UK • Music Education
- Sector: Music Education
- Headquarters Country: UK
- City: Denbighshire
- Founding Year: 2015
- Operating Regions: uk
- Founders: ????
- Problem Identified: In 2015 Denbighshire council became the first local authority across Wales to completely cut funding for vocal and instrumental lessons for children in schools – this move saw the end of all ensembles in the county and the redundancy of 22 tutors.
- Solution Offered: Determined not to give up a core group of tutors formed the cooperative to create a ‘new vision for music provision in Denbighshire’. DMC now boasts some 60 teacher members and holds 9 weekly ensembles and a Saturday morning music academy. The service is thriving and supporting other counties in Wales as further cuts to music occur.
- Website: denbighshiremusic.com
- More Info: Denbighshire Music Co-operative aims to provide music education of the highest possible quality for all pupils and users of the service, whatever their background. In pursuit of this aim, DMC is committed to using its best endeavours and resources to ensure that all activities are governed by the principles of equal opportunity, whereby no person by reason of religious belief, political opinion, gender, marital status, race, colour, ethnic origin, sexual orientation or disability is treated less favourably or disadvantaged in any way. This statement applies to recruitment and admissions, to the curriculum, teaching and learning, and to staff development and training.
