GENERAL

The National Music Council sits at the centre of a complex network of national music organisations, and is a key organisation that exists to promote the interests of the music industry as a whole. Membership is drawn from all areas of the music business and is open to all organisations with an interest in music and its development in the UK: professional, voluntary and amateur; subsidised and commercial; creative and educational. The strength of the Council lies in the number and diversity of its members.

In 2002 the Council was delighted to welcome Dame Cleo Laine as its President.

MISSION STATEMENT

The National Music Council seeks to celebrate and promote the value and enjoyment of music, which contributes, in all its forms, to the cultural, spiritual, educational, social and economic well-being of the United Kingdom.

AIMS

The Council's work is driven by three key aims:

1. To provide networking opportunities for Members and other stakeholders and to facilitate and improve the exchange and sharing of information of relevance to their concerns.
2. To provide a debating forum for Members and other stakeholders and the mechanisms for issues to be prioritised and, when appropriate, pursued and resolved.
3. To provide the means for informing and influencing decision-makers and those other stakeholders upon whom the music industry depends, and for raising the public profile of music.

Behind them lie several important guiding principles:

1. That the work of the Council should complement its members' own activities.
2. That the Council should recognise and promote the vital inter-relationship that exists between all industry sectors and musical genres and the mutual benefits to be derived from bringing organisations together.
3. That the Council should operate as both leader and facilitator and work on behalf of its membership as a whole.
4. That the focus of the Council should become more external without jeopardising the services required by- members.
5. That the Council should be flexible enough to be able to respond to the developing concerns and needs of its membership and those of its other stakeholders, including:
   • related organisations not in membership
   • the public
   • politicians and decision-makers

For more information about NMC events, publications, projects and the Awards scheme, see the NMC web site: www.nationalmusiccouncil.org.uk.

MEMBERS

The following organisations are currently National Music Council members/observers:

Association of British Orchestras (ABO)
Association of Festival Organisers (AFO)
Association of Independent Music (AIM)
Association of Professional Recording Services (APRS)
British Academy of Composers, Songwriters & Authors (BASCA)
BPI
Classic FM
Concert Promoters Association (CPA)
Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA)
Federation of Music Services (FMS)
Generator
Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM)
IAML (UK & IRL)
International Artist Managers' Association (IAMA)
Jazz Services
Making Music
Music Education Council (MEC)
Music Industries Association (MIA)
Music Publishers Association (MPA)
Musicians Benevolent Fund (MBF)
Musicians' Union (MU)
Orchestras Live
Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL)
PRS for Music
PRS for Music Foundation
Production Services Association (PSA)
Serious
Sound and Music
Sound Connections
TrinityGuildhall

Organisations with observer status on the National Music Council

Arts Council England
British Council
Visiting Arts

CONTACT DETAILS

Further information and copies of the Strategic Plan are available from:

The Administrator
National Music Council
60/62 Clapham Road
LONDON
SW9 0JJ

Tel: +44 207 422 8297
Fax: +44 870 706 5329
Email: info@nationalmusiccouncil.org.uk