Listen, Explore, Do: Five years of Musicate

This report gives a deep evaluation of Musicate, an educational project devised by
Cheltenham Festivals Education team now in its fifth year.
Each year, Musicate has been evaluated so as to understand:
• How effective the project is in developing the confidence of teachers and emerging
musicians in teaching music and positively changing their practice.
• How effective the project is in supporting pupil’s learning in and engagement with
music promoted by the project.
• What aspects of the project are most/least successful.
• What the longer-term impact of the programme is on teachers’ practice.
The purpose of the current evaluation is to build on the yearly evaluations and conduct a
deep evaluation of the project as a whole so as:
• To inform strategic planning of the programme beyond July 2022
• To attract funding beyond July 2022
The evaluation questions are:
• What have been the long-term impacts of Musicate on teachers and school
communities?
• Has Musicate achieved its objectives?
• What are the programme’s strengths?
• Has participation in Musicate contributed to talent development amongst
the Musicats? If so, how?