The theory of relativity occurred to me by intuition, and music is the driving force behind this intuition. My parents had me study the violin from the time I wassix. My new discovery is the result of musical perceptionAlbert Einstein, in conversation with Shinichi Suzuki

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INTRODUCING HMSHarrow Music Service (HMS) is the lead organisation in the Harrow MusicEducation Hub, responsible for the provision of high-quality progressiveinstrumental music lessons and whole-class music teaching, festivals for studentperformance, ensembles, professional training, music education resources andconsultation to schools in the borough. HMS also works to provide a service whichreflects the needs of the local community, offering a range of community musicclubs and activities such as Junior Steel Pans, Harrow Community Gospel Choirand the acclaimed Harrow Youth Brass Band.

IN 2016-17 STUDENTS TOOK EXAMS IN:

BASSOON

CELLO

CLARINET

CLASSICAL GUITAR

FLUTE

FRENCH HORN

KEYBOARD

OBOE

PIANO

SAXOPHONE

SINGING

TROMBONE

TRUMPET

VIOLIN & VIOLA

After 3 years of playingclarinet to grade 4 level Itook up the bassoon. I getto play all the funky basslines now in band! My teacher thinks I’mamazing as I’m takinggrade 6 soon after only 2years!!! I enjoy playing inconcerts and festivals withmy friends. We alwayshave a laugh in rehearsalsTF Year 9 clarinettist andbassoonist Hatch End High School

BRASS Number Pass Merit Distinction

Grade 1 5 1 2 2

Grade 2 15 8 6 1

Grade 3 8 4 3 1

Grade 4 3 0 1 2

Grade 5 1 0 1 0

Grade 6 0 0 0 0

Grade 7 2 1 1 0

Grade 8 0 0 0 0

34 14 14 6

WOODWIND

Grade 1 28 10 13 5

Grade 2 24 8 14 2

Grade 3 26 7 17 2

Grade 4 18 2 15 1

Grade 5 6 5 0 1

Grade 6 2 2 0 0

Grade 7 8 2 6 0

Grade 8 2 2 0 0

114 38 65 11

STRING

Grade 1 104 35 42 27

Grade 2 41 16 17 8

Grade 3 36 15 14 7

Grade 4 11 5 5 1

Grade 5 6 2 4 0

Grade 6 4 0 2 2

Grade 7 2 1 0 1

Grade 8 1 0 1 0

205 74 85 46

PIANO/KEYBOARD

Grade 1 10 6 3 1

Grade 2 4 1 2 1

Grade 3 1 0 1 0

Grade 4 0 0 0 0

Grade 5 1 0 1 0

Grade 6 0 0 0 0

Grade 7 0 0 0 0

Grade 8 0 0 0 0

16 7 7 2

Grand Total 429 157 194 78

Percentage 100% 37% 45% 18%

GRADED MUSIC EXAMSHMS run an exam centre at Harrow Arts Centre on behalf of Trinity College. Some instrumental teachers also prepare studentsfor ABRSM exams. These are statistics from the year 2016-17.

ACADEMIC BENEFITS

The power of music: Its impact on theintellectual, social and personaldevelopment of children and young peopleSusan Hallam, International Journal of Music Education 28(3) 269-289, 2010

l Learning to play a musical instrument enhanced the ability to rememberwords and remember more verbal information

l Being excused from non-music classes to attend instrumental lessons doesnot adversely affect academic performance

If active engagement with music increases positive perceptions ofself, this may transfer to other areas of study and increasedmotivation to persist in the light of initial failure

l Those learning a musical instrument reported a sense of achievement,increased confidence and provision of an alternative means ofcommunicating feelings (ages 9-17)

l Improvisation activities (as opposed to didactic lessons) significantlysupported the development of critical thinking

l There is significant evidence that participating in singing has a correlationwith health and well-being

How learning a musical instrument affectsthe development of skillsAdrian Hille and Jürgen Schupp SOEP – The German Socio-Economic PanelStudy at DIW Berlin 591-2013

Learning a musical instrument:

l Requires regular training and therefore forces students to be self-disciplined, persistent and involved

l Improves the ability to judge one’s understanding and progress

l Teaches children to handle success and failure

Participating in group music:

l Teaches children and adolescents to interact with the person of authority

l Helps children directly interact with their peers

l Helps children to see their fellows as partners rather than competitors

l Encourages children to interact with their fellows from various socialbackgrounds

l Creates a sense of belonging to a group

On first meeting M I wasstruck by his disposition inlessons. When approachingthe instrument, especiallyin front of his peers, hewould be overcome withanxiety and an apparentlack of confidence. Acombination of anxiousresponse (breathingquickly) and gettingfrustrated and upset atmistakes would often leadto M stumbling andeffectively anticipatingshortfalls.

Over the course ofteaching him M grew fromone of the most underconfident, self consciousand challenged studentsuntil at the end of Year 6 hewas one of the most selforganised, confident,inquisitive, reflective andindependent learners.Always willing to assistpeers, he woulddemonstrate rather thangrow insecure around otherstudents. He has nowacquired Grade 2, with abright future on the drums.He once described hisdrum lessons as “magical”HMS Percussion Teacher

The Benefits of Music Education: Anoverview of current neuroscience researchThe Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Canada April 2014

l “Musical activity involves nearly every region of the brain that we knowabout, and nearly every neural subsystem.” Daniel Levitin, This is YourBrain on Music, p.299

l Research is showing that learning to play an instrument leads to changes ina child’s brain that make it more likely they will reach their full cognitiveand academic potential

IQ, memory & focus

l There is evidence that children who take music lessons have greaterabilities to focus their attention. Music training seems to be a very active form of mental training thatincreases children’s cognitive capacities, enabling them to perform betterin many other aspects of their life

One year of musical training affectsdevelopment of auditory cortical-evokedfields in young childrenTakako Fujioka, Bernhard Ross, Ryusuke Kakigi, Christo Pantev and Laurel JTrainor Brain (2006) 129, 2593-2608

The beneficial effects of music teaching over the course of one yearwere shown to be:

l Transfer of skills to non-musical abilities e.g. literacy, verbal memory,visuospatial processing, mathematics and IQ

l More advanced perserverance skills and/or the ability to sustain focusedattention

LT (a student in Year 6)achieved a merit at Grade 1last year and was so inspiredby her achievement that everyweek she writes me littlemessages in her practicebook about how much sheloves playing the violin. Shefinds her own pieces to playand has started bringing mein little compositions of herown. She has joined HarrowYoung Musicians and literallycomes skipping and singinginto her lessons every week.Music does seem to make herso happy

Becky Ryan, Violin Teacher

AS has enjoyed being part of the music dept for a few years andhas sung in choirs and had singing lessons. On starting her GCSEcourse Dan Starling and I suggested that she sang in the R’n’Bband. She loved it!

Around Easter time in a singing lesson I asked where she washeaded and what plans she had for 6th Form. She replied that shehad so enjoyed singing in the R’n’B band that she wanted to go tothe BRIT school, however, she needed a Grade 5 pass to beconsidered. Having not been interested in exams in the past sherealised that she was up against it because application would beconsidered in the autumn term. She would need to pass Grade 5in the summer term. I found her the London College of Music“Popular Music Vocals’ syllabus and we got to work! She took theexam at the end of the summer term and passed. AS has nowapplied for the BRIT school and is awaiting an appointment forher workshop-audition

Simon Wookey, Singing and Violin/Viola Teacher

I have been learning flute withthe HMS for 9 years and amtaking my ATCL diploma thisyear. I have performed inmany wonderful venuesincluding St Marks in Venicewith HYM PhilharmonicOrchestra. I have made somany friends through musicand I have skills that I canenjoy for a lifetime

TF Year 13 flautistHatch End High School

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194 MERIT

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STEEL PANS DRUMKIT OELECTRONIC KEYBOARD

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TOMORROWS WARRIORS

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EDUCATION TRUST

JEWISH MUSIC

INSTITUTE

LONDON YOUTH CHOIRS

CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA

PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT

FUNDING PARTNERS

LONDON MUSIC FUND

AMBER TRUST

HARROW COUNCIL

ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND

JOHN LYONS CHARITY

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5 STEEL PAN BANDS

21 ORCHESTRAS

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4 ROCK BANDS3 CHOIRS

2 JAZZ BANDS

6 WIND & BRASS BANDS 1 KEYBOARD

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HMS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIPOne of Harrow Music Service’s strengths are the partnerships with leading music organisations which bring innovative andeducational music projects into schools free of charge or at very low cost. HMS works with music organisations to secure the best ‘fit’for Harrow schools, and contributes to the bidding and assessment processes to ensure that projects achieve and retain funding.

City of London SinfoniaThe first orchestra to establish a year-round programme of music in schools, hospitals and communities. As part of theirGrowth Through Music programme, CLS musicians work to provide significant music experiences for very young children(aged 3-7) at a crucial time in their academic and social development. Over a period of five years since 2013, the CLS hasbrought themed projects to schools in the form of workshops and a culminating concert from the City of London Sinfonia. By theend of the 2017-18 academic year, the City of London Sinfonia will have delivered 12 themed projects to 49 classes in 19 schools, reaching 1,470 Year 2 children.

Pavilion Opera Education TrustThrough a live professional opera performance in schools, POET offers children the chance to experience total immersion in athrilling opera story through sound, lighting and costumes. The children first study the story and act out the roles, beforehearing the music live for the first time, in an experience that is transformative and magical. The only concessions to the schoolenvironment are that the opera stage is replaced by the school hall and the orchestra by a grand piano brought into schoolspecially for the occasion. Featuring operas such as Rigoletto, The Magic Flute, Cosi fan Tutte, Macbeth and La Traviata, POEThas for 10 years 2008 - 2018 enthralled 7,442 children in 92 classes with 12 operas in 29 schools across the borough.

Jewish Music InstituteJMI have introduced the sounds, dances and songs of Eastern Europe (specifically Romania) through the Antimopurile projectwhich they part fund together with HMS and school contributions. Children not only learn how to play the accordion, dance andsing but are taught by world class musicians including an accordionist, clarinettist, double bass player, percussionist and vocalistin a project which has now been enjoyed by 900 children in 10 schools in the borough.

The MiE Music in Education Conference is jointly presented by Harrow and Ealing Music Services biennially to bring the most up-to-date music education pedagogy and research to an audience of Music Coordinators and teachers, andeducational practitioners.

Harrow Young MusiciansHYM provide opportunities for young people to play at an advanced level in ensembles ranging from Soul Bands toPhilharmonic Orchestra and Academy Strings to Symphonic Winds. Many young musicians have moved on from HYM tostudies and even careers in music and HYM has a reputation for musical rigour providing performance experiences over theyears at the Royal Albert Hall, the O2 Indigo, St John’s Smith Square and on many tours to Cornwall, France, Italy and Belgium.

Music8LondonHarrow combined with Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey and Hillingdon in 2013 to form the Music8Londonconsortium of eight music education hubs. They share expertise and good practice as well as fielding joint CPD activities forinstrumental teachers.

Music Organisations and Projects

Years No. of children No. of schools No. of classes No. of projects

City of London Sinfonia 5 years since 2013 1,470 19 49 12 themed projects

Pavilion Opera Trust 10 years 2008-2018 7,442 29 92 10 operas

OUR PARTNERS

WHAT HMS DID IN 2016-2017 IN NUMBERS

ACTIVITIES, PUPILS AND SCHOOLS

HMS conducted, sang, played to and taught

so that children could spend

concentrating, listening, performing,singing, composing, playing

and enjoying music!

6,026PUPILS

49SCHOOLS

673 HOURS/WEEK

3,129STUDENTS

learned in small groups, pairs or as individuals

1,142ADDITIONALSTUDENTS

participated in song practices and choirs directed by

HMS Teachers

BANDS AND ENSEMBLES

HMS ran/directed/supported/conducted

in schools and atHarrow Arts Centre

12 STRING ENSEMBLES

9 ORCHESTRAS

2 JAZZ BANDS1 KEYBOARD ENSEMBLE

1 BRASS BAND2 PERCUSSION ENSEMBLES

4 ROCK BANDS

3 CHOIRS

5 STEEL PAN BANDS5 WIND BANDS

44OPPORTUNITIES

to play in bands and choirs!

72INSTRUMENTAL

TEACHERSwho are experts in Brass, Woodwind, Indian, World, Percussion, String

instruments, Singing and Class Music.Many of them performers

in their own right BBC Concert Orchestra, Black Voices, English National Opera Orchestra,Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,

West End Theatreorchestras

2,897STUDENTSlearned in classes or large groups

1,362SCHOOL CHOIR SHOWCASE

3,745STUDENTS

ALTOGETHER!

693SING SING SING

678SONG

270BAND

349STRING

161GUITAR

143WORLD

89RECORDER

FESTIVALSThe number of students who played or sang in HMS Festivals in 2016-2017

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