AIM FOR THROUGH

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AIM is an innovation lab for changemakers tackling social inequality through music education

Together, we challenge the status quo to catalyse transformational learning and pathways that help young people harness their inner resources to lead their own lives, in and beyond music.

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Our Aims

Our growing community is uniting around three core aims for young people:

Artistry – young people can develop and deepen their inner artistry

Agency – young people can make empowered decisions for their lives

Community – young people can be co-creators of stronger communities 

Our Work

Teaching: We deliver rigorous, innovative and holistic training to empower teachers to enable transformational learning for their students

Leadership: We provide leaders with thought-partnership, expertise match-making and action research to help them power up their programs for real change

Impact: We create ‘impact labs’ where changemakers can grow and share their knowledge, confidence and competence around impact

Engage with us

Teach

How do I make every learning moment count?

Own

How do I set my own direction for the future?

Collaborate

How do we build a better ecosystem together?

Lead

What are our music programs doing to really empower young people?

Amplify

How do international artists influence change in music education?

Engage with us

Teach

How do I make every learning moment count?

Own

How do I set my own direction for the future?

Collaborate

How do we build a better ecosystem together?

Lead

What are our music programs doing to really empower young people?

Amplify

How do international artists influence change in music education?

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Firebird Fellowship

The Firebird Fellowship is our investment in teachers as the vital change agents for tackling educational inequality.  40 teachers from music for social action programs around the world commit to a 12-month learning journey to become outstanding teachers. They do it together – they are the Firebird Fellowship.

The next cohort will be 2026-27 for teachers dedicated to students in Latin American countries.  Could you be a future Firebird?