Music Education Islington
Committed to ensuring all Islington children and young people receive a fair share of high-quality music education and progression opportunities.
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About Music Education Islington
Music Education Islington (MEI) supports all children attending state-maintained schools to embed music in their curriculum by offering a broad programme of activities, consultations and services.
We also provide after-school music activities across the week and in school holidays.
MEI have:
- Enabled more than 11,000 people to have access to music education since starting in 2018.
- Worked with more than 50 Islington schools every year.
- Provided access to instruments to over 6,000 students through our instrument loan service.
11,775
Young people reached from 2018-2021
MEI New Sounds Festival: Call for Young Musicians
We’re putting together an epic evening concert to close the New Sounds Festival 2025 and need singers, bands, rappers and instrumentalists to get involved.
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Callout: Pop Pioneers
We are looking for up to 30 promising students to work together over five days at Pirate Studios - a professional rehearsal, DJ and podcasting venue.
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What we do
Testimonials
My life has changed so much since taking part in MEI; doing music has changed me as a person. It takes so much effort to play the violin so I have become more hard-working.
Hussein, Islington Music Centre
“I really loved taking part in MEI’s Music Makers project. It was a great opportunity to meet new people, try a range of different instruments and create music based on our own ideas.
We were able to perform five original pieces at our gigs and it was amazing to see how much we were able to achieve in a short amount of time. This experience has helped me to gain confidence as a performer and allowed me to develop my skills as a musician.”
We were able to perform five original pieces at our gigs and it was amazing to see how much we were able to achieve in a short amount of time. This experience has helped me to gain confidence as a performer and allowed me to develop my skills as a musician.”
Suraya, MEI Music Makers Lab
I'd never played the trombone before and when they let me play it, I was very happy! It means a lot to me. It's really special to be able to hire
my trombone. The music activities have helped me a lot – in school and in life in general. The teachers are very kind and very helpful.
my trombone. The music activities have helped me a lot – in school and in life in general. The teachers are very kind and very helpful.
Raffy, Islington Music Centre
“I would highly recommend joining MEI’s after-school opportunities, there are lots of really big opportunities for people who are enthusiastic about music and I think that there is such a wide range of music genres that they can engage in and learn from.”
Chandra, MEI Music Centres
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