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Updates from the UK's music education sector
Transformation Trust seeks UK’s best school bands for Act 10 competition
Pupils who play music together are being encouraged to enter a competition to find the UK’s best school band, with the winner…
Nick Gibb at the Music Ed Expo – the full speech
Minister of State for School Reform Nick Gibb outlines the government’s support for music education in schools. Good morning. It is a…
Launch of Creative Learning through the Arts – an Action Plan for Wales
Creative Learning through the Arts is the response of Welsh Government and the Arts Council of Wales to Professor Dai Smith’s independent…
Teacher training reforms ‘critical’ in Wales – review
Teacher training is at a “critical turning point” and needs to be changed, according to a major independent review for the Welsh…
Creativity in peril as the arts are sidelined
Creative subjects are being squeezed out as schools respond to the government’s new league table measure, urging students to “double up” on…
James McAvoy: ‘Government doesn’t care about upward mobility’ via arts education
James McAvoy has said the government wants “to keep people where they are born” by removing access to arts education. McAvoy was…
Guildhall funds research into Noriko Ogawa autism concerts
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama has commissioned a research project into how attending concerts can help the parents and carers of…
Property deal to mark a new era for Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh Music is on the brink of a deal that will see it acquire the freehold of its site at Snape Maltings,…
New Arts Council research study shows positive effects on happiness & relaxation whilst taking part in the arts
The impact of arts and culture on wellbeing is an area of increasing importance to us, the arts and culture sector and…
