Music and arts educators have been recognised at MBE and BEM level in the Queen’s New Year Honours List 2022, announced on 31 December 2021.
Included for their services to music and to education are:
MBE (Members of the Order of the British Empire)
Michael Frederick Asanta, co-founder, Boy Blue.
For services to hip-hop dance and music
(London, Greater London)
Peter Broadbent, director and conductor, Joyful Company of Singers.
For services to music
(London, Greater London)
Berendina Jill Norton, professor of music, Royal Military School of Music.
For services to music
(West Byfleet, Surrey)
BEM (British Empire Medal)
Jill Diprose, founder, Activities Interests Music Support (A.I.M.S.).
For services to families of children with special needs in Dawlish, Devon
(Dawlish, Devon)
Nikki Anne Iles
For services to music
(Bedford, Bedfordshire)
Ian Macpherson, music tutor, Percussive Edge, Harrogate.
For services to education
(Harrogate, North Yorkshire)
Mark Douglas Ashley Strachan, founder, The Choir of the Earth.
For charitable services to musicians during COVID-19
(Sherborne, Dorset)
The total number of people receiving an award on this occasion was 1,278, including 612 (47.9 per cent) women, and 15.1 per cent of the successful candidates come from an ethnic minority background.
Each year, two honours lists are published; one for the Queen’s birthday, and one for the new year.
The Queen’s New Year Honours List 2022 is available online.
