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Updates from the UK's music education sector
Learning music improves children’s abilities and raises their IQs, study finds
A BERKSHIRE school has found the key to better learning and brighter, happier pupils, as Rachel Carlyle reports It’s probably as well…
Arts world must address lack of diversity, says Labour’s Chris Bryant
Shadow culture minister calls for fewer Eddie Redmaynes and James Blunts and more Albert Finneys and Glenda Jacksons The arts world must…
DCMS announce record high for UK’s creative industries
The UK’s creative industries, which include IT, film and music, were worth a record £76.9bn to the UK economy in 2013, the…
ACE Announces Investment Plans for 2015-2018
The Arts Council England (ACE) has announced its funding and investment plans for the next three years. The ACE’s new national portfolio…
Culture and business chiefs join forces to fight for arts funding
An unprecedented coalition of top figures from the arts and business worlds has challenged the Government to do everything possible to ensure…
Information on music education hub funding for 2015/16 released from ACE
The Department for Education has asked us to contact you all today to give you further information on Hub funding for 2015/16….
Radical strategy and new focus for the Arts Council of Wales
A vision of “a creative Wales where the arts are central to the life of the Nation” is behind ‘Inspire’, the Arts…
Science Just Discovered Something Amazing About What Childhood Piano Lessons Did to You
If your parents forced you to practice your scales by saying it would “build character,” they were onto something. The Washington Post…
Playing a musical instrument could help children who suffer from anxiety
The largest study of its kind has shown a link between musical training and brain development. The study was published by the Journal…
