Advocacy
Raising awareness around the importance of music education
‘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…
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…
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…
David Cameron talks exclusively to Classic FM: ‘Get the basics of education nailed down then look at music’
The Prime Minister has said reading, writing and numeracy must come before music education in the first of a series of pre-election…
Labour have produced a 2015 Charter for Culture and the Creative Industries
Labour’s 2015 Charter for Culture and the Creative Industries We the undersigned do hold that: Exploitative zero-hours contracts should be banned, unpaid…
Invest in growing the creative workforce, says Nesta
Those working in creative roles are not only happier, they have greater job security as they are less likely to be displaced…
The orchestra fine-tuning the performance of school students
Tenever is a high-rise housing estate with a reputation for poverty and crime, located at the end of a tram line in…
“I feel like music training lead to the high-speed legacy of Google for me.”- Larry Page, CEO
Apple clearly took the lead over competing internet giants when it came to selling digital downloads and mp3 players, but that doesn’t…
Learning music gives you biological advantages
A study by Dr Nina Krauss and Dana L Strait at Northwestern University concludes that musician children and adults who make music…
Brain imaging shows enhanced executive brain function in people with music training
Another study has revealed a biological link between early music training and improved executive functioning in children and adults. The controlled study…
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…
