Gloucester Music Forum / Gloucestershire Music

Researcher - young people's music-making

Gloucestershire Music Forum, a group of representatives from organisations involved in music education, wanted to find out about young people's music making in Gloucester - what was happening, who was involved, and their views about needs and opportunities. The work was commissioned by Gloucestershire Music, the County's music education service, on behalf of the Forum.

Anita Holford carried out research which included face to face and telephone interviews with 'youth music leaders and developers' (from the Youth Service to music leaders to promoters); desk and online research; two group discussions with young people; an online survey; informal online conversations with young musicians; a promotions campaign.

The emerging themes included the need for: more and wider opportunities for music making and associated skills development; development of the workforce of existing and potential music leaders including those with genre-specific skills, and wider skill (entrepreneurship, social enterprise, music business, music leading); spaces for performing/recording/rehearsing; improved information and networking.

Following the publication of the report in March 2008, Gloucestershire Music commissioned further research to extend the study - including interviews and desk research in Cheltenham and Newent, and two county-wide online surveys for young musicians and music leaders. This second report was published in April 2009.

Click below to download the executive summary of the Gloucester study, or to view the Gloucestershire study, visit the website. You can also find out more at the Forum's Myspace page.


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