What is OHMI Music-Makers? 

As new instruments have been developed, the OHMI Trust has started working with appropriate organisations to teach and promote their use to anyone otherwise excluded by their disability.

OHMI Music-Makers is our teaching support programme. It supports lessons for students with physical impairments that use adapted musical instruments or equipment and is split into two parts:

OHMI Music-Makers ​Individual	OHMI Music-Makers Whole Class
Subsidised weekly, individual 30 minute lessons	Instruments and equipment provided to participate in Whole Class teaching lessons in school
Instrument chosen by the student as far as possible	Instrument or equipment chosen to match (as closely as possible) the instrument being taught to the rest of the class and is identified as part of an analysis process conducted before lessons begin
Teacher supported and provided in partnership with Music Hubs or independent providers as available	Music hub and teacher supported to include the child with a physical impairment alongside their peers
Programme is applicable for students who have never played before, or those who would like to continue beyond Whole Class tuition to elective lessons	Programme delivered as part of a funded programme with a selection of hubs, but instruments are also available for  schools/hubs to hire via the OHMI Hire Scheme

If you are interested in knowing more about either programme please email and let us know a little more about yourself and where you are based. 

OHMI Connect

If you would like to know more about options that might allow you or your child to participate fully in music-making, please visit OHMI Connect, our online platform which will give you more about the available instruments based on a few questions.

​Stories from participants in the OHMI Music-Makers programme

The story of trombone-playing Owain

How the success of Music-Makers is measured

Considerable research has been made into the success of our Music Makers programmes. The findings of all our research and evaluations may be found below.

Dissemination of this work and nationwide impact is essential if truly inclusive access to music-making at the school level is to be achieved and eventually feed through to music-making in all genres.

View all evaluation research papers »

Donate to OHMI

There are so many disabled people who are desperate to play music with their peers. We can help to make that happen – but we can only do that with the wonderful support of our funders and donors.

As our instruments have to be hand-made by experts, they can only be produced in small numbers and are therefore expensive.

You can read more about why OHMI’s support is needed and the impact your donation could make to a disabled musician here »

Every little really does help.

Make a Donation »

Contact us

If you have a query or wish to contact us, please use the contact form available here.

You can also write to us: The OHMI Trust, ​29 Woodbourne Road, ​Harborne, Birmingham B17 8BY​

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