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Sir Michael Wilshaw to unveil new inspection regime
Ofsted’s new inspection regime is expected to be laid out by chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw in a major speech tomorrow. It…
UK musical instrument market valued at £382.6m
A report by market research firm IBISWorld Ltd has valued the UK MI retail industry at £382.6m, with compound annual growth of…
This Is What’s Happening In the Brains of People Who “See” Music
To Pharrell Williams, the verses of his years-long hit “Happy” have always been yellow and red. Or reddish. “[W]ell … it’s not red,…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
