Bridging the academic-classroom divide
Music educators often lack the confidence and energy to engage with academic research. Encouraging them to do so may be the way to…
Music educators often lack the confidence and energy to engage with academic research. Encouraging them to do so may be the way to…
Moving an orchestra into a school sparked a creative collaboration that can be replicated to benefit students elsewhere, writ…
Jonathan Savage says the Government’s latest intervention in music education is just another clumsy attempt at curriculum re…
The much delayed document will not be enforced by Ofsted and no extra funding has been committed for teacher training.
BBC cuts prompt an internal restructuring that will link classical music with arts and factual programming and remove a layer of e…
The combined effect of Covid and Brexit will make significant dents in the financial viability of the orchestral sector, in spite…
Inquiry offers little hope of a copyright regime change to ensure equitable remuneration for artists any time soon.
The Government faces calls to ensure music education is part of the catch-up curriculum after up to 10% of schools stopped teachin…
Up to two thirds of UK orchestras are already working in health and social care settings. With NHS support, they could be "at…
Even with a light at the end of the lockdown tunnel, musicians' mental health is suffering due to "substantial uncer…
The Association of British Orchestras says there are three options moving forward: a new deal with the EU, financial support from…
Paolo Pezzangora shares what we can learn about the nation’s mood from their music tastes during lockdown.
The City of London has nixed the beleaguered project in favour of a "major renewal" of the Barbican Centre instead.
DCMS hopes to start discussions with individual EU states in the coming weeks, but industry figures say time is running out to fin…
The sector is not giving up on EU touring visas. But ideas as to what to do next differ.
A 12-month project to make venues safer and more inclusive raises bigger questions about how disabled artists will return to perfo…
A temporary change to its controversial fees has received both a warm welcome and a cold shoulder.
PRS for Music’s controversial new streaming licences were inevitable, writes Phil Tucker. Those who embrace the change will…
Lucy Galliard writes that the real impact of the first school to be started and supported by a symphony orchestra will be demonstr…
The music industry is furious after steep new tarrifs on streaming live events were introduced with little to no consultation.
The Music Venue Trust is in discussions with the Government and other partners about a series of highly Covid-secure events in Lon…
DCMS Minister Caroline Dinenage says the EU did not offer work permits and the Government is focussed on navigating…
The music industry is up in arms over the licensing body’s plan to impose tariffs of up to 17% on live streaming ticket…
Parliament will debate whether visa-free work permits should be renegotiated as the Government blames Brussels for rejec…