Access to Music already has long-term, successful partnerships with Further Education colleges across the country.

There are many benefits to working with a music specialist in delivering your music provision:

• You will be buying into an established and exciting music brand with a prominent profile across the UK. Access to Music is the UK's largest designer and provider of popular music courses with over 2,000 current students.
• We know our business! Access to Music is 100% dedicated to providing top-quality popular music training. We have no distractions. Music is our passion.
• You can deliver the most relevant and exciting range of popular music courses in the country. Designed by musicians for musicians, they are accredited by Rockschool, the UK's only rock and pop awarding body. The quals are QCA appoved and LSC fundable. All courses are backed up by an expanding archive of support materials, available to download online through our Staff Zone website.
• We can advise how our music courses can meet current and future LSC and goverment priorities in relation to training and funding.
• Your students can gain access to regional and national events and music opportunities. These are organised by Atom Events, ATM's dedicated promotions company. Such events also raise the profile of your college by providing valuable press and media exposure. Events include Atom Live, Music Master Roadshow, Awards Ceremony etc.
• We can provide your students with meaningful progression to Higher Education courses and music-relevant work experience.
• We can vitalise your recruitment and marketing. We have a national website full of course info and music where applicants can apply online. We also have a Myspace site, cool CD info packs, posters, flyers, a music magazine (In-Sync), and national, regional and local adverts. We also exhibit at national music shows such as Music Live at the NEC and Sounds Expo at Olympia in London. We can also help with local PR and marketing design.
• We can provide your students with music-dedicated goodie bags full of music publications and info.
• We have numerous connections and contacts with the music industry from organisations, such as PRS/MCPS and Musicians Union, to venues, promoters, managers, record labels, manufacturers and retail. We are members of the Music Industries Association.
• You can get discounted trade-price musical equipment through Access to Music courtesy of our partnerships with retailers and manufacturers. We can also offer a full consultancy service for creating sound-proofed rehearsal spaces, recording studios, tech suites and performance areas.
• Access to Music has a strong profile in the UK music education sector. We are members of NAME (National Association of Music Educators) and the MEC (Music Education Council). We have close links with QCA, LSC and Creative & Cultural Skills. We are signatories of the Music Manifesto. We are members of the Music Education Forum.

 

 

Access to Music offers two partnership options for FE colleges:

• Partner Option;
• Associate Option.

The Partner Option gives you the full range of benefits as outlined above. The Associate Option offers you some of the benefits as outlined above. For more information please download the Music Partnerships brochure below.

To discuss partnership options please email Fiona Beadman or call 0116 242 6886.

 

 

Download our Music Partnerships brochure here (7.3MB PDF):