Training opportunities (external providers)

Externally provided music education training opportunities are listed below. We are signposting these opportunities as we believe they are beneficial for music educators in Dorset and Somerset. However, we do not necessarily endorse the providers or the content of the training.

Spring Term 2025

Sounds of Intent webinars

The aim of these webinars is to provide a series of practical implementation ideas to support hubs and schools in inclusive music making. Professor Adam Ockelford, founder of Sounds of Intent and Sophie Gray, Services for Education, will share their experiences of planning and running inclusive programmes in education settings.

The programme for Spring Term 2025 is:

  • 8th January 4.30pm – Getting started with Sounds of Intent (SOI) in your Music Hub: the Trinity Awards and Certificates in Musical Development (Professor Adam Ockelford, Sophie Gray and guests)
  • 5th February 4.30pm – How to start working with Special Schools using SOI (Professor Adam Ockelford, Sophie Gray)
  • 5th March 4.30pm – Tuning Into Autism – resources for preschool autistic children and those with speech/language/communication needs (Dr Caitlin Shaughnessy, Professor Adam Ockelford and Sophie Gray)
  • 9th April 4.30pm – Supporting practitioners working with visually impaired children (With The Amber Trust)

You are invited to sign up for the webinar series here https://forms.office.com/e/mvv2TU8Fgs.

Visit the Sounds of Intent website to see their latest music resources for supporting inclusive music making: https://soundsofintent.org/en/music-programmes/index

Summer Term 2025

Sounds of Intent webinars

The aim is to provide a series of practical implementation ideas to support hubs and schools in inclusive music making. Professor Adam Ockelford, founder of Sounds of Intent and Sophie Gray, Services for Education, will share their experiences of planning and running inclusive programmes in education settings.

The programme for Summer Term 2025 is:

  • 7th May 4.30pm – Exploration of the Count Me In resource in Special Schools (Professor Adam Ockelford, Sophie Gray)
  • 4th June 4.30pm – Supporting practitioners working with hearing impaired children 

You are invited to sign up for the webinar series here https://forms.office.com/e/mvv2TU8Fgs.

Visit the Sounds of Intent website to see their latest music resources for supporting inclusive music making: https://soundsofintent.org/en/music-programmes/index.