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Colston Hall announce initiative to make music more inclusive
The Colston Hall is partnering with two major UK arts centres to promote excellence, inclusion and accessibility in music education and the music industry.
Bristol Music Trust, the charity behind the Colston Hall and its music education hub Bristol Plays Music, will join forces with the Barbican in London and Sage Gateshead to focus on providing high quality music opportunities for young people who have fewer chances to take part in music education.
This includes those with special education needs and disabilities who often face significant barriers, and people from minority ethnic backgrounds also struggle to access high-quality training and progression opportunities.
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Louise Mitchell, chief executive of Bristol Music Trust, said: “It is exciting to be able to announce our strategic partnership with two of the most dynamic arts centres in the UK. Together we will pool our strengths to ensure concert halls are squarely addressing community need and proving their worth on a local and national scale.”
This partnership will be announced at reception in the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday where cross-party MPs and government representatives will speak in support of the initiative.
The event will also feature live performances from Ellen O’Brien, an award-winning principal French Horn player in the Bristol Youth Orchestra and the South West Open Youth Orchestra, and a speech from Dr Clarence Adoo MBE, orchestral and health Programme leader at the Sage.
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