| Making
Music Work - Selected quotes
Northern Recording’s
work has been sponsored by various bodies including
The Department of Education and Science, The National
Youth Bureau, The National Union of Teachers, NACRO,
the Department of Culture Media and Sport’s
Creative Partnerships programme and Durham County
Council.
Supporters include:
Brian Johnson - AC/DC
Stephen Hughes - MEP
Northern Recording’s
pioneering approach has consistently been identified
as a model of good practice
"The ideas
and imagination of local people are the community's
greatest resource. [Northern Recording] invest directly
into their needs, creating opportunities where they
can recognise their own talents and develop their
own directions."
Hudson and Beynon,
Universities of Durham and Manchester 1991
“Making
Music Work was a contributing factor in Durham
County Council receiving the diploma of merit for
excellence in music education“
Local Government Association, 1992
“This
is the most important cultural development
in the North East in my lifetime“
Lord Glenemara, 1990
“The
work of Northern Recording, particularly in the area
of music education, is an outstanding example of the
vital contribution communities can make to the
cultural success of the nation”
Janet Anderson Under Secretary
of State, Department
of Culture Media and Sport, 2000
“a powerful
example of a grass roots culturally based approach
for developing a learning community for economically
disadvantaged groups which continues to expand its
scope and strength. It has gained a national reputation
in terms of access, mutual learning support and collaboration,
contributing to learning, cultural regeneration and
community development, with its benefits spreading
incrementally into the wider community”.
Annex to ‘Building Sustainable
Knowledge Productive Environments’
The Intellectual
Assets/Knowledge Production Working Group
for ‘One North East, June 1999
(…. a
model of ) "exemplary practice for transfer
across member states"
‘New Needs, New Jobs - The Challenge and
Ways Forward into the 21st Century’
European Community White Paper, 1994)
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