It was with an eye on technology that Andy Preston made his pledge to the Music Manifesto.
As programme director of online educational studio Edujam, Andy promised to bring music, education and IT together to create an interactive and enjoyable creative arena for primary school pupils.
"Youngsters are so energised by the use of digital tools like Bebo and MySpace," he explains when recalling his inspiration. "My wife and I have both been in education for a long time, so we thought it would be useful to find a way to harness the energy that children were putting into those online spaces."
The result was Edujam, an online studio where students can store and show off their musical exploits both in and outside the classroom.
"We go into schools and work with a group of pupils; we get them going with their own studio, and they love that - they feel a real sense of ownership," Andy continues. "Then suddenly the penny drops that they can go home and keep using this, and that's quite exciting."
Pupils can then launch their musical creations onto a 'school stage' alongside the work of their peers, and even onto 'community stages' where clusters of schools bring their students' work together. And what's more, the resource has also encouraged innovation in other subjects.
"What Edujam does do is widen the possible art forms for a particular curriculum," Andy says. "For example, looking at World War 2. The children can write poems and perform readings or even write songs. Some of the pupils might do posters, others might do music-based activities; the children lean towards the art forms that they like and are encouraged by their teachers to explore that potential."
For more information on Edujam, visit the website.