This year, we’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Youth Music Initiative: a music education programme funded by the Scottish Government that puts music at the heart of children and young people’s lives and learning.
As part of our celebrations, we hosted a special industry event on in March 2023 to bring the Youth Music sector together and celebrate #YMusicMatters.
School pupils look down at the crowd before their performance at the #YMusicMatters event. Image by Venture Creative.
Taking place at Johnstone Town Hall, it featured a range of guest speakers who shared their stories and discussed the national picture of music education in Scotland.
We also welcomed our guests to experience our breakout spaces where they could Come and Watch young performers, Come and Hear from inspiring projects and Come and Try cutting-edge equipment.
Artists from Ensemble performing at the #YMusicMatters event. Image by Venture Creative.
In addition, we invited two artists to illustrate the event live, capturing some of conversations, stories and reflections that took place throughout the day.
Re-living the #YMusicMatters event earlier this month thanks to our live artists Katie Forbes and @adanseywright 😍
— Creative Scotland (@CreativeScots) March 13, 2023
We invited Katie and Alice to capture the stories that our speakers and guests shared to help show the impact of #YMIScotland 🏴
Check out Katie's work ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/9sbkBkofmt
Thanks to everyone who came, particularly the performers, pupils, and Neil Grey MSP who gave the closing remarks.
Discover more about the day from YMI Manager, Morag in our latest Spotlight.
This playlist features tracks from participants and tutors of #YMIScotland funded projects both past and present and is the perfect soundtrack to your day.
We've gathered films of our keynote talks chaired by Stephen Broad and Mairi Kidd, available for you to watch on demand.
