Over 17 years, founder and director Pamela McCormick has built Urban Development from a music education charity into a talent pipeline with industry connections.

“I’m absolutely thrilled,” she says of the Women In Music award, which recognises her work supporting emerging urban artists and aspiring execs from London...

What has Urban Development achieved?

“It’s been about opening the possibility of careers in music for ordinary, diverse working-class kids, initially from East London. The music industry is recognising the need to ...