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Join us for this lively informal conference and practitioner development day presented by our Folk Education Network in partnership with Entrust Music Service Staffordshire and Live to your Living Room.10am - 4pm (with registration and networking from 9.30am)
In Person at Entrust Music Service Staffordshire, Carol Ann Duffy Conference Room, The Riverway Centre, Riverway, Stafford ST16 3TH
Online
This Folk Education Development Day will explore methods for including disabled people in music making. There will be advice for working with people with a range of physical and learning disabilities, and neurodivergent people too
Schedule:
9.30am Registration and networking
Online: The Zoom Room will be hosted by Beci Kijko (she/they)
Beci is a freelance inclusion and learning consultant who helps organisations build fairer, more accessible workplaces and learning experiences. They are passionate about creating transformational learning and shining a light on marginalised communities.
10am Welcome:
Dan Hollingshurst (he/him), Entrust Music Service Staffordshire
Cat McGill (she/her), BEM and Co-founder & Creative Director of Live to your Living Room
Kerry Fletcher (she/her), Folk Education Network Coordinator
10.15am Dan Hollingshurst, folk musician, peripatetic music teacher with Entrust Music Service Staffordshire and Music Centre Manager and Caroline Williams (she/her), teacher and learning leader, will talk about the work of the organisation, with a focus on their inclusive music making activities.
10.45am Cat McGill - Live to your Living Room and a freelance neurodivergent musician, working with music as a tool for connection and communication. Cat will lead a short signing song workshop and introduce her Ticking Clock interactive artwork.
11.45am Break
12 noon Andy Haines (he/him) and Billy Payne (he/him), from Billy and Andy’s Music School, will talk about their work with young people with special educational needs and disabilities and how they are smashing musical barriers with joy + tech! They will also lead a short music making workshop.
1pm Lunch and networking in person and online
2pm Rachel Elliott (she/her) EFDSS Education Director, will give an update on the national aspects of the EFDSS Education programme, including the National Youth Folk Ensemble.
2.20pm Emmie Ward (she/her) and Nick Goode (he/him) tutors and Lucy Stiles (she/her) EFDSS Education Manager, - Inclusive Folk - EFDSS' creative folk music and dance programme for learning disabled young people, including those with complex needs, which is supported by John Lyon's Charity. They will lead a short practical workshop exploring material from their brand-new, free, online resource - Trad to Tech.
3.30pm Round up of the day, Dan, Cat and Kerry
3.40pm Informal Networking – Hybrid: in person and in zoom breakouts.
Facilitated by Rachel Elliott and Beci Kijko
The day is for people who run music sessions, events or classes and want to be able to better support disabled people to join them, as well as for people who already work with disabled people and want to introduce music making to their clients and students; and anyone interested in folk arts, and in any setting, such as community, education, heritage and participation settings.
Expect presentations, short workshops, and opportunities for discussion. The day will be thought-provoking, informative and enjoyable!
Presenters will be announced in the coming weeks – watch this space for updates.
Free (advance booking required)
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Entrust Music Service Staffordshire, Stafford, United Kingdom
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