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Updates from the UK's music education sector
Bumper Youth Champs entry inspires Dave Benson Phillips’ Trombone dream
After the introduction of the redesigned National Youth Brass Band Championships in 2019, this year has seen a recent record of 36…
Lancashire Youth Symphony Orchestra Celebrates 50th Anniversary in 2020!
The Lancashire Youth Symphony Orchestra (LYSO) is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2020. To mark this special anniversary on the 14th and…
Music Mark & ISM write to the Secretary of State for Education
Alongside the ISM we’ve written to the Secretary of State for Education Gavin Williamson about Hub Funding. We wrote, You will know…
Music Mark: Our Vision and Mission 2020
‘I would teach children music, physics and philosophy, but most importantly music’ – Plato Music Mark believes that over 2,000 years…
Our response to DfE’s Call for Evidence on the National Plan for Music Education
The first National Plan for Music Education (NPME) published in 2011 set out a ‘flexible template for high quality music provision throughout a…
National Open Youth Orchestra Centre for Birmingham
A progression route for talented young disabled musicians in the Midlands is being offered for the first time. Town Hall Symphony Hall,…
Meet the Trainer: Ruth Lesirge, Honorary President of the Association of Chairs, talks to Music Mark
“I am often heard saying that there are 120 Music Education Hubs in England and 121 ways of running one, but what…
Drake Music calls for an end to the justification of excluding practice in music education
A new paper looking at inclusive practice in music education has been released this week by Drake Music, a national charity which…
Talented Young North East Singers Offered Inspirational Singing Experience
Talented Young North East Singers Offered Inspirational Singing Experience with the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain More than 60 talented young…
