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Emma Lines joined DMS in 2012 as Programme Manager, and is now Head of Learning managing the DMS Learn programme. Leading on the strategy for Figurenotes, and young people’s music making both in school and transitioning out of school, working with UK, National and International partners. Emma is Commissioner for the International Society for Music Education’s Commission on Special Music Education and Music Therapy, and Board Trustee for Music Education Council. Emma has also been active in the MEC ASN/SEND Working Group since it began, and as an outcome of her contributions in the working group, Emma Co-Wrote and designed “The Short Guide To Accessible Music Education” which won Best SEND Resource in 2018. Emma owns ELM School of Music and has been teaching pupils of all ages woodwind and piano since 2002. Emma was previously Co-Chair for New Music Scotland and Board Director and Co-Chair of the Edinburgh Youth Music Forum. Her experience prior to Drake Music Scotland was as a Youth Music Initiative Coordinator for Edinburgh City Council and as a Woodwind Instructor in Local Authorities across the Lothians. Emma also had her first tutor book, Recorder Roundabout published in 2008.