Advocacy
Raising awareness around the importance of music education
Call to boost status of arts subjects
Arts subjects should be given more status in England’s school curriculum, science and engineering experts argue. The Creative Industries Federation and the…
Scots violinist wants kids to swap Mario for Mozart
Nicola Benedetti has taken a swipe at parents who allow their children to play video games rather than demand that they listen…
Don’t stifle creativity with more cuts to arts education, say experts
The creative industries is the fastest growing sector of the UK economy, but a new Tory government should recognise that high fees…
Arts Council England responds to the UK election results
Darren Henley, Chief Executive of Arts Council England said; “We’re confident that in the coming weeks we’ll be working with a team…
Star tenor Alfie Boe calls for increase in funds for music education
Alfie Boe, the romantic tenor who led celebrations outside Buckingham Palace at the Queen’s diamond jubilee concert, has threatened to storm parliament…
Extra music training improves students’ visual and auditory memory
Researchers from the Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen, Germany studied the influence of two years’ of school music training on visual and auditory memory…
The UK creative sector leads the world in talent – now it needs a strategy
The UK’s creative industries have never been stronger. British developers are behind some of the world’s bestselling video games, UK architectural companies…
Ed Miliband talks exclusively to Classic FM: ‘I think we undervalue artistic subjects’
The leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband, has spoken to Classic FM’s Nick Ferrari about the importance of music education and…
‘Schools must focus on the arts for top rating’: Harman
SCHOOLS will be penalised in their Ofsted rating if they do not give students an outstanding “artistic and cultural” education, the deputy…
Austerity and the arts: the hidden cuts that are bad for our cultural health
The main parties show commitment in their manifestos to increasing access to and diversity in the arts, yet they are ignoring the…
Nick Clegg talks exclusively to Classic FM: ‘Some schools do music better than others’
Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has told Nick Ferrari about his desire to take up the drums again, and…
Cooking and music ‘are top skills UK adults want to learn’
Almost two-fifths (39%) of adults would like to be better cooks or bakers, according to a survey commissioned to launch a festival…
