{"id":147,"date":"2019-07-01T12:16:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T12:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/youthmusicinitiative\/?p=147"},"modified":"2020-05-29T16:11:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T16:11:05","slug":"147","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/youthmusicinitiative\/147\/","title":{"rendered":"The Borders YMI team"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Youth Music Initiative team in the Borders\u00a0consists of\u00a0four music tutors , working in our schools, who are\u00a0supported by the Creative Learning Officer. We are part of the Education,\u00a0 within Children and Young People\u2019s Services.<\/p>\n

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Each year we apply to the YMI Formula Fund<\/a>\u00a0for the staff team, resources and\u00a0 the external projects that we run.<\/p>\n

We work in many of our Primary schools, all of the Support and Complex Needs units and some of the High schools.\u00a0\u00a0 We compliment the work done by the\u00a0peripatetic Curriculum Support\u00a0Teachers\u00a0(Music),\u00a0\u00a0who also deliver lessons in some our primary schools,\u00a0\u00a0and we\u00a0ensure that we visiting each primary \u00a0school in the region between the two teams.<\/p>\n

The YMI tutors are\u00a0 highly accomplished musicians\u00a0\u00a0and 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\u00a0accordion, as well as using \u00a0singing and music technology.<\/p>\n

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Our funding enables us to deliver a number of regular projects provided by external partners, such as the primary school tour by Scottish Opera and Mat the Hat’s\u00a0\u00a0‘ Big Drum Adventure’\u00a0as well as \u00a0other\u00a0one off\u00a0projects by touring musician’s, such as the Ghanaian Kakatsitsi <\/em><\/a>drummers.<\/p>\n

For more details about what the work YMI team in the Borders is doing \u00a0and some of our activities we are currently undertaking have a look at some of our Home Learning<\/a> posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Youth Music Initiative team in the Borders\u00a0consists of\u00a0four music tutors , working in our schools, who are\u00a0supported by the Creative Learning Officer. We are part of the Education,\u00a0 within Children and Young People\u2019s Services. Each year we apply to the YMI Formula Fund\u00a0for the staff team, resources and\u00a0 the external projects that we run. … <\/p>\n

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