Based on Professor Lucy Green’s extensive research into how popular musicians learn, Musical Futures believes music learning works best when young people are making music, and when their existing passion for music is reflected and built upon in the classroom. Originally designed to address the gap between student engagement with music in school and that outside of school, Musical Futures is a tried-and-tested innovative approach to music learning with the aim of bringing relevant and engaging music lessons to as many young people as possible. Bringing non-formal teaching and informal learning into the more formal music classroom, Musical Futures has helped many music educators across the world reshape their approach to music teaching, increasing their skills and confidence and enabling them to deliver high-quality music education.
Student choice is integral to the pedagogy, which means that rock and pop genres are often a starting point. A case study by UCL showed that by taking part in Musical Futures students believed that musical talent could be developed rather than being an innate talent they are born with.
However, as Musical Futures is an approach to teaching music, it can be applied to any content, not just to rock and pop! This means that Musical Futures learning models are sustainable and transferable to a range of learning contexts, both within the UK and overseas.
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