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Past Conferences

The Music Mark Annual Conference has been a fixture in the music education events calendar since 2013. Access information and resources in our conference archive.

2025

Ambition & Quality

  • 17th - 18th November 2025
  • East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham

Our 2025 Annual Conference offered sessions exploring Ambition & Quality, from what quality means to how to implement ambitious delivery.

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2024

Sustainability In Music Education

  • 18th - 19th November 2024
  • East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham

With a focus on what we can do to be more environmentally responsible, our 2024 Annual Conference provided insight, inspiration and tangible actions for all those working across the music education ecology.

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2023

Dynamism In Music Education

  • 27th - 28th November 2023
  • The Rose Bowl, Southampton

In our 10th birthday year, our 2023 Annual Conference celebrated the achievements of the last decade of music education and looked forward to what the next 10 years might hold.

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2022

Talk Into Action

  • 14th November 2022 - 18th May 2023
  • London, Online, Derby, Newcastle, and Bristol

Our 2022 Annual Conference focussing on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in music education toured 4 venues around England as well as a recording studio from which we broadcast a live-streamed day.

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2021

Fast Forward: Technology And Music Education

  • 2nd - 3rd December 2021
  • Hilton Brighton Metropole

In 2021, our Annual Conference focused on harnessing the power of technology to support and enhance the work of a 21st Century music education sector.

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2020

Play On: The Music In Music Education

  • 20th November 2020
  • Online

In 2020, we ran our first ever virtual conference, Play On: the Music in Music Education, for our colleagues across the country and beyond.

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2019

Play The Bigger Game: Partnership, Collaboration And Enterprise

  • 21st - 22nd November 2019
  • The Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield

Digging deep into case studies of inspiring collaborations, our 2019 Annual Conference explored enterprising and inclusive programmes from across the country.

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2018

Youth Voice

  • 22nd - 23rd November 2018
  • Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth

For our 2018 Annual Conference, we invited children, young people and families to inform the national debate on music education.

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2017

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

  • 24th - 25th November 2017
  • Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth

With a belief in a music education that provides all children and young people with equal access to high quality opportunities, our 2017 Annual Conference set out to learn more from our Members about how to ensure that what we do is inclusive.

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2016

Supporting Progression For All

  • 11th - 12th November 2016
  • Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth

Over the two days of our 2016 Annual Conference, we brought together panels, curated breakout sessions and facilitated discussion opportunities.

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2015

Delivering As Leaders: Influencing Thinking, Policy And Practice

  • 13th - 14th November 2015
  • Staverton Park, Daventry

In 2015, our Annual Conference focused on the work of our members and partners in influencing the policies which form the context of our work, as well as the practice of music education.

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2014

Progression In Music Education: Further Still, Yet Further

  • 21st - 22nd November 2014
  • Staverton Park, Daventry

The 2014 Annual Conference provided a forum to debate, share expertise and exchange ideas for developing the national picture of music education for children and young people.

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2013

Raising The Bar: The Highest Quality Music Education For All

  • 15th - 16th November 2013
  • Manchester Central

Our first Annual Conference brought together music educators from across the sector, unlocking the potential to raise standards and improve outcomes for children and young people.

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