Youth Music Initiative
Music matters. Young people spend more time listening to, talking about or making music than any other creative pursuit.
Explore the background of the Youth Music Initiative (YMI), read about some of the many projects that the YMI has funded and take a look at the issues affecting the youth music sector through our webpages.
The beginning
An overview of the first three years of the YMI.
Current developments
Years 4 and 5 of the YMI.
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YMI projects
Each month we highlight one of the many projects made possible by the YMI. For more information visit our YMI Projects page. |
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YMI features
Our regular features will focus on topics and issues of particular interest to the youth music sector. For more information visit our YMI Features page. |
| YMI publications, including the latest edition of Y newsletter, can be found on the YMI Publications page. For current announcements and opportunities, visit the YMI section of the Music Notices page. |
The new Scottish Arts Council Report on the P6 Target Data has now been published and can be downloaded from the Youth Music Initiative publications page. This report uses data collected from all 32 local authorities and Jordanhill School to show that in 2006/07 (Year 4 of the YMI) the P6 target was sustained throughout Scotland.
The P6 target is that 'all school children should have had access to one year's free music tuition by the time they reach Primary 6', and forms the basis of the YMI's work in the formal youth music sector. There were 218 projects that contributed to sustaining the P6 target in Year 4, with musical genres including jazz, traditional Scottish music and opera.
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