Research projects
Birmingham City University has a proud history of being at the cutting edge of research in music education. B-MERG brings multiple faculties together to research teaching and learning, pedagogy, classroom and school music learning, instrumental and vocal music tuition, formal and informal learning, and lifelong learning under one umbrella.
B-MERG has a broad remit, including the following:
- To act as a forum for academic and practitioner research and activity in music education in all its forms
- To develop work in key themes of local, national, and international interest in Music Education for researchers, teachers, parents, participants, communities, policy-makers and legislators.
- To research and develop innovative ways of teaching and learning in music in all its forms.
- To work with local, national, and international organisations to develop partnerships for research and activity in music education.
- To provide a centre for research and ideas in music education.
- To organise seminars and conferences concerned with Music Education
Projects
Through the Music Maze: Creative Composing for young children
This research will develop understandings of how to use repertoire as a stimulus that opens the composing horizons for...
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group: Resolution project
Working with young people to create new music around the theme of auto-immune disease.
Imagine Compose
Imagine Compose explored how groups of beginner instrumentalists up to Grade 3, can compose within a “Wider Opportunit...
Teach Through Music
The evaluative report undertaken by Birmingham City University detailed a variety of perspectives on the Teach Through...
Youth Music: Exchanging Notes
Can getting young people involved in musical activities help those at risk of low attainment or exclusion?
Whole Class Ensemble Teaching Research Report
How successful is Whole Class Ensemble Teaching (WCET)?
Just Play
Highlighting key themes in music education for young people
Go Compose
Working in partnership with Sound and Music to understand more regarding musical learning through composing
Voices Foundation Singing Schools Programme
Examining the impact the Singing School model has on the educational outcomes of children and young people
Evaluation of BBC Ten Pieces initiative
Sound Connections, a leading music charity based in London, approached BCU to act as the data analysis partner in an e...
Analysing accessible music education
Evaluating music education in projects with specialised instruments for those with upper-limb disabilities.
AHRC Network - Representations of/in classical music
What does classical music mean to today's generation?
Educational resilience through community arts education
Investigating the impact of community arts provision on educational resilience.
Art Prize for Schools External Project Evaluation
Raising awareness of the Deutsche Bank Art Prize for Schools
Arts Council England Music Education Hub data return analysis
Exploring the performance of music education hubs across the country