{"id":14,"date":"2020-09-08T17:24:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T16:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/sacims\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-09-16T12:53:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:53:00","slug":"youth-music-initiative-programme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/sacims\/youth-music-initiative-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Music Initiative Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"815\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/sacims\/youth-music-initiative-programme\/ymi-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/sacims\/uploads\/sites\/11691\/2024\/10\/11132531\/YMI-logo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"180,201\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"YMI logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/sacims\/uploads\/sites\/11691\/2024\/10\/11132531\/YMI-logo.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/sacims\/uploads\/sites\/11691\/2024\/10\/11132531\/YMI-logo.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-815\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/sacims\/uploads\/sites\/11691\/2024\/10\/11132531\/YMI-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"201\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>YMI is an integral part of our music service provision for young people in schools across South Ayrshire. Our programme offers whole-class music-making activities giving young people an opportunity to develop musical skill, musicianship and confidence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YMI projects for 2025-26 include:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>Music Heroes &#8211; <\/strong>for all children in Primary 3<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>United by Sound<\/strong> &#8211; ASN settings<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>SingFest &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>for groups of schools<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>ScotsFest<\/strong> &#8211; for groups of schools<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Session 2024-25<\/strong><br \/>\nWe hope you enjoy this short video which highlights the the impact of our programme in 2024-25<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 474px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-14-1\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/sacims\/uploads\/sites\/11691\/2025\/08\/28144215\/South-Ayrshire-Music-Service-YMI-2024-25.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/sacims\/uploads\/sites\/11691\/2025\/08\/28144215\/South-Ayrshire-Music-Service-YMI-2024-25.mp4\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/sacims\/uploads\/sites\/11691\/2025\/08\/28144215\/South-Ayrshire-Music-Service-YMI-2024-25.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Our YMI case study focused on how we play the different strands of our delivery (Instrumental Music Tuition, YMI and Next Generation projects) strategically to create a progression pathway for young people across South Ayrshire.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/sacims\/uploads\/sites\/11691\/2025\/08\/28144525\/Strategic-Music-provision_SAC-YMI-Case-Study-2024-25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YMI Case Study 2024-25<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Teacher Development Fund Project: 2022-2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In partnership with Live Music Now Scotland, we secured funding for a 2-year music residency in 4 four South Ayrshire schools.\u00a0 A video about the impact of our project is available <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1018586756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Session 2023\/24<\/strong><br \/>\nFind out about how our programme of activity impacted learners across all primary and ASN settings\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sway.cloud.microsoft\/83a2USO84reB8xHn?ref=Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Session 2022\/23\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nFind out how our programme supported children across all 43 primary and ASN schools in South Ayrshire <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sway.office.com\/WoTIPZYcBr8pwVae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sway.office.com\/VS80QJBkQPGd5wjc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Music &#8211; a YMI Case Study<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; find out how our digital music project in 25% of primary schools helped learners develop wider skills and achieve the <em><strong>We Make Music Digital School Award.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Creative Scotland: National YMI Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>March 2023 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/public\/sacims\/uploads\/sites\/11691\/2025\/09\/16123810\/youth-music-in-scotland.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">youth-music-in-scotland<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n2021-22 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativescotland.com\/binaries\/content\/assets\/creative-scotland\/about-us\/major-projects\/creative-learning-and-young-people\/ymi\/youth-music-initiative-2021.22-evaluation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Evaluation<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n2021-22 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativescotland.com\/binaries\/content\/assets\/creative-scotland\/about-us\/major-projects\/creative-learning-and-young-people\/ymi\/youth-music-initiative-2021.22-case-studies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Case Studies<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n2019-20 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativescotland.com\/binaries\/content\/assets\/creative-scotland\/about-us\/major-projects\/creative-learning-and-young-people\/ymi\/ymi-2019.20-evaluation-final-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Evaluation<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n2018-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativescotland.com\/binaries\/content\/assets\/creative-scotland\/about-us\/major-projects\/creative-learning-and-young-people\/ymi\/ymi-impact-report-2018_19-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Impact Report<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Session 2021\/22<\/strong><br \/>\nFind out how our YMI programme and what young people, teachers and our YMI team told us about their experiences \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sway.office.com\/C7Q6EhGu61wEduDO?ref=Link\"><strong>Celebrating YMI across South Ayrshire in 2021\/22<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sway.office.com\/KEAO18dRfCGLpiBI?ref=Link&amp;loc=play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find out <\/a><\/strong>\u00a0how we successfully used technology to connect with young people at home and in school during the COVID 19 Pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session 2019\/20<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user123313615\/review\/458587945\/538c924907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Developing Technique 2019\/20 &#8211; Video<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user123313615\/review\/458573293\/65b0be357f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Big Sing! 2019\/20 &#8211; Video<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/458582740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Big Bang! 2019\/20 &#8211; Video<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user123313615\/review\/461766416\/a23edc58e5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Big Strum! 2019\/20 &#8211; Video<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user123313615\/review\/461764393\/0ad6c5c73a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">It&#8217;s all about the Buzz! 2019\/20 &#8211; Video<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user123313615\/review\/461767953\/9414ac0a8f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Big Band! 2019\/20 &#8211; Video<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YMI is an integral part of our music service provision for young people in schools across South Ayrshire. Our programme offers whole-class music-making activities giving young people an opportunity to develop musical skill, musicianship and confidence. YMI projects for 2025-26 include: Music Heroes &#8211; for all children in Primary 3 United by Sound &#8211; ASN &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/sacims\/youth-music-initiative-programme\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Youth Music Initiative Programme<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/sacims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/sacims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/sacims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/sacims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/sacims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/sacims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":871,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/sacims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/sacims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}