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Lewisham Music Young Producers: a digital community

Music technology can break down educational barriers, as one London-based charity has found. It's now at the heart of all their programmes, explains Lewisham Music's communications, marketing and programme manager Robbie Hurst.

Lewisham Music is an award-winning independent charity and the lead partner for Lewisham Music Education Hub. Since becoming a charity and launching our new creative community hub ‘Lewisham Music @ The Fellowship’ in 2019, we have embedded music production and technology across all our programmes.

We see music production and technology as an important part of ensuring that we continue to diversify our offer from traditional forms of music education. We want young people from different backgrounds and with different interests to see themselves reflected in the charity's work and to be able to engage with their own unique identity. Digital music platforms play an increasingly important role to breaking down barriers to equitable access to music education. Even if you don’t have access to the latest equipment, there are so many online tools out there that allow anyone to create.

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