Hello, we are The Family Music Hub
We train and support anyone who uses music in their work with under 5's and their families. Our goal is simple: to support these leaders and help them to maximise the benefits of family music making in their communities.Ā
Our Story
Ā The Family Music Hub was founded in 2021 by Rosie Adediran, Nicola Burke and Katie Neilson, who came together because of an overlapping interest and passion to better support the family music workforce in the UK.
At the Family Music Hub, we train and support anyone who uses music in their work with under 5's and their families. Our goal is simple: to support these leaders and help them to maximise the benefits of family music making in their communities.Ā
We do this through offering in-person, online and blended training courses and through āthe hubā - our online platform where everyone making music with under fivesĀ and their families can be supported, equipped, and connected with others doing this valuable work.
Meet the teamĀ
Katie Neilson
Katie Neilson is best known in the music education world for her work with Voices Foundation and her award-winning book Inside Music for Early Years. Additionally, she has also run her own classes, āLittle Beesā in Hertford, for nearly 20 years. As part of Katieās MA research (2020), she worked collaboratively with parents to explore a new model of practice that put parents at the heart of a research-based ECM pedagogy.Ā
Nicola Burke
Nicola Burkeās ground breaking MA research led to the development of the award-winning Tune into Listening and her subsequent publication Musical Development Matters in 2018 is widely hailed as an invaluable document by practitioners across the country.Ā Action research that Nicola was involved in 2019 explored context-blindness, musical diversity and inclusion in early childhood settings.
Rosie Adediran
Rosie Adediran is a family music practitioner, singer and songwriter. She loves to create new music with family groups, with a special interest in perinatal mental health. She founded award-winning āLondon Rhymesā in 2015, an initiative that involves collaborating with families to create new songs and rhymes.Ā Rosieās research (2020) was supported by the Paul Hamlyn āIdeas and Pioneersā fund and explored the nature of freeĀ / low-cost ECM in England in order to examine the aims, experience and needs of the workforce.Ā
Eleanor Rattenbury
Nicola Burkeās ground breaking MA research led to the development of the award-winning Tune into Listening and her subsequent publication Musical Development Matters in 2018 is widely hailed as an invaluable document by practitioners across the country.Ā Action research that Nicola was involved in 2019 explored context-blindness, musical diversity and inclusion in early childhood settings.
Keep in touch!
Whether you're a group leader, family hub, Local AuthorityĀ orĀ someone else entirely, weād love to hear from you!
