Taking place on the evening of 7 February 2014 in the Barbican’s newly refurbished Garden Room & Conservatory, the Music Teacher Awards for Excellence 2014 will celebrate the work of those in the music education industry.

Held in conjunction with Music Education Expo 2013, the inaugural event presented 9 awards to very deserving individuals
and organisations. Presented by Classic FM’s Margherita Taylor, the evening was a wonderful tribute to the hard work and achievements of those in the music education industry.

Categories

There are 11 award categories this year as follows:

• Best Musical Initiative
• Best Print Resource, sponsored by Rhinegold Publishing
• Best Digital/Technological Resource
• Best School Music Department
• Hub Innovation Award, sponsored by the Musicians’ Union
• Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Black Cat Music and MusicPracticeRooms.com
• Music Teacher Magazine Editor’s Award
• Most Innovative Retailer
• Best SEN Resource (special educational needs)
• Excellence in Primary/Early Years Music
• Best Classical Music Education Initiative, sponsored by Classic FM

To find out more about the criteria for each category, please visit www.musiceducationexpo.co.uk/award-categories

The winner of the Best Classical Music Education Initiative (sponsored by Classic FM), will be decided by a public vote on classicfm.com from mid-November.

Nominations

Nominations for the other 10 award categories must come from you, and we need all of you to participate! You all know somebody, or an organisation, or indeed product, worthy of winning one of these prestigious awards, so please, get involved and support music education’s best and most deserving recipients. It’s free, simple, and you’ve got to enter to have a chance of winning.

Nominations close on 7 November 2013, and the finalists will be announced on 18 November 2013 via the Expo social network sites and in the December issue of Music Teacher magazine.

To make a nomination, please visit www.musiceducationexpo.co.uk/nominate, download an application form and send the completed form to music.teacher@rhinegold.co.uk. Anyone is eligible to make a nomination; you can even nominate yourself!