Celebrating Sounds of Play, Birmingham Early Years Music Project

Join us to celebrate Sounds of Play, an early years music project led by The Springfield Project, a leading partner of Birmingham Forward Steps (BFS). The project has been built upon the partnership of 18 early years and music organisations in the city who together make up the Birmingham Early Years Music Consortium (BEYMC).

The project has been funded by Youth Music since 2019 and will be coming to an end in October 2025. This project brought the Early Years and Music workforces together to learn from each other, to develop high quality Early Years Music practice across the city and to deliver music activities to children under 5 and their families.

Join us as we launch 2 new guidance documents to support EY settings and musicians and to discuss the importance of music in early childhood. We will be sharing how the project has worked and its impact on early years music practice, children, and families across Birmingham.

Who is this for?

• BEYMC partners
• Sounds of Play project participants
• EY leaders & practitioners in Birmingham
• Music Organisations and musicians in Birmingham.

When?

18th November 12-3.30pm

Midlands Arts Centre (Performance Studio), Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham B12 9QH

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

For all booking enquiries please contact Quench Arts:

Email:[email protected]

Tel: 07716 362478

About Sounds of Play

Sounds of Play Project is a workforce development project led by The Springfield Project, a leading partner of Birmingham Forward Steps (BFS). The project is built upon the partnership of 18 early years and music organisations in the city who together make up the Birmingham Early Years Music Consortium (BEYMC). In 2019, the Consortium was thrilled to be awarded a grant from Youth Music to deliver the Sounds of Play project which ended in March 2022. This project brought the Early Years and Music workforces together to learn from each other, to develop high quality Early Years Music practice across the city and to deliver music activities to children under 5 and their families. In 2023, Youth Music awarded a further £150,000 to BFS to continue to develop early years music practice and provision across Birmingham and build on the established relationships formed between the partner organisations.

www.springfieldproject.org.uk/children-families/sounds-of-play/

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Partners in the BEYMC

· B’Opera

· Barnardo’s

· Birmingham City Council

· Birmingham Community Healthcare

· Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

· Birmingham Nursery Schools Teaching

Schools Alliance

· City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

· Centre for Research in Early Childhood

· Early Years Alliance

· Kids

· Mac Makes Music

· Quench Arts

· Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

· The Springfield Project

· Services for Education

· St Paul’s Community Development Trust

· Spurgeons

Host or Publisher Birmingham Early Years Music Consortium