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Five ways music makes you healthier!

Neuroscientists have discovered that listening to music heightens positive emotion through the reward centers of our brain, stimulating hits of dopamine that…

18th Mar 2015

Julian Lloyd Webber is new principal of Birmingham Conservatoire

The news comes almost a year after Lloyd Webber was forced to retire from playing the cello because of a neck injury…

18th Mar 2015

Bringing Back What Works in Education

March is Music in Our Schools Month, and the need for music education in schools couldn’t be greater. Many people assume music…

17th Mar 2015

Full list of winners at the Music Teacher Awards for Excellence

Outstanding achievements in the UK’s music education sector were celebrated at the Music Teacher Awards for Excellence on 12th March at the Barbican…

17th Mar 2015

Sing for Pleasure announces Scholarship Programme for Young Conductors

Choral charity Sing for Pleasure has launched its third annual Young Conductors programme, which offers a year-long scholarship for the best aspiring…

13th Mar 2015

Transformation Trust seeks UK’s best school bands for Act 10 competition

Pupils who play music together are being encouraged to enter a competition to find the UK’s best school band, with the winner…

13th Mar 2015

Nick Gibb at the Music Ed Expo – the full speech

Minister of State for School Reform Nick Gibb outlines the government’s support for music education in schools. Good morning. It is a…

12th Mar 2015

Launch of Creative Learning through the Arts – an Action Plan for Wales

Creative Learning through the Arts is the response of Welsh Government and the Arts Council of Wales to Professor Dai Smith’s independent…

11th Mar 2015

Teacher training reforms ‘critical’ in Wales – review

Teacher training is at a “critical turning point” and needs to be changed, according to a major independent review for the Welsh…

11th Mar 2015

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