How a project in London is training early years practitioners to deliver quality music opportunities for children. By Meredith Jones Russell

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Although the Department for Education’s National Plan for Music Education acknowledged that ‘music teaching starts in the early years’, funding for music education hubs across the country is restricted to ages five to 18.

Concerned about the lack of music-making opportunities for young children, the ‘Tri-borough’ music hub of Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham set up the Tri-Music Together project to provide training for early years practitioners in maintained schools and nurseries, PVIs, children’s centres and childminders’ settings, as well as for music professionals who work or are interested in working with young children.

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