetting to some.
It's a new series of the podcast, and Lucy and Yusef are joined by guests from Brass Bands England and the NSPCC to discuss Safeguarding. Following our new 2-part format, this episode with look at the changes in Safeguarding over the years, how to employ the right people, intersectional safeguarding, and the unique challenges of Safeguarding in Music Education. Please note that sensitive topics will be discussed in this episode are child exploitation and abuse, which may be upsetting to some....
Tune up and tune in! Series Three of Make Your Mark is coming soon. We've got a new format, a new team, and a whole host of new and exciting discussions to share with you - as well as the same old selection of expert insights into Music Education's hottest topics!
5: Music Therapy

5: Music Therapy

2026-07-0645:57

In this final episode of Series 2, we explore music therapy and the therapeutic impacts of music with music therapist Graeme Davis and music education and arts leader Jane Bryant. Together, they discuss what music therapy is, how it differs from wider music-making and talking therapies, and why listening, agency and relationship-building are central to its impact. From young people and those with additional needs to people living with dementia and their carers, this conversation considers the...
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