Advocacy
Raising awareness around the importance of music education
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…
Students’ active engagement in music classes leads to brain gains, study finds
Brain researchers are finding increasing evidence that music is a powerful learning tool. A new study out Tuesday concludes students highly engaged…
Stereophonics’ Kelly Jones slams cuts to music services
Stereophonics’ frontman Kelly Jones has hit out at plans to scrap music services for children in Rhondda Cynon Taf. The Cwmaman singer…
Arts Education Matters: We Know, We Measured It
Though the arts receive relatively little attention from policymakers and school leaders, exposing young people to art and culture can have a…
James Rhodes Interview with MIPro on how retailers can help the education sector
Classical pianist and host of Channel 4’s TV hit ‘Don’t Stop the Music’, James Rhodes, sits down with Daniel Gumble to discuss his ongoing…
Did James Rhodes save music education?
Television campaigns are a great way of launching arts projects, but what happens when the cameras stop rolling? Charlotte Gardner investigates the…
How music education influenced Google CEO Larry Page
The importance of timing in music has come to define the Google CEO’s approach to his company’s products. Steve Jobs, the late…
“Music lessons promise life lived in song” – The benefits of studying music
With timid strokes, Alix Hilburn, 9, filled a mostly empty classroom with the familiar strains of “Go, Tell Aunt Rhody” on her…
Children have been let down over music, say leading musicians
The Government has broken its promise to give every child in Britain the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, according to leading…
The Global Search for Education: More Arts Please – Ken Robinson
“To lose our culture is to lose our memory.” More Leonardo da Vincis, more Martha Grahams, more Ludwig Van Beethovens, more Luciano…
ABO films show the arts as ‘national treasures’
Two short films celebrating the role of the arts in everyday life are aiming to raise public awareness of the arts and…
Musical stars on why it’s so important for schools to have instruments and teach youngsters to play
I’ve said it before, but it is true: picking up a guitar saved my life and to this day gives me joy…
