Music Committee

To find out more about Music and dyslexia please click here.

You can also read a full referenced version of the article featured in the spring edition of Contact Magazine 2023 titled 'Dance and Neurodivergence' here

Purpose

To be the ‘go-to’ source of information about music, neurodiversity and dyslexia with some responsibility and expertise in other areas of performing arts including dance and drama
To raise awareness of issues specific to music and dyslexia/neurodiversity and to aid the understanding of such issues
Dissemination of information as widely as possible
Collaboration with key music professional organisations in the UK including the main music examination boards; music hubs; the Incorporated Society of Musicians; the Musicians’ Union; the music conservatoires; music specialist schools and choir schools
To monitor best practice in the application of reasonable adjustments in music exams, both those provided by the main (UK) examination boards and those provided by other institutions, such as the Forces and specialist music establishments
The encouragement of further investigation into the area of music and dyslexia/neurodiversity
To be a central ‘hub’ for research and knowledge about music and dyslexia/neurodiversity
To raise awareness in relation to the use of music to support other areas of learning, such as literacy