MfA Projects:

 

“A life with music is a life of diversity, joy and exploration. I would encourage
anyone to start playing and experience the benefits of music-making. Music for
All is encouraging all ages and genres which is a fantastic start to developing
musicianship in the UK.” Dame Evelyn Glennie

 

The charity is currently working on 2 specific projects:

Free Taster Lessons for School age Children
The charity has developed a touring facility that enables us to take musical instruments and offer children free taster lessons on a variety of instruments. This has recently been successfully piloted in the London area and more activities will be rolled out.

Teaching in Prisons and Young Offender Institutions
We have just started a project to teach guitar lessons over a 6 month period at Full Sutton Prison in York.
The project is supported by “Rockschool” in order that the students achieve real musical qualifications at the end of the course.
We have now started a similar project at Wetherby Young Offenders Institute.

 

Learn to Play Stand - A teaching stand that gives participants a free 20 minute introductory lesson to playing music with follow up material offering guidance and advice. Successfully launched at BBC Good Home Show with visits to Autumn Ideal Home Show & UK Shopping Centres.

Seen by 100,000 people, 800 music lessons over 10 days (Ideal Home Show)
Seen by 40,000 people,400 music lessons over 4 days (BBC Good Home Show)
A questionnaire completed by participants showed 95% people would take up an instrument, or
return if lapsed, as a direct result of their lesson on the stand.

 

Get Alive! - information campaign endorsed by Myleene Klass promoting the benefits of music-making offering advice on sourcing teachers and instruments

Surrey County Arts pilot showed 7% increase in music provision requests. Classic FM sponsored the distribution of 45,000 leaflets nationwide.