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Updates from the UK's music education sector
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…
Ann Barkway and BBC Ten Pieces
The Music Mark Blog has already interviewed many of the contributors to the BBC Ten Pieces initiative. Today, we speak to Ann Barkway,…
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…
Bob and Roberta Smith: Why does art in school matter?
A new exhibition of Bob and Roberta’s work has opened at the William Morris Gallery in London, based around his rallying slogans:…
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,…
