Music Matters
​Cudromachd Ciùil

Music Matters is a project which aims to provide children and staff with high quality, varied, fun filled music making experiences which stimulate creativity, skill development, music intelligence and a love of music, using other art forms as an initial stimulus .

Our recent project ran in 16 groups in Inverness,  Invergordon,  Alness, Conon Bridge, Tain, and three Gaelic medium nurseries in Dingwall, Drumnadrochit and Tain.

Each of the nurseries received 18 weeks of musical education workshops from January to June. These were led by our music specialists, drawing on the best of the Kodaly, Orff and Dalcroze approaches. 

Visiting artist from a different media visited with an activity as the stimulus for the musical experiences for the following weeks. This included a wee ceilidh with live music from professional musicians, a storytelling/song workshop to celebrate The Year of Scotland's Stories, and  the  premiere of our  "The Rowan Tree" shadow puppet video. The project finished with a wee concert for parents.
Rachel Drury from Starcatchers provided wonderful  music training for our music specialists,  and nursery staff. 
​Monica Neeling provided stimulating rightonline training for staff, based on her  Music Teaching Made Easy online course. 
A Video Created in 2015 - 2016​

Booking and Pricing Inquiries

We have a variety of music and arts packages available,  so please contact us  if you are interested in bringing wonderful sessions to your group of young children.
Children enjoying the music at Music Matters

Proudly Funded By:

We were delighted that Creative Scotland, Bòrd na Gaidhlig, Highland Council , and Eilidh Macleod Memorial Trust  agreed to fund our project once again.