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Updates from the UK's music education sector
Live music sector improves access
There has been significant growth in the number of tickets sold to Deaf and disabled people with specific access needs at music…
Ofqual give the go ahead to AS and A Level Music Technology
Following a review, Ofqual have decided that they are sufficiently confident that content can be developed to meet their requirements in AS and…
Creative Education Agenda – making the case for STEAM
The Creative Industries Federation have produced a Creative Education Agenda, looking at how and why the next government should support cultural and…
Nicky Morgan, please give us the money to teach British kids classical music – James Rhodes
Nicola Benedetti, über-violinist and passionate advocate of music education, has said children should be exposed to classical music whether they like it or…
Beatles songs & DJ scratching to be part of AQA Music GCSE
Teenagers are to be taught about the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album for the first time as part of a refreshed…
LMN North West & North East looking for emerging musicians
LMN North West and LMN North East are looking for new musicians (soloists and bands) in Acoustic, Rock & Pop, Classical, Jazz,…
No big changes in DfE’s ministerial line-up as Nick Gibb is retained
Most teachers know the pattern by now: another election, another government, another new set of ministers, another round of new education initiatives…
“Teach your children music with a touch of pianissimo” – Can heavy handedness turn them off?
By Melanie Spanswick As any parent knows, it’s difficult to force a child to do anything. Eating sprouts. Doing homework. Keeping your…
Call to boost status of arts subjects
Arts subjects should be given more status in England’s school curriculum, science and engineering experts argue. The Creative Industries Federation and the…
