Inclusive and accessible music learning and assessment with Sounds of Intent and the Awards and Certificates in Musical Development
This session will introduce the Sounds of Intent framework of musical development, which sets out how all children and young people engage with sound and music, irrespective of their abilities or needs. It identifies six phases of development across three domains (‘reactive’, ‘proactive’ and ‘interactive’), resulting in 18 headlines of musical engagement. These will be illustrated with video examples of children and young people in action. Strategies to promote attainment and progress will be discussed, and approaches to formative and summative assessment.
Find out how progression through the framework can now be formally recognised through Trinity College London’s brand new Awards and Certificates in Musical Development, the first ever fully inclusive, regulated music qualifications for learners across the full spectrum of needs and abilities.
Speakers
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Francesca Christmas
Trinity College London
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Adam Ockelford
University of Roehampton
Francesca Christmas
Trinity College London
Francesca Christmas is Director of Music at Trinity College London, with responsibility for the development of the global music qualifications portfolio, and music-focussed academic research activity. She is a qualified teacher and has worked in music teacher education at tertiary level with The Open University. She is a published author of chapters and academic papers on the subjects of music teacher training, instrumental teacher pedagogy and assessment in music education. She is currently finishing her PhD in Education with Birmingham City University.
Adam Ockelford
University of Roehampton
Adam Ockelford is Professor of Music at the University of Roehampton and one of the UK’s leading authorities on music education, musical development and inclusive musical practice. His research spans music psychology, music theory and special educational needs, with a particular focus on how children with complex disabilities, including visual impairment, autism and profound and multiple learning disabilities, engage with and develop through music. Adam is the creator of Sounds of Intent, an internationally recognised framework for understanding and assessing musical development in children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. Developed through long-term research in partnership with practitioners, Sounds of Intent is now used extensively across the UK and internationally to support teaching, assessment and curriculum planning.
A composer, researcher and educator, Adam has written more than twenty books and numerous journal articles on music, education and psychology. His publications include Music, Language and Autism, In the Key of Genius, and Comparing Notes, and his work has helped shape professional practice across education, music therapy and community music settings.
Alongside his academic work, Adam is actively involved in the charitable sector as founder of the Sounds of Intent Charity and a trustee of several organisations supporting music education and children with disabilities, including The Amber Trust, Live Music Now and Sempre. Through research, teaching and collaboration with practitioners, he continues to champion the belief that every child, regardless of ability or need, has the potential to develop musically and to enjoy a rich and meaningful musical life.