Diversity and Inclusion

At Music Masters, we advocate powerfully for the rights of children and young people from all backgrounds to have a creative voice, and drive for greater inclusion, diversity and equality in the music sector for the futures of young musicians.

We actively commission and create new music for and with our young musicians to represent the diversity of modern Britain, from our Many Voices series which showcases the creative voices and approaches of a diverse range of renowned composers and creators, to the school sound walls of compositions written by our pupils, for our pupils. We work with a collective of inspiring Ambassadors whose diversity brings something unique and brilliant to our school communities, alongside their united belief in the importance of music in young people’s lives. Our Musicians of Change (PGCEi) educator development programme specifically focusses on how to become an exceptional group instrumental teacher, and we are determined to make the music education workforce more diverse.

But we don’t think that getting inclusion right is easy. Through I’M IN (Inclusive Music Index), our organisational equity, diversity and inclusion self-assessment tool, we have so far supported over 100 organisations working in and with music to better understand their areas of inequity, resulting in action that is already creating a more diverse, inclusive and inspirational music sector.