Advocacy
Raising awareness around the importance of music education
Children’s music and arts initiatives receive £109 million boost
A range of projects that support children’s music, filmmaking, dance and local-heritage activities are to receive funding worth more than £109 million…
ACE Announces Investment Plans for 2015-2018
The Arts Council England (ACE) has announced its funding and investment plans for the next three years. The ACE’s new national portfolio…
Culture and business chiefs join forces to fight for arts funding
An unprecedented coalition of top figures from the arts and business worlds has challenged the Government to do everything possible to ensure…
Information on music education hub funding for 2015/16 released from ACE
The Department for Education has asked us to contact you all today to give you further information on Hub funding for 2015/16….
Radical strategy and new focus for the Arts Council of Wales
A vision of “a creative Wales where the arts are central to the life of the Nation” is behind ‘Inspire’, the Arts…
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…
