Music Leaders
NYOS Music Leaders is a one-year paid training and development programme open to early career musicians based in Scotland.
Set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing cultural and environmental landscape, the NYOS Music Leaders programme is designed to address the core competencies, capacities and skills needed to be a successful workshop leader, music educator and thought leader in tomorrow’s cultural sector and beyond.
Applications for the 2024/25 Music Leaders Programme have now closed.
If you have any questions or wish to submit a late application, please email ensembles@nyos.co.uk
Criteria:
Ages: 20-25
Grades: 8+ or equivalent skill level
Requirements: Passion for exploring creative approaches to music-making & music education
Learn From Experts
The programme will feature a collective of fantastic mentors and experts who will be running workshops for our next generation of music leaders.
The practical elements of the course will give Music Leaders the opportunity to work with groups of children and young people participating in existing NYOS activities and ensembles. Successful applicants will attend three training days, each focussing on a specific theme or competency.
2024-25 Timeline
- Recruitment Day: 20 September – The Boardwalk, Glasgow
- Welcome Day: 2 October - The Boardwalk, Glasgow
- Training Day 1: 6 November – The Boardwalk, Glasgow
- Training Day 2: 5 February – The Boardwalk, Glasgow
- Training Day 3: TBC
About The Programme
The programme is delivered through a mix of training, discussion, observation, delivery and reflection with support from mentors and key industry professionals. Music Leaders will be paid £100 per day, plus travel expenses - in line with our fair work policy and the living wage.
Drawn from a diverse range of disciplines, the group of mentors will bring their passion and enthusiasm to the programme alongside a huge range of unique experiences and perspectives. The mentor’s role is to share this passion with their mentees, asking and answering questions, giving advice where required, provoking new ways of thinking and signposting participants to relevant further learning opportunities.
Some of the capacities, competencies and skills that NYOS Music Leaders aims to develop:
- Building confidence and resilience through delivering activities to peers and groups of young people.
- Learning strategies for effective group teaching and workshop leading.
- Developing presence when working with groups of children and young people.
- Team-working with peers and industry professionals through co-delivery.
- Learning to collaborate effectively.
- Learning to be empathetic and adaptable when working with groups of mixed ages and abilities.
- Networking with peers and industry professionals.
