Music Education Strategy and Music Innovation Fund

The Music Education Strategy 2019 to 2029 (PDF 1.3MB) sets out South Australia’s vision that all children and young people have access to high-quality music education that is valued and inspires learning.

Dynamic music education is recognised for many benefits, it:

Early exposure to music activates social, behavioural and academic benefits that continue throughout a child’s education.

This strategy reinforces the overall commitment to the role of music in a world-class education.

To create a world-class learning experience, our goal is to support everyone involved in music education to make the best decisions for children and young people in South Australia.

The music education framework (PDF 3MB) focuses on 5 qualities of world-class music education. These 5 qualities are value, access, continuum, connections and achievement and must be consistently present for music education to flourish and grow.

The framework:

Quality music education programs should be established, developed, enhanced and continuously improved. Everyone can use this framework to inform their thinking and decision-making around music education.

To help you plan your music program and track your progress an action template (Word 129KB) and information poster (PDF 238KB) has been developed for everyone to use.  

Areas of action

The current priorities in the strategy and framework include a deliberate initial focus on early years and primary education. This is where music learning has the most impact on student development. Focusing on early and primary years also supports one of the key goals of the strategy, which is to build the value of music education. Ensuring children and young people have access to quality music education that starts early, highlights its value with students and families, which will increase demand for quality music education over an ongoing education. 

To promote this, some of the key areas identified for action include:

Round 4 successful applicants announced

Around $290,000 was available in round 4 to facilitate new opportunities for children and young people to participate in music education.

We want to invest in innovative practices, programs, partnerships and pathways that will increase access to quality music education across South Australia.

Information about any future rounds of funding will be announced here.

Music education fund winners

Round 4 winners were announced in December 2021

Round 3 winners were announced in February 2021.

Round 2 winners were announced in December 2019.