Birmingham, UK

Emma Nenadic is a doctoral student in music education at Birmingham City University, UK, supervised by Professor Martin Fautley and Dr Victoria Kinsella. Her research draws on case studies of collaborative projects between musicians, teachers and pupils to explore learning, practice and pedagogy in the context of partnership working.

Emma has a BA (Hons) in Music from University of York. Before starting her PhD she worked in learning and participation in two music education hub organisations which involved producing and managing music projects between local schools and musicians.

Emma also works at BCU as a Graduate Research Teaching Assistant and through this she has supported several music education research projects including One Handed Musical Instrument Trust’s Teaching Pilot. She is currently investigating trainee primary teachers’ experiences of music in their placement schools.

Twitter handle: @ENenadic

The Birmingham Project

This English case study focuses on a schools concert performed in January 2019 by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) aimed at Key Stage Three pupils (11-14 years old). The hour-long concert, KS3: CBSO Dissected, provided an opportunity for pupils to see a world-class orchestra performing a ‘snapshot’ of orchestral music in Birmingham’s (England’s second largest city) Symphony Hall. The programme featured a diverse range of repertoire from Mendelssohn and Sibelius to film music and contemporary classical. The concert is part of the CBSO education team’s secondary school (ages 11-18) offer and receives support from Birmingham Music Education Hub, a collection of music organisations that work together to provide joined up music education provision.