Coronavirus (Covid-19)

To look after the welfare of our team and wider society, Youth Music has taken the decision that our staff will work from home from Monday 16 March onwards. All meetings will be scheduled remotely or postponed. Our office will be closed until further notice, with phonelines redirected to staff mobiles. Apart from that, our business will continue as usual.

This page will be kept up-to-date with the latest information, and we will share any changes on our social media. Follow our Twitter @youthmusicnet and @youthmusic for all the latest news updates.
 

Give a Gig Week

At present, all planned Give a Gig Week events are scheduled to go ahead. However, we understand that this is a difficult time for many in the music industry, and the situation for artists and venues may change.

If you’re organising a Give a Gig event and you need to cancel, please contact Hannah Crompton.

Sound and Music recently launched its Fair Access Principles, calling for wide ranging changes in the recruitment, selection and support of composers across the UK. They are designed to act as a code of best practice for running successful, open and inclusive artist development programmes, competitions and awards for composers. In this case composers mean "anyone creating their own music, in any style or genre".
 

Anyone is invited to sign up to the principles and join Sound and Music in creating a more inclusive and equal sector. Too many composers are prevented from benefiting from opportunities for the wrong reasons: because of their background, demographic, economic circumstances and access needs. This means that talent is not recognised and supported, and an insufficient range of composers will be creating new music in the future. This aligns very much with Youth Music's ethos. 

Read the full Fair Access Principles here