Advocacy
Raising awareness around the importance of music education
7 Amazing Things Science Has Discovered About Music This Year So Far
Humans have been making music since the beginning of time. More recently, science has helped us start to understand it — everything…
Philip Pullman speaks up in favour of music education
Author Philip Pullman has stated that he considers music to be the most important school subject. A feature in the September/October issue…
Study shows music training started in secondary school can have an impact on teenager’s brains
The results of a research project by Northwestern University, published in July 2015, suggest that music training, begun as late as high…
‘Music education is vital in today’s pressured world’
It is invigorating and inspiring well beyond a curriculum which is only a small part of lifelong learning, writes Marlborough Master Jonathan…
Nicky Morgan insists teaching arts is ‘essential’
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has hit back at claims the Government has downgraded the teaching of arts in schools, insisting she considered…
Wales to put arts at the heart of the curriculum
The expressive arts will be one of six areas of learning and experience that will take the place of traditional subjects as…
Creative industries ‘booming’ in UK
The UK’s creative industries are having a boom in employment and exports, says a report from the Department for Culture, Media and…
Lady Kidron – “Tragedy that successive Education Ministers have devalued the arts in a structural way within the curriculum”
Peers in the House of Lords responded passionately to a motion tabled by Conservative peer Baronness Wheatcroft, calling for increased support for the creative…
David Lan denounces ‘narrow’ approach to arts education
Young Vic artistic director David Lan has criticised the government’s “narrow” approach to arts in education. Lan stressed the importance not only…
Music Education and the Multiplier Effect
The value of incorporating music into a child’s education cannot be understated. There is a heap of incontestable research showing that an…
Music tourists give £3bn boost to UK economy
Foreign music fans visiting the UK for gigs and festivals boosted the economy by £3.1bn in 2014, a report says. The report…
Academic subjects alone won’t ‘set every child up for life’ – John Newbigin
It’s no surprise that Nicky Morgan is in favour of the English baccalaureate (EBacc). But what is genuinely puzzling is her assertion that “evidence…
