Advocacy
Raising awareness around the importance of music education
Music training develops mechanisms needed for focused attention
Attention is a critically important aspect of education. Learners are constantly bombarded by a barrage of sounds and distractions, even in a…
Handy Policy Guide from the BBC for Election 2015
The BBC have produced a Policy Guide on political parties’ positions on key issues. The guide will be updated as each manifesto…
“Music hubs are catering for disadvantaged children…” – Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth in Lords Debate yesterday
Music Hubs were mentioned in a Lords Debate on a new Concert Hall for London yesterday. Baroness Thornton, Labour My Lords, I…
Music education benefits brain development
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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…
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…
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…
Creativity in peril as the arts are sidelined
Creative subjects are being squeezed out as schools respond to the government’s new league table measure, urging students to “double up” on…
James McAvoy: ‘Government doesn’t care about upward mobility’ via arts education
James McAvoy has said the government wants “to keep people where they are born” by removing access to arts education. McAvoy was…
New Arts Council research study shows positive effects on happiness & relaxation whilst taking part in the arts
The impact of arts and culture on wellbeing is an area of increasing importance to us, the arts and culture sector and…
Perfect harmony: how singing in a choir can make us more ‘moral’
Children who sing in a choir, play in an orchestra or take to the stage are more likely to make good moral…
Why music lessons were the best thing your parents ever did for you
by Tom Barnes • February 17, 2015 If your parents ever submitted you to regular music lessons as a kid, you probably…
