08-04-08 Harmony Music School pledges support to the Music Manifesto

Harmony Music School has signed up to the Music Manifesto, a new initiative committed to working to deliver an exciting range of musical experiences to all young people, helping to create the soundtrack to their lives.

The Music Manifesto has been developed by DfES and DCMS in collaboration with music organisations and arts practitioners, with the music industry, the Musicians' Union, the TTA, the Specialist Schools Trust, Arts Council England, QCA, Ofsted and Youth Music. Its purpose is to:

• Act as a statement of common intent that helps align currently disparate activity
• Set out a shared agenda for future planning, because we know that real progress depends on action by all of us
• Make it easier for more organisations and individuals to see how they can contribute to music education
• Guide Government's own commitment
• Call on the wider community, in the public, private and community sectors, to join us in enriching the lives of schoolchildren

For more information, log on to: www.musicmanifesto.co.uk