Last week we were delighted to have Joanne McCartney, the Deputy Mayor of London, visit Roundwood School and Community Centre and sit in on a One Spirit session to experience the power of mentoring through music.

Today is HMDT Music’s 30th birthday!

We’re extremely proud to be able to share our achievements over the past 30 years and celebrate our success in developing award-winning projects that have had a transformational impact on so many people.

One Spirit has been shortlisted for Outstanding Musical Initiative at the Music & Drama Education Awards 2026!

On Tuesday 7th October, in celebration of the Mayor’s New Deal for Young People delivering quality mentoring to over 100,000 young people, ‘The Power of Mentoring: NDYP Celebration Event’ brought together colleagues and young people from the funded projects across London and shared the impact with key members of the youth sector through inspiring stories and amazing performances. We were thrilled to have two One Spirit participants perform at the event.

We’re immensely proud of our I Can Sing! and CYMH students whose performance of Matthew King’s ‘Odyssean Variations’ on Saturday 12th July was testament to all of the hard work they’ve put in throughout the last two terms.

We are proud to share the letter that Tertia our CEO and Creative Director, received from the Mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan congratulating HMDT Music on 'One Spirit', our project which works with young offenders in custody, the community, and those at risk in PRUs.

We’re delighted to launch our 30th Anniversary year and let you know about two major performances of our commissions: We’ll Meet Again and Odyssean Variations, which showcase our award-winning methodology of creating new works which embed the arts across all learning.

We are proud and excited to be sharing the celebration of 30 years of achievements with you in this special year and want to thank the many amazing artists, practitioners, partners, staff and of course participants, who have made this possible.

Our Saturday Programme students are hard at work preparing for two exciting performances happening in the summer term.

December 2024 marked the 10th anniversary of our annual Shakespeare Day of Performance, which we devise for Creative Education Trust, bringing together 10 schools across the Midlands and Great Yarmouth to perform half hour versions of Shakespeare’s plays.

Our E Project is in its final year of funding and we are further developing resources and training artists on including Diversity and Equity in their practice and bringing this into schools.

We were proud to be shortlisted for the ‘Excellence in SEND (Music & Drama)’ award at the Music & Drama Awards 2025, which celebrates outstanding achievements in Music and Drama education, recognising organisations that have made a significant impact. 

We're delighted to have received a 3-year Catalyser grant from Youth Music to support One Spirit, which works with young offenders in custody, the community and those at risk in PRUs to ignite sector change through its therapeutic effects on mental health of combining music and mentoring in custody and on release, as well as its impact on prevention of those at risk of entering the youth justice system.