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Creatives come together to advocate for Cultural and Creative Industries at Labour Party Conference 2025

Music Mark CEO, Bridget Whyte, will be speaking at the Labour Party Conference this September to advocate for music education alongside over…

Bridget’s Blog: 9 Years of Music Mark Conferences

It only feels like a few years ago that I was frantically programming my first Music Mark Annual Conference as a newly…

4th Aug 2025

Waltham Forest Pupils Celebrate 150 Years of Bizet’s Carmen with Unique Production

Waltham Forest Music Service tell us about their recent production of Carmen at Big Penny Social in partnership with the Royal Ballet and Opera….

22nd Jul 2025

Equitable Access to Music Education: A Letter to the Department for Education

We wrote a letter to the Department for Education about the standstill national funding announced for the Music Hub programme in England,…

21st Jul 2025

New ABRSM Woodwind Syllabuses celebrate music from across the globe

Classics from Musorgsky and Vivaldi, pieces from some of the world’s most exciting new composers and popular tracks from Hamilton and Barbie…

T-Time: Advocating to Senior Leaders

Facilitated by Music Mark’s School Manager Abi Marrison, T-Time is a shorthand for ‘Music Teachers’ Time to Talk Termly on Topics and…

17th Jul 2025

Roaring Ovation as Tees Valley Youth Orchestra Triumphs with Shostakovich’s “Leningrad” Symphony at The Glasshouse

Tees Valley Music Service share the success of their Youth Orchestra’s recent performance of Shostakovich’s “Leningrad” Symphony as part of the 25…

16th Jul 2025

Castle Rock School launch Year 7 Instrumental Programme

The Castle Rock School is a 2024/25 Music Mark School, educating students from 11 to 18. The school has launched a new…

Sneak peek: What to expect from our 2025 Annual Conference

Tickets are selling fast for our 2025 Annual Conference, where we’ll be exploring Ambition and Quality in music education at the East…

9th Jul 2025
Music Mark Annual Conference 2025 - ambition and quality. Join us at the 2025 Annual Conference. Early bird tickets on sale now. Book now.
Music Mark Annual Conference 2025 - ambition and quality. Join us at the 2025 Annual Conference. Early bird tickets on sale now. Book now.

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