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What happens when young people are given space to make music?
Inspiring Voices brings together musicians, educators, researchers, practitioners and young people to explore what singing and creative music-making can make possible for children and young people's mental health and wellbeing. Hosted by Sing Up Foundation's Baz Chapman and Celi Barberia, each episode shares real-world experiences, evidence-informed insights and practical ideas for anyone interested in using singing and creative music-making to support young people.
Listen, discover new perspectives and find ideas you can take into your own setting.
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Explore the connection between creative music-making & wellbeing
Inspiring Voices is for anyone interested in how singing and creative music-making can support children and young people's mental health and wellbeing. Whether you work in education, music or community settings, or are simply curious, you'll find ideas and perspectives to explore.
Each episode brings together evidence-informed insights, practical experiences and different perspectives, helping you consider what good practice could look like in your own setting.
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Practical ideas
Hear approaches, techniques and ideas from people working directly with children and young people.
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Evidence-informed insights
Explore what research is telling us about singing, connection, belonging, mental health and wellbeing - as well as the questions we're still discovering more about.
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Real-world experiences
Honest conversations about what practitioners, researchers and young people are seeing, learning and experiencing.
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Fresh perspectives
Discover different ways of thinking about singing and creative music-making, and what you might take back into your own practice.
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Meet your hosts
Baz Chapman
Baz is an arts and education consultant, facilitator and programme manager specialising in singing. A former Programme Director for Sing Up when it was the National Singing Programme, he has extensive experience across music education, singing and health and wellbeing. Baz is also Manager of the Singing for Health Network and General Manager of the National Teachers’ Choir.
Celi Barberia
Celi has worked in music education for 20 years. She was involved in the original advocacy and bid that led to the creation of Sing Up and brings experience across policy, programme development, fundraising, communications and content. Her work now focuses on the Foundation’s mission to explore and promote singing for children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
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We believe in the power of singing to improve health and wellbeing – so listen in and be inspired!