Music Mark News
The latest developments in the music education sector
This weekend saw the biggest Learn To Play Day to date
This year’s Learn To Play Day had its most successful year yet, with more venues taking part, and even more lessons given,…
Claim Your College coalition receives funding to make a College of Teaching a reality
The Claim Your College campaign has welcomed today’s announcement by the Secretary of State for Education, Nicky Morgan and Schools Minister, David…
Julian Lloyd Webber is new principal of Birmingham Conservatoire
The news comes almost a year after Lloyd Webber was forced to retire from playing the cello because of a neck injury…
Full list of winners at the Music Teacher Awards for Excellence
Outstanding achievements in the UK’s music education sector were celebrated at the Music Teacher Awards for Excellence on 12th March at the Barbican…
Sing for Pleasure announces Scholarship Programme for Young Conductors
Choral charity Sing for Pleasure has launched its third annual Young Conductors programme, which offers a year-long scholarship for the best aspiring…
Transformation Trust seeks UK’s best school bands for Act 10 competition
Pupils who play music together are being encouraged to enter a competition to find the UK’s best school band, with the winner…
Launch of Creative Learning through the Arts – an Action Plan for Wales
Creative Learning through the Arts is the response of Welsh Government and the Arts Council of Wales to Professor Dai Smith’s independent…
Teacher training reforms ‘critical’ in Wales – review
Teacher training is at a “critical turning point” and needs to be changed, according to a major independent review for the Welsh…
Guildhall funds research into Noriko Ogawa autism concerts
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama has commissioned a research project into how attending concerts can help the parents and carers of…
Property deal to mark a new era for Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh Music is on the brink of a deal that will see it acquire the freehold of its site at Snape Maltings,…
Arts education debated in BBC panel show
The importance of education in the battle against elitism in the arts was among the issues debated during the BBC’s Arts Question Time programme…
RPS/ABO Salomon Prize awarded to John Cushing, former RSNO principal
Clarinettist John Cushing, who last year retired after a 35-year stint as principal clarinet of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, has been…
