News
Updates from the UK's music education sector
Research Shorts: Working Together Well – Amplifying Group Agency and Motivation in Higher Music Education
This week I’m talking to Jacob Thompson-Bell at the University of Lincoln about his research in supportive group work in higher music…
Orchestras for All partners with global advisory firm Hakluyt
Orchestras for All (OFA) is delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with leading global strategic advisory firm Hakluyt, ahead of the…
The Winners of the 2024 Music Mark Awards!
At our conference dinner on Monday 18th November, we announced the winners of the 2024 Music Mark Awards! Across five categories, it…
Chamberlain Music announces new Nuvo WindStars class sets for First Access ensembles
Nuvo’s innovative WindStars range is now available to buy in convenient WindStars class sets, perfect for education! The sets, available to schools and…
Let’s make music! Engaging and supporting non-specialist music teachers
The Ear Academy is a comprehensive school’s music programme, providing curriculum-aligned individual, medium, and long-term planning alongside bitesize CPD and video guides….
Research Shorts: Professional Development in Music Education for Generalist Teaching Staff
This week I’m talking with Ruth Atkinson, author of Mastering Primary Music (Bloomsbury, 2018). Ruth has recently published a journal article ‘Incidental…
Bridget's Blog
Updates from Music Mark's Chief Executive, Bridget Whyte
Bridget’s Blog: And that’s a wrap!
We’ve barely packed away the banners and lanyards and we’ve already had a team meeting to talk about the 2025 Music Mark…
Bridget’s Blog: Countdown to Conference!
I’ve always loved autumn, and since 2017 one of the reasons has been because November means the Music Mark Annual Conference! Even…
Bridget’s Blog: New year, new beginnings
I say it every September, but the new academic year always seems more of a fresh start for me than the other…
Bridget’s Blog: Are we nearly there yet?
As we head towards the summer holidays I have to say it’s been quite a year! It’s been packed full of twists…
Bridget’s Blog: Advocating through diversity and commonality
Music Mark is proud to be the UK Association for Music Education and to support our members across the UK. Our training,…
Bridget’s Blog: All Change!
We can all be creatures of habit, can’t we? I have to admit that even though the Music Mark staff team have…
