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Updates from the UK's music education sector
Labour have produced a 2015 Charter for Culture and the Creative Industries
Labour’s 2015 Charter for Culture and the Creative Industries We the undersigned do hold that: Exploitative zero-hours contracts should be banned, unpaid…
Advocacy and pedagogy in secondary school singing
Music as a school subject, it so often seems, retains its apparently perilous position in the school largely as a result of…
Alfie Boe becomes patron of Blackburn with Darwen Music Education Hub
What does a celebrity patron bring to a charity? Famous names can generate a huge amount of interest for a charity, provided…
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…
Partnership project to improve cultural education in London
Almost £1m is being directed towards partnership initiatives that will generate new sources of funding linked to improved cultural education outcomes for…
Invest in growing the creative workforce, says Nesta
Those working in creative roles are not only happier, they have greater job security as they are less likely to be displaced…
“I feel like music training lead to the high-speed legacy of Google for me.”- Larry Page, CEO
Apple clearly took the lead over competing internet giants when it came to selling digital downloads and mp3 players, but that doesn’t…
The orchestra fine-tuning the performance of school students
Tenever is a high-rise housing estate with a reputation for poverty and crime, located at the end of a tram line in…
Fantastic performance opportunities for ambitious young choirs with Gabrieli Roar
Gabrieli have just announced the re-launch of their choral training scheme, Gabrieli Roar, an ambitious project aimed at exceptional teenage singers. Since 2010…
