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Tomorrow’s music sleeps In our fingers, In our awakening souls, The blossom of our spirit, The suggestive buds of our hearts. Tell everyone the idea is to function together As good musicians would In undefined future orchestras. Extract from Lines in Potentis Ben Okri Lines in Potentis was commissioned for City Hall. You can read the full poem by following the walkway from City Hall reception to the Assembly Chamber. #LondonMusicPledge #LondonMusicPledge2014 COPYRIGHT Other formats and languages Greater London Authority For a large print, Braille, disc, sign language video or audio-tape version November 2014 of this document, or if you would like a summary of this document in your language please contact us at this address: Greater London Authority City Hall Public Liaison Unit The Queen’s Walk Greater London Authority Telephone 020 7983 4100 More London City Hall Minicom 020 7983 4458 London SE1 2AA The Queen’s Walk london.gov.uk www.london.gov.uk More London London SE1 2AA enquiries 020 7983 4100 minicom 020 7983 4458 You will need to supply your name, your postal address and state the for- mat and title of the publication you require. Chinese Hindi Vietnamese Bengali Greek Urdu Turkish Arabic Punjabi Gujurati CONTENTS MAYor’s forEWORD 3 INTRODUCTION FROM DARREN HENLEY OBE 7 THE MAYor’s MUSIC PLEDGES 11 YOUR MUSIC PLEDGES 15 THE MAYor’s MUSIC EDUCATION TASKFORCE 19 #LondonMusicPledge2014 Photo © Bollywood Brass I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for my music teacher, Janie Macdonald. “ I was being badly bullied at the time and she saw in me something I didn’t see in Playing my instrument makes me feel that myself. She gave me the encouragement, I can learn anything. There is nothing that self-belief and utter fearlessness to “ I don’t like about music because there are be where I am today. She applauded so many things to be happy about when my differences and showed me how to playing music. celebrate them. Esther ” Jameela Jamil ” Mayor’s Music Scholar Radio DJ and TV presenter Courtesy of the Teaching Awards Trust 3 MAYor’s FOREWORD #LondonMusicPledge2014 Boris Johnson, Mayor of London 5 Music isn’t a ‘nice-to-have’, it’s an We invest so much because music is essential part of every child’s education. important for our economy. London needs From the ages of 5 to 14, all children are creative people and music is one of our entitled to play instruments, compose most successful exports. The creative and listen to music in school, every week. industries generate £21bn for London’s The fact that the National Curriculum economy each year and hardly any music guarantees children ten years of graduates are out of work. But music unbroken musical learning in our schools also has a bigger purpose, personally is something to be enormously proud of. and socially. It’s unique in challenging human beings to draw upon a huge range The language of music, with its subtlety, of intellectual skills and use them, in that depth and fascinating notation, is as rich moment, to turn the mundane into the as any spoken language on the planet. To beautiful - to create emotion. reach the level of physical mastery that playing an instrument demands is as It’s time to get serious about music, so mind-boggling as the achievements of I’ve made five pledges to help London’s Pelé or the Williams sisters. And for a schools. And I’m asking headteachers, team of people to unite in making music as well as music hubs, parents and the – communicating with confidence, music industry to join me by making their emotion and artistry to others – is one of own pledges. It’s unbelievably easy, so the most powerful forms of community I please give it a go. can imagine. The pledges are all in this booklet, just As with maths, history or sport, children visit www.london.gov.uk/musicpledge to will progress at different rates. But it’s make yours! the job of headteachers, with the help of music education hubs, to ensure that every child, not just those that can pay for tuition, has the opportunity and encouragement to progress in music through to GCSE level and beyond. London’s schools are estimated to spend Boris Johnson £600m on class music teaching each Mayor of London year. Music hubs spend a further £33m on instrumental teaching, music centres, ensembles and support for schools. Over the next 18 months, the Mayor’s Music Fund and City Hall are investing £1.8m in students and teachers. Across the music industry many more millions are being spent on our young musicians. #LondonMusicPledge2014 Photo © Mayor’s Music Fund I feel I have to push myself – not in a bad Music engenders a sense of way but a nice way. I can’t exactly put belonging, improves team work and “ into words how playing my instruments “ encourages self-discipline and make me feel but I know that it makes a sense of achievement. It promotes me feel wonderful. The thing I am most cooperation, responsibility, proud of is stepping in at the last moment commitment and mutual support. It for the soloist at our orchestra’s end of provides an outlet for relaxation and a term concert and also performing at the channel for emotional expression. Wigmore Hall. I am not afraid of standing up in front of people and playing now. Lord Winston ” Instead of feeling scared, I feel excited. Professor of Science and Society at Imperial College London and Chair Louis ” of the Royal College of Music Mayor’s Music Scholar 7 INTRODUCTION #LondonMusicPledge2014 Darren Henley OBE. Photo © Global 9 When the Mayor asked me to chair his We live in a city awash with amazing taskforce, I knew that schools were musicians, music organisations and facing major changes. Music hubs had musical heritage. It’s essential that all arrived, a revised National Curriculum schools know what is on offer and how was on the way and there was a new to access it. So it is no accident that focus on music in schools. From the music is one of the subjects chosen to very start, I wanted to make sure we did launch the Mayor’s London Curriculum. everything possible to give headteachers This brilliant new idea will help more and class teachers the best support schools to form proper relationships with in music. musicians and performing organisations. I would love to sing from the roof of City Finally, we want parents and carers to Hall, ‘Teachers – we haven’t forgotten feel as informed as possible about what you!’ The truth is, it’s safer when I stick music teaching their child should receive, to the written word, so my colleagues in-school, out-of-school and through and I on the Mayor’s Music Education their local music hub. To help, we are Taskforce have put together this plan. looking at a way of providing parents with simple, jargon-free information about their Music can be a tough subject for heads children’s music education. and senior leaders to get to grips with. We want to help everyone recognise Through the London Music Awards, exactly what a good music lesson looks the Mayor is committed to celebrating like and know whether children are schools and music hubs. I would also making progress. I’m pleased that Ofsted like to celebrate the support that he and has said that music is central to a broad, Munira Mirza are giving to high quality balanced curriculum and an essential music education, particularly inside element in every pupil’s spiritual, moral, London’s classrooms. Let’s make the social and cultural education. Now we most of it! need to help headteachers recognise and support outstanding music teaching. We want to ensure that music teachers don’t find themselves isolated with little chance to meet and learn from other expert musicians. We spoke to Deputy Mayor Munira Mirza about the Darren Henley OBE urgent need to support London’s 1,200 Chair of The Mayor’s school music teachers. She responded Music Education Taskforce magnificently and I’m thrilled that Music Managing Director at Classic FM Excellence London is now providing free, world-class continuing professional development (CPD) for London teachers. #LondonMusicPledge2014 Photo © Bigga Fish Music has always played an important role in my work as a mathematician. I listen to a “ lot of music while trying to make the next mathematical breakthrough. The structures that fascinate the composer are surprisingly similar to the structures that I am drawn to as a mathematician. It’s as if the same part of the brain is at play when you’re doing maths and listening to music. An education bereft of either music or maths would rob children of a lifetime of learning, cultural and creative opportunities! ” Marcus du Sautoy Professor of Mathematics at University of Oxford 11 THE MAYor’s MUSIC PLEDGES #LondonMusicPledge2014 1. 2. Specialist advice for CPD and resources for headteachers teachers We will bring together a Music Excellence London team of London Music is a world-class CPD Champions – highly scheme. Funding from experienced headteachers City Hall means that with an outstanding track it’s currently free for record, plus accomplished London’s key stage 3 professional musicians. music teachers. It will help They will provide free them to implement the advice and mentoring to new curriculum, increase headteachers. student attainment and make the most of London’s Headteachers will be able rich musical resources. to call upon a London Music Champion via their The London Curriculum local music hub.