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Updates from the UK's music education sector
Sandwell Youth Symphony Orchestra perform at Shireland Collegiate Academy
Watch a clip from Sandwell Music Service’s Youth orchestra performing at Shireland Collegiate Academy on 17th March 2015. https://youtu.be/ycjqua4HVSU
Telford school children perform Night on a Bare Mountain
Over 300 school children from Old Park Primary School in Telford have performed in their own version of Modest Mussorgsky’s Night on a Bare Mountain….
‘To build character, schools must give their pupils a growth mindset and a rounded education in the arts’
The former star of TV hit ‘Tough Young Teachers’ picks apart the current vogue for promoting ‘character education’ The issue of building…
Should young people study the arts? – a Get Creative debate from the Hay Festival
Young people are often told to prioritise some subjects over others, to focus on getting a job and to think about the…
8 Things Top Practicers Do Differently
As my kids were (begrudgingly) practicing their Tae Kwon Do patterns not long ago, I caught myself telling my oldest that he had…
Learning music educates mind and soul, but often falls to school budget cuts
Much evidence indicates the cognitive and learning improvements associated with children learning music yet availability to such life-changing lessons and programs is…
Education department faces £450m of savings
The Department for Education budget faces savings of £450m, as part of a Treasury announcement to bring down public debt this year….
UCAS Conservatoires received record number of applications in 2014
The UCAS Conservatoires scheme received a record 7,985 applications in 2014. Around two thirds of these applicants applied to undergraduate courses. According…
Daniel Barenboim calls for ‘music once more to be taught in schools on a par with literature, mathematics or biology’
In his 2015 Edward W. Said London lecture at the Southbank Centre, Daniel Barenboim calls for ‘music once more to be taught…
