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One month to go ’til the launch of the 2015 Our Big Gig!

It’s 1 month to go until Our Big Gig the largest annual community music event which will take place in towns and…

10th Jun 2015

Orchestras Live to pilot ‘relaxed’ concerts

Orchestras Live is taking a cue from the theatre sector and piloting ‘relaxed’ concerts for children with disabilities and their families, including…

10th Jun 2015

Ten Pieces II – Book free cinema tickets

Screenings of Ten Pieces II for secondary age pupils will be shown around the UK during the week of 5th October. Visit…

10th Jun 2015

Verdi, Beethoven and Puccini could help beat heart disease

Doctors could prescribe music to beat heart disease, after research found recordings by Verdi, Beethoven and Puccini can lower the blood pressure….

10th Jun 2015

Eurovision Song Contest now a university course

Despite being more than 8,000 miles away from Europe, Australia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time ever this…

9th Jun 2015

George Osborne’s £4.5bn savings plan: what’s being cut?

Schools, colleges and universities Both the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – the government’s two main…

9th Jun 2015

How to make a classical superstar – Britain’s conservatoires and their graduates

If you asked someone to list the things that have made Britain admired round the world, it’s a fair bet our musical…

9th Jun 2015

School’s replacement for levels spans early years to GCSE

A Hampshire secondary school has developed an assessment system to run from its primary cluster’s early years classes right up to GCSE….

9th Jun 2015

8 Things Top Practicers Do Differently

As my kids were (begrudgingly) practicing their Tae Kwon Do patterns not long ago, I caught myself telling my oldest that he had…

8th Jun 2015

Education department faces £450m of savings

The Department for Education budget faces savings of £450m, as part of a Treasury announcement to bring down public debt this year….

5th Jun 2015

UCAS Conservatoires received record number of applications in 2014

The UCAS Conservatoires scheme received a record 7,985 applications in 2014. Around two thirds of these applicants applied to undergraduate courses. According…

5th Jun 2015

British acts account for 1 in 7 albums sold worldwide

One Direction, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay helped UK artists account for one in seven of the albums sold globally during 2014, the…

4th Jun 2015

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