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Updates from the UK's music education sector
Award winning coverage of Bristol Plays Music’s ‘New Ambition’ programme
BBC & Radio Bristol have just won 2 awards for their coverage of BBC Music Day, Bristol which took place at Colston Hall and…
British music industry boosts economy by £4.1bn
Artists like Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran and Paloma Faith helped the British music industry contribute £4.1bn to the UK economy in 2014….
Choir singing improves health, happiness – and is the perfect icebreaker
A decade ago, any mention of a choir would probably have brought Sunday morning hymns to mind. But there’s been a revolution…
Philip Pullman decries ‘terrible state’ of children’s education in the arts
Children’s education in the arts is in a “terrible state” thanks to an obsession with exams and league tables, the award-winning novelist…
Professor Lloyd Webber strikes right note on music education
A new concert hall for London costing half a billion pounds? You can see why Julian Lloyd Webber, the cellist and principal…
Keith Ayling and BBC Ten Pieces
Keith Ayling is the next music educator to feature in our series of interviews with contributors to the BBC Ten Pieces initiative….
Musical training may give your brain waves more rhythm
Not a fan of slow jams? Maybe you haven’t had enough training. When we hear speech, electrical waves in our brain synchronise…
Youth Music charity supports new music projects and increases its investment in music-making this year to £8.4m
Youth Music today awarded grants to 27 organisations around the country providing a range of music-making opportunities for young people facing significant…
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…
