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:
Big Ears, Little Ears concert series, Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Creative Schools Partnership Programme, Unicorn Theatre
Light Up Language, Travelling Light Theatre Company
One Voice Festival of Singing, Glyndebourne Productions Ltd, Create Music (part of Brighton Dome & Festival) and De La Warr Pavilion
Primary Winds Programme, Junior Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Speech Bubbles, Speech Bubbles CIO
Thinking Music
EXCELLENCE IN SEND (MUSIC & DRAMA)
Finalists:
Choirs in Special Schools, Music of Life
Sensory Storybook, Concrete Youth
Inclusive Folk, English Folk Dance and Song Society
Music Teaching for Special Educational Needs, Faber Music
Music & Neurodiversity, Collins Music
Clarion, Open Up Music
Musical Connections, Live Music Now
Magic! Music for All, Vache Baroque
Song Story, Jackdaws Music Education Trust
In-Deep, Music Therapy for Children and Young People with SEND
INSTRUMENTAL OR VOCAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Finalists:
Emma Burnett
Ana Maria Costea
Natalie Evans
Robin Harrison
Deborah Price
Kayleigh Stevens-Keatley
Claire Wilmer
MUSIC INSPIRATION AWARD
Finalists:
Charles Béquignon-MacDougall
Catherine Burgis
Andy Freeman
Stu Nicholls
Gwyn Reeves
Stephen Ridley
Helen Robinson
Tora Wilson
Eleanor Wright
OUTSTANDING DRAMA EDUCATION RESOURCE
Finalists:
Education Resource Packs, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Free Digital Learning Resource, Theatre Re
ISTA Encore: Professional Arts Learning On-Demand, ISTA Global Arts Learning
Noughts & Crosses: A Multidisciplinary Framework, Pilot Theatre
Rapunzel And The Barbershop Bros, Out of the Ark Music
Shakespeare Curriculum, Royal Shakespeare Company
Stages of Justice, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Young Playwrights Award Masterclass Series, The Royal Court Theatre
OUTSTANDING DRAMA INITIATIVE
Finalists:
Actively SeeK.I.N.G, House of K.I.N.G.s
Cross the Line, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham’s Gangs Violence Exploitation Unit
Cultural Education Hub, West of England Music and Arts
INK Theatre
National Youth Monologues
Speech & Drama in Whitby, Christopher Colebrooke
Theatre Workout Education
With My Eyes - Dramatherapy Project, Guildford Shakespeare Company
OUTSTANDING MUSIC EDUCATION PRINT RESOURCE
Finalists:
Black Composers in Art Song, Hal Leonard
CelloSongs Book 1, Stainer & Bell
Couch to Concert, Collins Music
Études by Women Composers, Faber Music
Seeds of Hope, Alison Mathews
The Composer's Toolkit, Faber Music
The Musical Vegetable Patch, Stainer & Bell
Women Composers: A Graded Anthology for Guitar, Book 1, Schott Music
OUTSTANDING MUSIC EDUCATION RESOURCE
Finalists:
Oak Primary Music Curriculum, Bristol Beacon & Amplify Education
A Common Approach - Early Years, Music Mark
Rap Club Collection, Sing Up and Rap Club
Melsonic Music Teaching Platform, Melsonic Ltd
Being Seen, Being Heard, Feeling Connected, Sing Up Foundation
Aurora Classroom (Carnival), Aurora Orchestra
The Maestro Online
Sing Education Classroom, Sing Education
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL INITIATIVE
Finalists:
#ThisIsOurOrchestra Tour, National Open Youth Orchestra
Accelerando, Music for Youth
AmaSing Arts
Creative Musicianship, ABRSM
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
Symphonic Sundays, Shrewsbury School
The Ticking Clock, Portsmouth Music Service
OUTSTANDING SCHOOL DRAMA DEPARTMENT
Finalists:
Abbey Gate College, Chester
Kimbolton School, Cambridgeshire
LVS Ascot
Saint Gregory's Catholic College, Bath
The Fernwood School, Nottingham
The Norwood School, Lambeth
Tonbridge School
Towers School and Sixth Form, Ashford
OUTSTANDING SCHOOL MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Finalists:
Chiswick School, London
Fred Longworth High School, Tyldesley, Greater Manchester
Leighton Park School, Reading
Little Ealing Primary School, London
Princess Frederica CEVA Primary School, London
The Children's Trust School, Tadworth
The Minster School (7-18), Southwell, Nottinghamshire
The Sydney Russell School (4-18), Dagenham
Wells Cathedral School, Somerset
THE MTI AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSICAL THEATRE PROVISION
Finalists:
AKS Lytham
Emanuel School, London
Erin Anderson, Heworth Grange School, Gateshead
Forehill Primary School, South Ayrshire Council, Scotland
Packwood School, Shropshire
St. Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School, Wokingham
The Joseph Rowntree School, York
The Market Weighton School, East Riding of Yorkshire
THE MTI AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MUSICAL THEATRE (MUSIC & DRAMA)
Finalists:
BOH Creates' Summer School production of Newsies Jr., Buxton Opera House
Fame the Musical by FNHC Onstage, Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity
Haddo Musical Theatre School
Ryedale Youth Theatre
Salt and Pepper Productions
The Secret of the Black Spider, Opera North Youth Company
Together We Are Stronger, New Projects Association
West End Week
THE ROCKSTEADY AWARD FOR PROGRESSIVE AND INCLUSIVE MUSIC EDUCATION
Finalists:
Accessible digital musical instruments for inclusive and social practices, Anglia Ruskin University
Flagship Schools Programme, Music Masters
Islington Inclusive Orchestra, Music Education Islington
Music for Deaf Children, Music of Life
Ableton Project (Playground, Move & Live), Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
New Noise, Future Yard
Phoenix Rising: Children in Care Band, Coventry Music