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Explore Jazz & Folk with Arts Award at The Glasshouse
Fascinated by Folk? Quizzical about Jazz? Let your students discover these musical worlds with our Arts Award by working through their Arts Award Explore.
After completing your Arts Award Adviser Training and becoming a Centre, access our FREE expert lesson plans and worksheets to guide students through their Arts Award Explore qualification. Whether they’re jiving to jazz rhythms or finding the heart in folk harmonies, young people up to age 25 can earn a nationally recognised qualification while exploring these rich musical traditions, developing their creativity, and building valuable skills. Through Arts Award Explore, students become part of the musical story. They’ll experiment, create, and document their folk findings or jazz journeys in their own unique way.
Ready to submit their completed portfolios? Simply follow the process through the Arts Award website.
Need help with harmonies or stuck on syncopation? Our friendly Arts Award adviser is here for you at schools@theglasshouseicm.org
Contact us
For more information or to speak to a member of the team, please email schools@theglasshouseicm.org
Arts Awards Levels
We offer all young people the opportunity to complete an Arts Award across Discover & Explore through our online resource.
Arts Award: Explore Folk
Learn all about the world of folk through music, song and dance as you work towards your Explore Arts Award certificate through our fantastic resource.
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Discover Arts Award
20 guided learning hours (recommended)
Arts Award Discover is an introductory award, designed for ages 5 and above, but is open to children and young people aged up to 25.
To achieve an Arts Award Discover, children and young people collect evidence in an individual arts log of their experiences of:
- taking part in arts activities
- researching artists or craftspeople and their work
- sharing their arts discoveries
Explore Arts Award
Entry Level Award in the Arts (Entry 3) – Qualification number: 600/3894/9
25 guided learning hours + 10 independent learning hours = 35 hours total qualification time (TQT)
Arts Award Explore is an Entry Level (Entry 3) qualification on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) and is designed for ages 7 and above, but is open to children and young people aged up to 25.
- taking part in a range of arts activities, including a personal response about what has inspired them about taking part
- the work of artists or craftspeople and arts organisations
- creating a piece of art work
- sharing with others what they have enjoyed and/or achieved through completing their Arts Award
