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Updates from the UK's music education sector
DCMS announce record high for UK’s creative industries
The UK’s creative industries, which include IT, film and music, were worth a record £76.9bn to the UK economy in 2013, the…
ACE Announces Investment Plans for 2015-2018
The Arts Council England (ACE) has announced its funding and investment plans for the next three years. The ACE’s new national portfolio…
Culture and business chiefs join forces to fight for arts funding
An unprecedented coalition of top figures from the arts and business worlds has challenged the Government to do everything possible to ensure…
Information on music education hub funding for 2015/16 released from ACE
The Department for Education has asked us to contact you all today to give you further information on Hub funding for 2015/16….
Radical strategy and new focus for the Arts Council of Wales
A vision of “a creative Wales where the arts are central to the life of the Nation” is behind ‘Inspire’, the Arts…
Science Just Discovered Something Amazing About What Childhood Piano Lessons Did to You
If your parents forced you to practice your scales by saying it would “build character,” they were onto something. The Washington Post…
Playing a musical instrument could help children who suffer from anxiety
The largest study of its kind has shown a link between musical training and brain development. The study was published by the Journal…
AM calls for national strategy on music education in schools in the wake of proposed cuts at Welsh councils
A Liberal Democrat AM has called for a national strategy on music education in schools and revealed how music education gave her…
Ed Vaizey Hails Record Year For UK Creative Industries
2014 has been another incredible year for the UK’s creative industries. Data shows records being broken in visual art, and music with…
