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article / 16 September 2015
The Range of Children
The range of children's voices is a frequently discussed issue when involving them in singing...
toolkit / 16 September 2015
Young Audiences Music 101
For the sake of clarity, it is important to define the two main types of...
toolkit / 01 May 2016
The IAN Model
What does artistic quality mean, and is it possible to assess in young audiences music...
toolkit / 21 May 2017
How to talk to children about art
Evaluation work with the participation of children and young people is important to give us...
toolkit / 11 May 2017
Teaching Children the Language of Beauty
Being able to describe our aesthetic encounters is an essential way for us to explore...
article / 21 June 2016
Students as Organisers - ownership in school
Students as organisers provides school children with a unique opportunity to develop skills such as...
article / 12 August 2016
What are they listening to?
Children at a concert, experience the event on many different levels – some of which they a...
article / 04 May 2017
YAMspace for musicians
Whether experienced or novice, as a musician performing for young audiences, YAMspace offers a series...
article / 30 September 2016
Music Preferences
Four little-known, but very important, reasons you should care about your students' music
By...
toolkit / 10 November 2017
Preparing children for active concert listening
Many concert productions for children use visual or dramatic techniques to create focus, sustain interest...
video / 11 September 2017
YAMsession Producers Forum 2017
Final performance and discussion on 6th September 2017 in Casa da Música (Porto). The YAMsession ...
video / 30 June 2017
YAM Producers Forum 2016: "The World Comes Closer"
The YAMsession Producers Forum brings together a local young audiences production with two international producers...
toolkit / 06 January 2017
Want to tour abroad?
Below you can find, or get help to find the information needed to apply for...
video / 27 May 2016
"You Need Trust": YAM Producers Forum 2015
The YAMsession Producers Forum brings together a local young audiences production with two international producers...
toolkit / 16 June 2017
Workshop: Experiencing Drama and Theatre
The following workshop was developed in Denmark. Slingsby has been given approval to translate and...
toolkit / 14 March 2017
The most important work as a producer is...
The headline poses a challenging but essential question. Since the concert producer’s role and f...
toolkit / 07 June 2016
IAN: from theory to pratice
Concerts Norway (Rikskonsertene) has extensive experience in using the IAN model as an evaluative and...
toolkit / 24 October 2016
Young Audiences Music Concerts: a link between Art and Education
The professional Young Audiences Music concert within school places itself in between the fields of...
toolkit / 14 February 2016
The Physiology of Music And Movement
YA teaching artist Joe Mangano provided a science, music, and dance residency that scientifically explored...
toolkit / 31 May 2016
Mind the GAP
What is at work in the communication field between the musicians, the music and the...
toolkit / 05 February 2016
Tube Beat Or Not Tube Beat?
I first experienced beat tubes (capped PVC tubes that produce distinct pitch) while playing in...
toolkit / 20 October 2015
Wouter van Looy's Five Principles
Wouter van Looy is a Dutch music festival leader and the artistic director of Music...
video / 22 April 2016
La Balle Rouge
A takeaway of the concert "La Balle Rouge" produced by JM France and showcased at...
toolkit / 03 November 2016
YAMsession 2016: Children review Concerts
The Norwegian YAMsession 2016 host Marked for Musikk and Rikskonsertene/Kulturtanken are developing the project "Music...
toolkit / 25 March 2024
AUDIENCES 15 stories about audience development
The Danish anthology on Audience Development called "Audiences - 15 Stories about Audience Development" has just...
toolkit / 03 November 2023
The WOW Experience
Many students get to experience concerts and other performing arts by professionals throughout their school...
article / 13 January 2023
A Taste for Classical Music
A Taste for Classical Music
By Christina Blangstrup Dahl
Since 2019, Levende Musik i Skolen -...
article / 08 November 2022
Scott Rogers on How Children Listen
Simply having a young audience in the concert hall is no guarantee that they will...
video / 01 January 2022
Call for Showcases for YAMsession 2022
YAMsession is looking for the world’s best live music productions for young audiences to s...
video / 26 May 2020
YAM in times of Corona
In times of corona YAM is putting together this list of activites for young audiences...
article / 02 October 2019
Meet The Winners Of YAMawards 2019!
From amongst 70+ international live music productions from over 20 different countries, 10 amazing experiences for young...
article / 24 April 2019
YAMawards 2019: Open and Accepting Applications
Young Audiences Music Awards (YAMawards) promote and honour creativity and innovation in the field of...
article / 04 December 2018
YAMsession and the 2018 YAMawards
From the 17th to the 19th of October at the breathtaking Cidade da Cultura in...
article / 18 September 2018
YAMawards 2018: Vote Now!
Since 2010 the YAMawards have celebrated excellence in the field of live music experiences for young...
article / 02 February 2018
Presentation of the national French YAM organisation: JM France
JM France: 1 common cause; 75 years; 32 million children; 10.000 hired artists. Because the young generations grow with...
video / 08 January 2018
25 years of school concerts: LMS anniversary highlight
In 2017 Danish Levende Musik i Skolen - LMS celebrated their 25th anniversary in connection with...
article / 30 November 2017
Skyggespill: Cross-country Co-creation
A boy falls asleep, and while he's asleep, his room comes to life. Shadows crawl...
video / 15 September 2017
Welcome to the wonderful world of YAM!
Check out the brand new YAM animation video! We hope you'll find it a great...
article / 30 June 2017
Beats Across Borders - music makes a difference!
In a globalised world, music might be the best chance we
have to communicate across...
article / 12 April 2017
Open School - Open to the World
Wonders of the world - and education
In Denmark the term ”Open School” was introduced in ...
article / 29 March 2017
Blackboard Music Project Evaluation Report
In December 2016 the Blackboard Music Project came to an end. Since November 2014, the partners have...
article / 21 March 2017
International Cooperation makes a Difference!
Over the course of the Blackboard Music Project, the ten project partners from eight different...
article / 21 February 2017
A Child's Brain Develops Faster with Exposure to Music Education
A two-year study by researchers at the Brain and Creativity Institute (BCI) at the University...
toolkit / 16 December 2016
Speed Sessions
As a part of the Blackboard Music Project, the Speed Session model has been developed....
video / 15 November 2016
Korvat Kävelylle: A look back at Konserttikeskus' showcase, Kaarina, Finland 2016
Korvat Kävelylle took place on March 9th to 11th in the municpality of Kaarina ...
toolkit / 23 August 2016
Make Your Case!
The pace of scientific research into music making has never been greater. New data about...
article / 02 August 2016
Trinity of Arts Education
To have no access to music and other art forms is bad! Only thing worse...
article / 24 June 2016
In Tune with Time: School needs Art # 1
The change
Think back 20 years – not much in human history – but still: how different is the...
article / 24 June 2016
Watering the Roots: School needs Art #2
In the first post, I gave my opinion on the importance of art to make...
video / 21 June 2016
KulturCrew: Danish students as concert organizers
Want to know what KulturCrew (the Danish version of the Students as Organisers programme) is...
video / 11 April 2016
YAMsession 2015: A One-on-One with Andreas Ljones
Andreas Ljones is a Norwegian professional musician.
At YAMsession 2015 he reflects back on this mountain...
video / 07 April 2016
YAMsession 2015: Navigating Croatian Music Education in Times of Transition
YAM Talks: With a special focus on former Yugoslavia and Croatia, Mladen Tarbuk, one of...
toolkit / 26 February 2016
Creating Balance through Dance
Creating Balance through Dance is focused on the critical middle school years and is designed...
toolkit / 22 January 2016
The Language of Opera
Givonna Joseph implemented her “Language of Opera” residency with the 5th grade choir class at Beh...
article / 14 January 2016
Tim Webb – Five tips for creating work with young people with disabilities
Tim Webb co-founded Oily Cart 35 years ago, and has written and directed more than 80 shows...
article / 05 January 2016
Background information and links
YAMspace has collected a range of relevant background sources and links.
Unesco: Arts Education - ...
video / 11 November 2015
"Why We Love Giving Youth A Chance To Create"
A video by Young Audiences New York Artists.
Young Audiences New York wants all children...
toolkit / 05 October 2015
Are you a musician?
For the Harford County Public Schools Title I STEAM Institute in July 2012, four Young Audiences...
video / 22 September 2015
Finnish kids become school concert organisers
See how Finnish students engages in the Students as Organisers initiative.
toolkit / 17 September 2015
How can the Blues be used to learn fractions?
My co-teacher and I met with Arts Integration Specialist Maria Barbosa to create a lesson...
video / 16 September 2015
Connecting learning to doing
Translating academic theory into creative practice is not necessarily a straight line from A to...
video / 16 September 2015
YAMsession 2014: Mistress Art & Master Learning
YAM talks: in November in Umeaa, Sweden, Tatiana Chemi, Lecturer and Researcher in arts-based education...
video / 16 September 2015
YAM Producers Forum 2014: Kraja
In November 2014 in Umeå (Sweden), two producers from two different countries, having never each other, ...
video / 16 September 2015
1-on-1 with Body, Rhythm Factory
Boom whacka yeow! Take a look into the creative madness behind Body Rhythm Factory, winners...
article / 16 September 2015
Why children's theatre matters
This is an edited version of a speech I made at the Unicorn theatre in...