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Listen Imagine Compose Primary (LICP) was a partnership action research project between 探花直播 Contemporary Music group (BCMG), Sound and Music (SaM), 探花直播 (BCU), 探花直播 Music Education Hub, Bristol Beacon and 8 schools across 探花直播 and Bristol.
Over two years, 9 professional composers worked with 16 classes with a total of 480 Year 4 and Year 5 children and their class teachers. The project drew on knowledge and practice developed through a number of past projects undertaken by the partners, both jointly and individually. LICP is part of a long-term partnership between BCMG, SaM, and BCU which has collaboratively been researching the teaching and learning of composing music in schools in England for many years.
The aims of the project were to work with teachers and composers to develop meaningful and relevant composing activity for children, and to better understand children鈥檚 composing and how they progress as composers. A wider and more long-term aim is to improve the quality and frequency of composing in primary schools. Running alongside the activity in schools were reflective symposiums and continuing professional development for both teachers and composers. LICP is an award-winning project. In 2024 it won the听
What impact did the project have?
Composing has been part of the UK National Curriculum since 1992, however, the understanding of children as composers and how they progress is still poorly understood and under-researched. Listen Imagine Compose Primary sought to provide opportunities for all children to compose in 8 project schools and to overcome barriers to access musical experiences in composing. This is groundbreaking work as this research project developed research understanding of composing with young children and how teachers and composers can work together to enable children鈥檚 musical development.
The project led to the development of a听听in primary schools, an extensive resource which is now freely available to all primary schools and to a training programme available to music hubs.
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