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The latest developments in the music education sector
Applications Now Open for the BBC Young Musician Jazz Award 2016
The BBC Young Musician Jazz Awards are now open to recieve applications with a deadline of 20th November. The competition this year…
Campaign to boost grassroots music in London
A campaign to safeguard the future of grassroots music in London is aiming to prevent further loss of performance spaces, the number…
Arts ‘quality principles’ boost engagement with young people
A set of quality principles for arts organisations working for, by and with children and young people has earned the approval of…
Royal College of Music development gets green light
The £25 million project will create new performance spaces, recording facilities and practice rooms, and will be funded through a mixture of…
Tim Hallas and BBC Ten Pieces
Our series of posts about the BBC Ten Pieces Secondary project has seen us interview David Ashworth, Anna Gower and Richard Rainwaring. Today,…
ACE to support 50 new cultural education partnerships
Arts Council England (ACE) is calling for sector leaders across the arts, education and local government to start sharing resources to ensure…
Richard Mainwaring and BBC Ten Pieces
Continuing our series of interviews with Ten Pieces contributors, is Richard Mainwaring, who created resources for both Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries…
Music for Youth Regional Festival Series 2016 – Registration now open!
Join 40,000 Young Musicians in the world’s largest youth music festival. The Regional Festival Series 2016 is now open for entries! Made…
Mayor’s Music Fund announces new scholars and partnership projects
The Mayor’s Music Fund has unveiled its latest scholarships and its planned partnership projects for 2015/16. During an event at London’s City Hall last…
Violin star Nicola Benedetti’s top tips for young players
Acclaimed violinist Nicola Benedetti, sold out the Royal Albert Hall in September and at just 28, is probably the performer young classical…
Laura Crocker – Music SLE
Continuing our series of interviews with Music SLEs (Specialist Leaders of Education) is Laura Crocker of Elmhurst Primary, who has given us…
Anna Gower and BBC Ten Pieces
This is the second in a series of posts where we interview the teachers who contributed to the classroom resources for BBC…
