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One month to go ’til the launch of the 2015 Our Big Gig!
It’s 1 month to go until Our Big Gig the largest annual community music event which will take place in towns and…
Orchestras Live to pilot ‘relaxed’ concerts
Orchestras Live is taking a cue from the theatre sector and piloting ‘relaxed’ concerts for children with disabilities and their families, including…
Ten Pieces II – Book free cinema tickets
Screenings of Ten Pieces II for secondary age pupils will be shown around the UK during the week of 5th October. Visit…
Verdi, Beethoven and Puccini could help beat heart disease
Doctors could prescribe music to beat heart disease, after research found recordings by Verdi, Beethoven and Puccini can lower the blood pressure….
Eurovision Song Contest now a university course
Despite being more than 8,000 miles away from Europe, Australia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time ever this…
George Osborne’s £4.5bn savings plan: what’s being cut?
Schools, colleges and universities Both the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – the government’s two main…
How to make a classical superstar – Britain’s conservatoires and their graduates
If you asked someone to list the things that have made Britain admired round the world, it’s a fair bet our musical…
School’s replacement for levels spans early years to GCSE
A Hampshire secondary school has developed an assessment system to run from its primary cluster’s early years classes right up to GCSE….
BYMT’s Little Piano Virtuosi perform BBC Ten Pieces
Bromley Youth Music Trust’s Little Piano Virtuosi perform BBC 10 Pieces at their spring term 2015 end of term concert. The group…
