Political focus
Culture for children has received increased state support and political awareness during the past years. In 2003, the Minister for Cultural Affairs founded a new advisory body for the area, the Network for Children and Culture, with the participation of five major cultural institutions. The organisation is intended to co-ordinate initiatives and establish projects.
Network for Children and Culture

The Children and Culture Portal is a network aimed at all adults who work with children, and provides information on the entire area of children's culture in Denmark. 
Children and Culture Portal

The Danish Ministry of Culture has set several initiatives in motion which aim to stimulate interest among children and young people in classical music, and support talented people within classical music. The initiatives are part of cultural subsidies packages running from 2004-2008. 

Music schools & preparatory courses for conservatories - MGK
There are approximately ??? music schools in Denmark. The legislation about music schools is part of the Danish Music Act, and the schools receive a state grant towards teachers' salaries. Most of the schools are municipally run, and since 2007 all municipalities are obliged to offer music education from either a municipal or an independent music school.

MGK is a three-year supplementary course provided by the music schools. It prepares students for admission to courses of higher education at the conservatories. Young people aged 14-25 may apply for admission to the MGK. There are 17 MGK-courses in Denmark, all of them have since 2007 been financed  by the state.

The Music Schools Consultant employed by the Danish Arts Agency monitors trends in the area and advises the Arts Council on the practical implementation of the provisions of the Music Act relating to music schools.

Elementary schools with music training
The singing school of Sankt Annæ Gymnasium recruits new students with singing talent from among 2nd grade school pupils in and around Copenhagen. Three choirs are associated with the singing school: the Copenhagen Girls' Choir, the mixed Sankt Annæ Youth Choir, and the Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir,  which encompasses all the boys in the school’s 6th and 7th grades.
Sankt Annæ Gymnasium

The Colourstrings School is a new initiative in Holstebro starting in 2007. The school is a collaboration between an elementary school in Holsterbro and Holsterbro Music School, the first of its kind. The school focuses on music and music training in especially violin and cello.
Holstebro Musikskole

Encounters with music for children and young people
The organisation Live Music in Schools (LMS) is a national organisation for school concerts established in 1992. LMS arranges concerts by professional musicians for children and young people on behalf of municipalities, schools, kindergartens and music venues. LMS also arranges family concerts, composition projects for children, and other developmental projects. The organisation's work is supported by funds from the Danish Arts Council Committee for Music.
Live Music in Schools (LMS)

The DR-ensembles (Danish Broadcasting Corporation), all of the regional orchestras and the regionally-based basic ensembles provide concerts for children and young people in their local geographical areas. As part of the cultural subsidies packages running from 2004-2008, the regional orchestras have received extra support to develop their work with children and young people.
Regional orchestras

Music and Youth
The association Music og Ungdom (Music and Youth) is the Danish branch of the international organisation Jeunesses Musicales. Its members are drawn from music students and music academy students, and its activities are both locally and internationally based. 
Musik og Ungdom 

August 2007