Across the East of England, access to exceptional live music is deeply uneven. • In schools: Teachers lack the confidence, training or resources to embed music into everyday learning — bolted on rather than built in. • In Thetford: Opportunity is limited and isolation high, with too few welcoming spaces where adults and young people can come together. • In commissioning: Few organisations champion new music, so audiences rarely hear the work of living composers on their doorstep.

In schools: A six-month programme built on a new Raph Clarkson piece, co-created with Peterborough and Fenland communities — flexible parts for whole class instruments, adaptive instruments like the clarion — equipping teachers to embed music in everyday learning. In Thetford: Young people will co-create and tour a schools concert in Breckland, alongside Music Café bringing generations together. In commissioning: New works by Brett Dean and Charlotte Bray, premiered across the East of England.