Advocacy
Raising awareness around the importance of music education
“I feel like music training lead to the high-speed legacy of Google for me.”- Larry Page, CEO
Apple clearly took the lead over competing internet giants when it came to selling digital downloads and mp3 players, but that doesn’t…
Learning music gives you biological advantages
A study by Dr Nina Krauss and Dana L Strait at Northwestern University concludes that musician children and adults who make music…
Brain imaging shows enhanced executive brain function in people with music training
Another study has revealed a biological link between early music training and improved executive functioning in children and adults. The controlled study…
Music training develops mechanisms needed for focused attention
Attention is a critically important aspect of education. Learners are constantly bombarded by a barrage of sounds and distractions, even in a…
Handy Policy Guide from the BBC for Election 2015
The BBC have produced a Policy Guide on political parties’ positions on key issues. The guide will be updated as each manifesto…
“Music hubs are catering for disadvantaged children…” – Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth in Lords Debate yesterday
Music Hubs were mentioned in a Lords Debate on a new Concert Hall for London yesterday. Baroness Thornton, Labour My Lords, I…
Music education benefits brain development
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Five ways music makes you healthier!
Neuroscientists have discovered that listening to music heightens positive emotion through the reward centers of our brain, stimulating hits of dopamine that…
Bringing Back What Works in Education
March is Music in Our Schools Month, and the need for music education in schools couldn’t be greater. Many people assume music…
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…
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…
