Music Mark News
The latest developments in the music education sector
Creating the Ensemble experience remotely: Lincolnshire’s “We’re Still Standing” project
One of the major challenges for those of us working in Music Education is recreating the youth group ensemble experience, a frustration…
Ensemble Rehearsals and Performances After Lockdown
Coronavirus (COVID-19) raises specific concerns for orchestras and choirs who rehearse together in close proximity, with many questions being asked about what’s…
Call for Further Content for Music Mark Conference 2020
Following a brilliant response to our call for content for the Music Mark Conference earlier in the year, we are now calling…
Subject associations respond to surge in demand for home learning support
Subject associations are experiencing a surge in demand for practical resources to support home learning as schools close to all but the…
What steps can you take to preserve mental resilience and support a team when working from home during a crisis?
By practicing daily wellbeing and resilience techniques, personal to you, you can create more clarity of thought and engage calmly and creatively…
Zoom and Online Safeguarding in the age of Cornavirus COVID-19
As the UK lockdown continues, the education community is increasingly required to develop their online offer. The platform Zoom is being widely…
Good News Stories at a Difficult Time
Following drastic curbing measures in a bid to slow the spread of Coronavirus, the country has spent the last few weeks facing extraordinary challenges. The recent closure of schools has raised many questions…
Music Mark publishes guidance to completing the DfE’s Consultation on the National Plan for Music Education
On the 24th February 2020 a group of CEOs and senior managers from across the Music Education and Industry met together to discuss the…
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…
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…
