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Grammy Award winning Kendrick Lamar surprises young musicians at Brighter Sound workshop

A group of 46 young musicians were left speechless on 11 March when seven times Grammy Award winner Kendrick Lamar walked into…

23rd Mar 2016

55 Hampshire Schools lend their voices for ‘The Giant Sing’

Over 3,500 children, from 55 Hampshire schools, recently lent their voices to turn up the volume for ‘The Giant Sing’. Organised by…

16th Mar 2016

Portsmouth Music Hub bring together 250 students for Soundsational concert

More than 250 young singers, dancers and musicians took to the Portsmouth’s Guildhall stage on Wednesday (9 March) for a night of…

11th Mar 2016

Entrust Music & Performing Arts’ Inspiring New Film for Schools & Parents

Entrust Music and Performing Arts have created a new film aimed to inspire schools and parents. The film was launched in Februrary…

8th Mar 2016

‘Please stop telling us that the arts subjects are worth less than others’ – The Opinion of a Teacher

Last night was GCSE options evening. That time of year when you get to stand at a stall and sell your subject,…

4th Mar 2016

Feeling Music, the music project for Newham’s deaf & partially-hearing young people

Newham Music’s Feeling Music project provides high-quality music provision for deaf and partially-hearing children and young people in and outside of schools…

3rd Mar 2016

Disabled musicians master new ways of performing with instruments from OpenUp Music

We were delighted to see our members, OpenUp Music featured in The Independent this week. Mastering a musical instrument is never easy for…

1st Mar 2016

All our children deserve a rich cultural education; not all of them are getting it

Peter Bazalgette, the chairman of Arts Council England, argues that ‘all pupils should have the opportunity to create, compose, and perform their…

9th Feb 2016

Young musicians from Love Music Trust raise £2k to commission award-winning composer

A group of young percussionists has raised £2k to commission and perform a new piece of music by an award-winning contemporary composer…

8th Feb 2016

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