2023 Goals for our HarrisonParrott Foundation

31/3/2023

HP Foundation symposium

Goals, aims and activities for our Foundation in 2023

Core Values / Mission

The HarrisonParrott Foundation has at its heart our mission to support and champion diversity, accessibility, and inclusion within the arts.

As passionate advocates for innovation, we want to challenge the idea that ethnicity, gender, disability, and social background are impediments to full inclusivity — we believe everyone deserves access to the arts. We want to challenge preconceived assumptions of what the arts are and who they are for.

Nurture our extant partnerships

  • Tri-Borough Music Hub – our illustrious partner for the inaugural Symposium in 2022, we continue our work as delivery partner to the TBMH. This year will see us plan another series of workshops and masterclasses to be delivered as part of their Saturday music school. 
  • Open Up Music – Funding of the Clarion, an award-winning, accessible musical instrument that can be played independently with any part of the body, including the eyes.
  • Orchestras for All – HPF continues to champion all of Orchestra for All’s programmes and activities. 
  • Creative Access – we continue to recruit through Creative Access, in alignment with our dedication to recruiting under-represented talent wherever possible. 
Lissy kelleher clarke

New partnership

  • Awards for Young Musicians (AYM) - AYM have five major programmes of work in their portfolio, which support children and young people at each stage of their musical journey: Identifying Talent — Furthering Talent - Talent to Talent mentoring - Awards to support ongoing musical development, which is tailored to the individual’s needs. Finally, AYM also engage with research and innovation projects. HarrisonParrott Foundation and AYM plan to put on an online event for the young people on AYM’s Awards programme focused on working in an international music management company.

New programmes / workstreams

  • Academic Research Paper: ​‘Exploring Barriers and Drivers of Participatory Arts Engagement in Early Adolescence’ authored by Lissy Kelleher-Clarke (Foundation Manager), Dr. Diana Omigie & Dr. Alice Jones Bartoli is to be published very soon in the Journal of Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.
  • LMP Action C.I.C – The HarrisonParrott Foundation volunteers will deliver a workshop on 11 April 2023 about careers in international music management. This workshop will showcase their journeys into music management, followed by a task set for the students to complete that draws upon skills commonly used in our industry. 
  • Symposium II – We plan to take our Symposium ​‘on the road’ to Bristol in Autumn 2023. Following the success of our inaugural Symposium in 2022 which focussed on the New National Plan for Music Education and, specifically, how to bring industry and educators together to enhance quality music education for young people, we will design the second chapter this year. More to follow so watch this space.
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