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Updates from the UK's music education sector
Celebrate Make Music Day on 21 June 2021
Hybrid of in-person and online events planned across the UK to mark the global, annual celebration of music! Make Music Day UK…
Thousands of Wiltshire children to sing outside on 21st June at 2.15pm
Wiltshire Music Connect commissioned “Together” – a song for Wiltshire Schools during lockdown last year. To celebrate being together again in our…
Music For Youth’s National Festival takes place 6 – 10 July 2021, including a live, Covid-safe two-day event in Birmingham Symphony Hall
Our traditional festival format has been re-imagined, considering the substantial impact of the pandemic on young people and their music making over…
National Youth Choir Auditions Announced
Auditions for the National Youth Choir for talented singers aged 18-22 (age 25 for existing members), are taking place in June and booking opens at 10:00am…
Achievement for All launches UK Song Writing Competition for 11-19-year-olds
To celebrate their 10th anniversary, national award-winning charity Achievement for All have launched a UK Song Writing Competition for 11-19-year-olds. Achievement for…
Gloucestershire Academy of Music leads the way: Two flagship workshops hail a huge holiday success
Gloucestershire Academy of Music (GAM) led the way with two highly successful holiday workshops for more than 140 young musicians. They were…
Music Mark joins other national arts organisations in raising concerns about a proposed 50% cut in Higher Education Funding of the Creative and Performing Arts
The Office for Students is the independent regulator for higher education in England. Their aim is to ensure that every student, whatever…
The next step needs to be action: Music Mark publishes Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion report by Researcher and Advisor, Samantha Spence
Following 7 months of research, Music Mark has published an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion report by Researcher and Advisor, Samantha Spence, exploring…
Young people in Wales launch films to share their experiences of music making and learning
Twelve young people with diverse musical experiences and backgrounds from across Wales have been helping youth music charity Anthem to shape its…
