‘Everyone who has heard or experienced music would agree that it should be available to everyone, but there’s a long way to go to actually make that happen. We challenge you to think about how you can bring things from the report into your practice.’ This call-out to music educators from the young disabled and non-disabled musicians of the National Open Youth Orchestra (NOYO) prefaces a major report, released in partnership with Sound Connections, which shares learnings from this pioneering inclusive orchestra’s journey between 2018 and 2022.
NOYO is the world’s first disabled-led national youth orchestra. Started in 2018, it delivers across four, soon to be five, locations across the UK. The charity aligns its work with the social model of disability, which highlights how barriers created by society disable people. Currently, there are 38 musicians in NOYO across the four locations, of whom about 80% identify as disabled.
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