Youth engagement – music centres consultation 2025
Consultation closes: Sunday 30 March 2025
Consultation opened: Monday 3 March 2025
In January 2023, Inspiring Music asked young people for their thoughts on the service, to find out what they wanted to help shape it moving forward.
The results showed:
- the top musical genre they enjoyed is pop music (57%) followed by rock (37%), drum and bass (32%) and classical music (29%)
- they accessed music primarily through streaming services and through YouTube
- they highlighted a number of barriers to participation including ‘a lack of interest in learning classical instruments’, day/time access barriers due to balancing other activities on Saturday (sports etc.) and financial constraints
- they also expressed a desire for group collaborations, songwriting workshops, and opportunities to meet other musicians
173 young people took part in the survey, with the results highlighting the need for more flexible and contemporary music programs.