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NMC Plan 2009-2011

This Plan is the culmination of a year's work that began with a review of the National Music Council published in 2007. The Plan outlines a future for the organisation and charts its ambitions to achieve a new focus and position within the whole music sector. In summary, the organisation aims to offer more services to an increased membership in the areas of information exchange, through a redeveloped website and regular email bulletins; regular meetings for members with key stakeholders; lobbying on specific issues; cross-sector meetings with other sub-sectors of the music world; the provision of research and a statistical service; working across, and regionally within, the 4 nations. It will continue to run, jointly with the MEC, its Music Awards scheme and it aims to provide a secure post-2012 Olympics legacy framework for the not-for-profit community. To support all of this activity it will increase the quantity and diversity of its membership, and strengthen its financial base through income raised from a variety of sources.(click here to download)

The Review, 'Beyond a National Music Council' (click here to download) was undertaken in the light of changes that took place within the music sector over the last couple of years and the need for the NMC to consider ways in which it might adjust and re-position itself so as to make the most useful contribution to every aspect of UK musical activity.

Most recent research reports which the Council has published either independently, or in collaboration with other partners include:

Economic Research

	*Counting the Notes, the Council's third statistical report on the economic value of music to the UK economy, launched in November 2002. (click here to download*)
	*A Sound Performance* (NMC 1999) and The Value of Music (NMC 1996) also quantified the economic contribution made by the music industry to the UK economy across core musical activities.

Education and Training

	*Sounding out the Future* - Key skills, Training, and Education in the Music Industry. A review of current training needs, provision, and financing of training in the music industry, plus a list of principal recommendations for the potential functions and activities of an Sector Skills Council (SSC) and the music industry's role in the proposed Creative and Cultural Industries SSC. (click here to download)
	*A brief guide to music in the National Curriculum* (NMC 2000), prepared and published by the National Music Council and the Education Committee of the Music Industries Association.
	*The Fourth R* (Campaign for Music in the School Curriculum, 1998) published in collaboration with the Music Industries Association and Music Education Council, summarised research evidence drawn from Hungary, Switzerland and the USA linking children's learning of music with enhanced abilities in other subjects and improved social skills.

Annual Reports

	*National Music Council Annual Report 2006/2007* (click here to download)
	*National Music Council Annual Report 2005/2006* (click here to download)
	*National Music Council Annual Report 2004/2005* (click here to download)
	*National Music Council Annual Report 2003/2004* (click here to download)
	*National Music Council Annual Report 2002/2003* (click here to download)
	*National Music Council Annual Report 2001/2002* (click here to download)

NMC newsletters

National Music Council Newsletter August 2005 (click here to download)

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