Music Mark News
The latest developments in the music education sector
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…
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…
Music Mark Response to the Arts Council’s new 10 Year Strategy – ‘Let’s Create’
Music Mark is the UK Association for Music Education, a Membership Organisation that provides support to those who share our vision of…
Music Mark Conference 2020 – Call for Content
Please note due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) we have decided to extend our deadline to accept the Conference 2020 Call for Content form….
Music Mark Annual Conference 2019: How We Played the Bigger Game
Music Mark’s Annual Conference visited Sheffield this year for two days of discussion, debate, networking and workshops in the magnificent Cutlers’ Hall….
Saved by the bell: Continued funding and uplift secured for Music Hubs
The UK Association of Music Education – Music Mark has today received confirmation from the Department of Education (DfE) of ongoing funding…
Looking ahead: Westminster Forum discusses music education of today and tomorrow
This past Monday 7th of October, Music Mark CEO Bridget Whyte took part in the Westminster Education Forum policy conference, dedicated to…
“Arts and culture can heal division”. We caught up with our conference Keynote, MEP Magid Magid
In the run up to our Annual Conference 2019, dedicated to the theme of Partnership, Collaboration and Enterprise, we are asking delegates…
Risk to teachers’ jobs and access to music education as hub funding not confirmed
Network of 121 music education hubs and jobs of more than 12,000 peripatetic music teachers at risk Current funding settlement for music…
To the Secretary of State for Education – an open letter published in The Times
Penned and sent by The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) and The UK Association of Music Education – Music Mark. See letter…
“Celebrate the successes!”, and other things we learned from Music Mark’s Leadership Development Programme
What does leadership actually mean, and what kind of leader are you? How can you get better at it? As the next…
