Youth Music, the national charity that helps young people to change their own lives through music-making, has appointed four new ambassadors. Our award-winning jazz drummer and composer Ollie Howell, presenter and multi-instrumentalist Myleene Klass, electronic music duo Bicep and folk musician and band leader Kathryn Tickell.
Ollie joins Youth Music during a pivotal year in the charity’s history; its 20th anniversary. Over two decades Youth Music has helped to transform the landscape in England, ensuring that children and young people can regularly make music – particularly those who face barriers to take part because of who they are, where they live, or what they are going through.
The charity’s new ambassadors recognise the importance of making music for young people and are dedicated to spreading the word on the benefits for individuals as well as communities.
Following Ollie’s appointment as a Youth Music Ambassador, he said:
