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#CanDoMusic campaign calls on government to reinstate bursaries for trainee music teachers

Following the reported removal of postgraduate bursaries for Initial Teacher Training in Music, Music Mark has sent a letter in partnership with…

Hope, for the future: ORA Singers launches their second Composer Competition for state-school only aspiring composers.

The award-winning ensemble, ORA Singers, announces its 2020/21 ORA Singers Composer Competition with applications now open! The trail-blazing commissioning group, which recently…

19th Oct 2020

Richard Jeffries’ Churchill Fellowship Travels

Choral Director and music educator Richard Jeffries was awarded a Churchill Fellowship, from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, in 2019. This enabled…

14th Oct 2020

Music for All open applications for Guitar giveaway

Making music changes lives. At the Music for All Charity, we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn to play…

12th Oct 2020

VOCES8 Foundation and Future Talent collaboration relaunched

  The VOCES8 Foundation and Future Talent, two leading music education charities, are relaunching their joint initiative to provide opportunities for talented…

8th Oct 2020

Schools across the country celebrate Music Mark School nominations

For the last few weeks, Music Mark have been busy sending out welcome packs to schools across the country to inform them…

6th Oct 2020

NYJO Board Changes: The Start of a New Era

The NYJO board will undergo a comprehensive reshuffle, with pianist/composer and leading jazz educator, Nikki Iles, and business psychologist and author, Clive…

28th Sep 2020

Dr Kanneh-Mason and Dr Rock revealed as Music Mark conference Keynote Speakers

After announcing earlier this month that award-winning saxophonist and broadcaster YolanDa Brown will be hosting our annual conference, we are now pleased to reveal that this year’s keynote speakers will be Dr Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason…

24th Sep 2020

Music Mark, ISM and MTA send Letter to the Secretary of State for Education asking for Music Education Support

Following conversations with many of its members, Music Mark has sent a letter in partnership with the Incorporated Society of Musicians and…

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