The Youth Music Initiative team in the Borders consists of four music tutors, working across our schools, supported by the Creative Learning Officer. We are part of Education, within Children and Young People’s Services.
Each year we apply to the YMI Formula Fund for the staff team and resources they need to deliver their lessons. We work in many of our Primary schools, all of the Support and Enhanced Provison units and some of the High schools. We compliment the work done by the peripatetic Curriculum Support Teachers (Music), who also deliver lessons in our primary schools, and we ensure that we visit each primary school in the region between the two teams.
Our tutors Ian Lowthian, Jenni Borthwick, Jon Jacobs and Kaela Rowan are highly accomplished musicians and have taught in schools for many years. Whilst they all have their own specialism they deliver whole class music making lessons, using a wide range of instruments including ukuleles, drums, tin whistles, keyboards and the accordion, as well as teaching singing and music technology .
