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Music

Portsmouth Music Hub’s mission is to transform and inspire lives through high quality music and cultural engagement.

Portsmouth Music Hub is an active network of organisations working as a dynamic partnership committed to enhancing and enriching music education through creativity, achievement and inspiration.

Portsmouth Music Hub is part of the consortium, South Coast Music Partnership.

South Coast Music Partnership is part of Arts Council England’s network of national Music Hubs and covers the areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP), Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton.

The partnership is led by SoundStorm (on behalf of the current BCP Music Hub), Portsmouth Music Service (on behalf of Portsmouth City Council) and Southampton Music Service (on behalf of Southampton City Council and the Isle of Wight Council).

South Coast Music Partnership delivers high quality music education accessible to all children and young people in the region through diverse partnerships between educational, creative and community organisations.

Portsmouth Music Hub and South Coast Music Partnership logos

Primary music co-ordinators’ network

For information about the primary music co-ordinators’ network and upcoming meetings, please contact [email protected].

Values and aims

Excellence

We provide high quality musical and diverse cultural opportunities.

We evaluate provision to plan for excellence that is accessible to all.

Achievement

We support children, young people, staff and partners to achieve their potential.

We expect high standards from our children, young people and ourselves.

Youth Voice

We work with young people to create shared and relevant decisions for young people.

Enjoyment

We inspire children and young people to develop a life-long enjoyment of music.

We promote the positive and enjoyable aspects of musical and cultural engagement.

Partnership

We work collaboratively with partners for mutual benefit.

We support partner organisations to achieve their goals.

Communication

We are open, honest and effective in our communications.

We listen to all our customers and actively seek ongoing feedback from users and non-users of the Hub.

Accountability

We take ownership of our responsibilities.

We ensure best value for our services and clients.

Portsmouth Music Hub aims to:

  • Provide high quality, inspirational music education for children, young people and learners in and around the diverse Portsmouth community.
  • Reach all sectors of children and young people, including the hard to reach and those in challenging circumstances, enriching their lives through exciting music and cultural activities.
  • Offer opportunities in partnership with schools, for all children and young people to sing and play a musical instrument.
  • Build sustainable progressive pathways and nurture musical talent encouraging children and young people to access and participate in an exciting range of targeted musical and cultural learning programmes.
  • Promote innovation, creativity and originality in musical and cultural activities.
  • Support all children and young people to achieve their potential through music and cultural engagement.
  • Provide opportunities for musical excellence to flourish through maximising the potential of collaborative working with diverse partner organisations.
  • Reflect the musical and cultural diversity of Portsmouth’s community.
  • Celebrate the diverse musical and cultural achievement of children and young people across the city.
  • Engage with all schools and partners, supporting them to deliver the Schools’ Music Education Plan.

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