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Updates from the UK's music education sector
The UK creative sector leads the world in talent – now it needs a strategy
The UK’s creative industries have never been stronger. British developers are behind some of the world’s bestselling video games, UK architectural companies…
‘Schools must focus on the arts for top rating’: Harman
SCHOOLS will be penalised in their Ofsted rating if they do not give students an outstanding “artistic and cultural” education, the deputy…
Ed Miliband talks exclusively to Classic FM: ‘I think we undervalue artistic subjects’
The leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband, has spoken to Classic FM’s Nick Ferrari about the importance of music education and…
How do you memorise an entire symphony?
In a feat of musical memory, the Aurora Orchestra will perform Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony without printed scores at the BBC Proms 2015….
Song writing competition for UK schools, colleges & universities
A free competition for students to write songs for Fidel the musical about Fidel Castro and the Cuban revolution is now launched…
Cooking and music ‘are top skills UK adults want to learn’
Almost two-fifths (39%) of adults would like to be better cooks or bakers, according to a survey commissioned to launch a festival…
Austerity and the arts: the hidden cuts that are bad for our cultural health
The main parties show commitment in their manifestos to increasing access to and diversity in the arts, yet they are ignoring the…
Nick Clegg talks exclusively to Classic FM: ‘Some schools do music better than others’
Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has told Nick Ferrari about his desire to take up the drums again, and…
Menuhin Competition 2016 opens for entries
The biennial Menuhin Competition comes to London in 2016, in partnership with Classic FM. And today, on what would have been the…
