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Opportunity for young instruments to go on tour with the Opera North Youth Company
In June/July 2017, the Opera North Youth Company will be working on a one act opera by Steven Deazley, entitled Dr Ferret’s…
Music education in rural areas in jeopardy….BUT decent broadband is the answer
Virtual music tuition can fill the gap for remote schools but relies on superfast broadband New report supports findings of “The…
ICMP Launches Masters (MA) In Songwriting Scholarship Worth Over £7k To Encourage Equality And Diversity In Music
London, March 7th 2017:The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP), in partnership with BASCA, is proud to announce the launch of a…
Repertoire Revealed for BBC Ten Pieces III
BBC Ten Pieces reveal the third repertoire list for academic year 2017/18 making a total of thirty pieces of classical music to…
How music benefits children
How music benefits children Dawn Rose, University of Hertfordshire Popular ideas, such as the “Mozart effect” – the idea that listening to…
Music and the Deaf Awarded Funding To Deliver Free Workshops In Schools
Music and the Deaf is delighted to announce it has secured funding to deliver a number of music workshops in schools free…
Justine Greening: teachers – the experts driving social mobility
Secretary of State for Education Justine Greening addresses the Chartered College of Teaching with her vision for the profession. “Thank you,…
Nick Gibb: the importance of high-quality arts education
The Schools Minister talks to the Music and Drama Expo about arts as part of a broad and balanced curriculum. …
BBC Ten Pieces Seeks Young People’s Inspirational Words
How to inspire one of the next Ten Pieces We will be commissioning a new piece as part of a third set…
‘Brexit may force progress on arts education’, MPs told
Leaving the European Union presents opportunities to make education policy and the visa system more responsive to the needs of the creative…
CLA publishes ‘ImagineNation: the value of cultural learning’
The Cultural Learning Alliance has published ImagineNation: the value of cultural learning. This new publication builds on our original ‘ImagineNation: the case for…
CIF welcomes the creative industries as a key government sector
The Creative Industries Federation has responded to the announcement that the creative industries are now a ‘key government sector’. We warmly welcome…
