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Rewards for Bone Idol teachers...

Great, inspirational music teachers can gain plenty of reward thanks to a new competition...

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A new competition has been launched which allows young students to showcase the work of music teachers and the people who inspire them.

Bone Idol

'Bone Idol' sets out to recognise individuals who inspire and give children the opportunity to play a musical instrument, and was launched by the makers of the innovative pBone trombone in 2014.

The aim was to introduce brass playing to a wider range of young people and to encourage them to participate in music making.

Celebrates

The Bone Idol campaign celebrates the work music teachers: creating the musicians and music lovers of the future. The competition received numerous, brilliant stories from last year's entrants that have helped to raise awareness of the need for music education.

The 2015 competition will run throughout July on pBone's Facebook and Twitter pages, where students can enter by stating who their music inspiration is and why.

The lucky winner will receive a whole class educational workshop with a qualified workshop leader and 30 pBones4BR

Lucky winner

The lucky winner will receive a whole class educational workshop with a qualified workshop leader and 30 pBones.

Last year's winner was Laura Clough, from Raeburn Primary School in Bromborough, Wirral.

Her teacher Scott Lloyd, had not only been going the extra mile to make his lessons and band fun — he had also been holding rehearsals in the school car park to due to renovations to the band room.

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