Meet the 2027 Finalists
Congratulations on reaching the Shortlist for 2027.
DRAMA INSPIRATION AWARD
Finalists:
Adrian Benn
Elizabeth Chambers
Lucy Hanneghan-Birt
Charley Harris
Brandon McGuire
Jonathan Pugh
Jemima Solway
EXCELLENCE IN PRIMARY/EARLY YEARS (MUSIC & DRAMA)
Finalists:
Primary Winds Programme, Junior Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
One Voice Festival of Singing, Glyndebourne Productions Ltd, Create Music (part of Brighton Dome & Festival) and De La Warr Pavilion
Creative Schools Partnership Programme, Unicorn Theatre
Speech Bubbles, Speech Bubbles CIO
Big Ears, Little Ears concert series, Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Light Up Language, Travelling Light Theatre Company
Thinking Music
EXCELLENCE IN SEND (MUSIC & DRAMA)
Finalists:
Music & Neurodiversity, Collins Music
Sensory Storybook, Concrete Youth
Music Teaching for Special Educational Needs, Faber Music
Inclusive Folk, English Folk Dance and Song Society
Song Story, Jackdaws Music Education Trust
Musical Connections, Live Music Now
Choirs in Special Schools, Music of Life
In-Deep, Music Therapy for Children and Young People with SEND
Clarion, Open Up Music
Magic! Music for All, Vache Baroque
INSTRUMENTAL OR VOCAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Finalists:
Emma Burnett
Ana Maria Costea
Natalie Evans
Robin Harrison
Deborah Price
Kayleigh Stevens-Keatley
Claire Willmer
MUSIC INSPIRATION AWARD
Finalists:
Charles Béquignon-MacDougall
Andy Freeman
Robin Harrison
Stu Nicholls
Gwyn Reeves
Stephen Ridley
Helen Robinson
Tora Wilson
Eleanor Wright
OUTSTANDING DRAMA EDUCATION RESOURCE
Finalists:
ISTA Encore: Professional Arts Learning On-Demand, ISTA Global Arts Learning
Education Resource Packs, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Rapunzel And The Barbershop Bros, Out of the Ark Music
Noughts & Crosses: A Multidisciplinary Framework, Pilot Theatre
Stages of Justice, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Shakespeare Curriculum, Royal Shakespeare Company
Free Digital Learning Resource, Theatre Re
Young Playwrights Award Masterclass Series, The Royal Court Theatre
OUTSTANDING DRAMA INITIATIVE
Finalists:
Speech & Drama in Whitby, Christopher Colebrooke
With My Eyes - Dramatherapy Project, Guildford Shakespeare Company
Actively SeeK.I.N.G, House of K.I.N.G.s
INK Theatre
Cross the Line, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham’s Gangs Violence Exploitation Unit
National Youth Monologues
Theatre Workout Education
Cultural Education Hub, West of England Music and Arts
OUTSTANDING MUSIC EDUCATION PRINT RESOURCE
Finalists:
Seeds of Hope, Alison Mathews
Couch to Concert, Collins Music
Études by Women Composers, Faber Music
The Composer's Toolkit, Faber Music
Black Composers in Art Song, Hal Leonard
Women Composers: A Graded Anthology for Guitar Book 1, Schott Music
CelloSongs Book 1, Stainer & Bell
The Musical Vegetable Patch, Stainer & Bell
OUTSTANDING MUSIC EDUCATION RESOURCE
Finalists:
Aurora Classroom (Carnival), Aurora Orchestra
Oak Primary Music Curriculum, Bristol Beacon & Amplify Education
Melsonic Music Teaching Platform, Melsonic Ltd
A Common Approach - Early Years, Music Mark
Sing Education Classroom, Sing Education
Rap Club Collection, Sing Up and Rap Club
Being Seen, Being Heard, Feeling Connected, Sing Up Foundation
The Maestro Online
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL INITIATIVE
Finalists:
Creative Musicianship, ABRSM
AmaSing Arts
Future Musicians, Devon Music Education Hub and Music With Mr Gray
Global Music in Schools Programme, Inspire-works
London Music Fund Scholarships, London Music Fund
Accelerando, Music for Youth
#ThisIsOurOrchestra Tour, National Open Youth Orchestra
The Ticking Clock, Portsmouth Music Service
Symphonic Sundays, Shrewsbury School
Sponsored By:

OUTSTANDING SCHOOL DRAMA DEPARTMENT
Finalists:
Towers School and Sixth Form, Ashford
Saint Gregory's Catholic College, Bath
Kimbolton School, Cambridgeshire
Abbey Gate College, Chester
The Norwood School, Lambeth
The Fernwood School, Nottingham
LVS Ascot
Tonbridge School
OUTSTANDING SCHOOL MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Finalists:
The Sydney Russell School (4-18), Dagenham
Chiswick School, London
Little Ealing Primary School, London
Princess Frederica CEVA Primary School, London
The Minster School (7-18), Southwell, Nottinghamshire
Leighton Park School, Reading
Wells Cathedral School, Somerset
The Children's Trust School, Tadworth
Fred Longworth High School, Tyldesley, Greater Manchester
Sponsored By:

THE MTI AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSICAL THEATRE PROVISION
Finalists:
AKS Lytham
The Market Weighton School, East Riding of Yorkshire
Erin Anderson, Heworth Grange School, Gateshead
Emanuel School, London
Forehill Primary School, South Ayrshire Council, Scotland
Packwood School, Shropshire
St. Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School, Wokingham
The Joseph Rowntree School, York
Sponsored By:

THE MTI AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MUSICAL THEATRE (MUSIC & DRAMA)
Finalists:
Newsies Jr, Buxton Opera House
Fame the Musical by FNHC Onstage, Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity
Haddo Musical Theatre School
Together We Are Stronger, New Projects Association
The Secret of the Black Spider, Opera North Youth Company
Ryedale Youth Theatre
Salt and Pepper Productions
West End Week
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THE ROCKSTEADY AWARD FOR PROGRESSIVE AND INCLUSIVE MUSIC EDUCATION
Finalists:
Accessible digital musical instruments for inclusive and social practices, Anglia Ruskin University
Ableton Project (Playground, Move & Live), Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
Phoenix Rising: Children in Care Band, Coventry Music
New Noise, Future Yard
Islington Inclusive Orchestra, Music Education Islington
Music for Deaf Children, Music of Life
Flagship Schools Programme, Music Masters
