Advocacy
Raising awareness around the importance of music education
Report calls for Ofsted to look for evidence of excellent cultural & creative education in schools
Creativity and the arts are being “squeezed out” of schools, with pupils from low-income families being hardest hit, according to a major…
Funding for young instrumentalists from Awards for Young Musicians
Awards for Young Musicians have just released details on this year’s funding scheme. If you are aged between five and seventeen you…
Music Education fosters critical thinking, collaboration, emotional awareness & self confidence
Over the past decade, the music education community has been on the defensive, forced to advocate for music’s value in a test-obsessed…
Welsh National Opera chief’s school music cuts fear
It could take 15 years before the impact of cuts to music education services are felt, warns the Welsh National Opera’s chief…
Benefits of music education reinforced in new publication
Compelling evidence” for the benefits of music education are revealed in a new research review by internationally renowned Professor Susan Hallam MBE,…
Children’s music and arts initiatives receive £109 million boost
A range of projects that support children’s music, filmmaking, dance and local-heritage activities are to receive funding worth more than £109 million…
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…
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…
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…
Students’ active engagement in music classes leads to brain gains, study finds
Brain researchers are finding increasing evidence that music is a powerful learning tool. A new study out Tuesday concludes students highly engaged…
