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Updates from the UK's music education sector
The Music Mark Conference: a music education journey
If you were to walk into Music Mark HQ right now, then you’d be forgiven for thinking that we’re moving out. Boxes surround…
Ten Pieces Live Lesson for KS3
BBC Learning is hosting a special Ten Pieces Live Lesson from MediaCityUK with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra presented by CBBC’s Naomi Wilkinson…
Research on link between music education and academic achievement
Researchers from the University of Kansas have confirmed what decades of anecdotal evidence and the evidence on this site and elsewhere suggests:…
Darren Henley: ‘Any cut in funding worries me’
“I thought you might ask that!” Arts Council England’s chief executive is waving a piece of paper at me, sheepish yet triumphant….
Nick Gibb: ‘Expose youngsters to classical music’
As a keen listener to Desert Island Discs, I am always impressed by the accuracy with which interviewees can pinpoint the moment…
Ebacc for All. Shackles on or off? – Tom Sherrington
This week, School’s Minister, Nick Gibb, gave this speech setting out the social justice case for an academic curriculum – aka making the Ebacc…
British music industry boosts economy by £4.1bn
Artists like Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran and Paloma Faith helped the British music industry contribute £4.1bn to the UK economy in 2014….
Choir singing improves health, happiness – and is the perfect icebreaker
A decade ago, any mention of a choir would probably have brought Sunday morning hymns to mind. But there’s been a revolution…
Philip Pullman decries ‘terrible state’ of children’s education in the arts
Children’s education in the arts is in a “terrible state” thanks to an obsession with exams and league tables, the award-winning novelist…
