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The Shetland Youth Music Forum is an initiative to increase music making and participation opportunities for young people in Shetland, from pre school to 25, funded by the Scottish Arts Council.

As well as young people, the forum welcomes everyone with an interest in youth music; musicians, festival and events organisers, educators, music industry professionals, youth workers, technicians, business people, community workers, funding providers, recording engineers, music distributors...

By bringing together young people and the Shetland music community, the forum will support and build a robust and cooperative infrastructure of music providers, creators and facilitators.

The Forum administrators keep members updated with youth music news, events and opportunities and invite you to forum meetings. And if you have information regarding youth music you wish to publicise, please let Music Development Officer Bryan Peterson ( ) know and he'll pass it on to the forum members.

Purpose of the forum

• Empower young people to set their own agenda for music provision
• Recognise and react to the needs and aspirations of young people
• Identify gaps in provision and create ways and opportunities to fill those gaps
• Bring together the formal and informal sectors and create a shared understanding of how each works
• Create networking opportunities for young people and industry representatives
• Encourage collaboration between organisations and music genres
• Help young people develop their music industry skills
• Create career pathways for young people
• Share knowledge and resources
• Identify and share funding opportunities

To register as a member of the Shetland Youth Music Forum and to be kept up to date on youth music issues please complete this online form or call Shetland Arts on 01595 743 843