Music Committee

Purpose

• To be the ‘go-to’ source of information about music, neurodiversity and dyslexia with some responsibility and expertise in other areas of performing arts including dance and drama
• To raise awareness of issues specific to music and dyslexia/neurodiversity and to aid the understanding of such issues
• Dissemination of information as widely as possible
• Collaboration with key music professional organisations in the UK including the main music examination boards; music hubs; the Incorporated Society of Musicians; the Musicians’ Union; the music conservatoires; music specialist schools and choir schools
• To monitor best practice in the application of reasonable adjustments in music exams, both those provided by the main (UK) examination boards and those provided by other institutions, such as the Forces and specialist music establishments
• The encouragement of further investigation into the area of music and dyslexia/neurodiversity
• To be a central ‘hub’ for research and knowledge about music and dyslexia/neurodiversity
• To raise awareness in relation to the use of music to support other areas of learning, such as literacy

For further information and any specific queries, please email: bdamusicdyslexia@gmail.com