Spain offers 18-year-olds cultural vouchers
18-year-olds in Spain will receive €400 (£335) in culture vouchers to spend on the arts this year. Approved by the Span…
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Helpline to stamp out harassment in music industry
The service aims to address a gap in support for freelance workers who lack recourse to HR departments.
Bringing the classical closer
Struggling with the elitist nature of the concert hall, Matthew Whiteside decided it was time to bring contemporary classical musi…
UK recorded music worth £1.3bn
The UK's recorded music industry was worth £1.3bn last year, keeping its title as the world's third-largest music ma…
25 period instrument ensembles share £100k
The Continuo Foundation has split £100,000 between 25 period performance projects in its third round of grant giving. Suppor…
Sunak urged to abandon VAT ticket hike
Plans to revert VAT on ticket sales to pre-pandemic levels will be “hugely damaging” for the music industry. UK Music…
Orchestras on the rebound
Covid and Brexit combined have meant a tough two years for UK orchestras but, as Mark Pemberton explains, signs of a bounce back a…
£25m pledged for Edinburgh concert hall
£25m has been committed to build the Dunard Centre, a long-awaited and much-debated concert hall in Edinburgh. The Royal Ban…
EURO 2022 plans £800k cultural programme
UEFA Women’s EURO 2022, the women’s European football championship, will run a cultural programme alongside the tourna…
National Open Youth Orchestra announces first concerts
The National Open Youth Orchestra (NOYO) is going on tour for the first time. The orchestra consists of disabled and non-disabled…
CMA provisionally clears Sony merger
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared Sony’s takeover of record labels AWAL and Kobalt Neigh…
Alleged sex abuse at Scottish music festival
Female artists working on the Celtic Connections festival have claimed they were pressured into having sex in return for bookings….
Nightlife business costs grow by a quarter
Nightlife businesses have experienced a 26% rise in their operating costs in the past year. The Night Time Industries Association…
Cabotage limits cost orchestras thousands
Industry experts say the Government must adapt its plans for overseas touring this summer amidst a shortage of haulage trucks.
BBC orchestra moves to Great Yarmouth
The BBC Concert Orchestra is taking up a three-year residency in Great Yarmouth. The move is part of Create Yarmouth, a collaborat…
Official probe into music streaming market
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will investigate the streaming market "from creator to consumer" following a…
World voices sing up
There’s widespread acknowledgement of the positive impact of singing on health and wellbeing. Celi Barberia outlines how a g…
New music industry helpline to launch
A helpline for music industry workers facing bullying and harassment will go live in March. Service providers Help Musicians devel…
Quarter of live music events cancelled
More than a quarter (26%) of live music shows scheduled for the first three months of 2022 have been cancelled. New research from…
Summer events face ‘pronounced’ skills shortage
Two thirds say they need to delay or cancel work as skilled workers are slow to return to the industry.
ABSRM extends musical theatre grades
Musical theatre students can now take exams across eight ABRSM grades. Two new higher grades of Singing for Musical Theatre e…
There are no creative ‘cold spots’
Co-creation is often about professionals ‘inviting people in’. But, as Barbara Eifler argues, communities do not need…
Indoor restrictions to be lifted in Scotland
Scotland will ease its Covid restrictions from Monday (January 24), removing limits on attendance at indoor events. Nightclubs can…
SWG3 to build £1.5m artist studio
Glasgow event space SWG3 is building a £1.5m artist studio on its premises. The new Yard Works premises will house artists,…
