Arts Council England must ensure that hubs do more to promote social mobility, but rural hubs will be offered no extra funding to…

A 26% increase in business rates has put 21 of London’s 94 grassroots music venues at risk of closure, according to new rese…

Conductor Simon Rattle and CEO of Sistema England Fiona Cunningham are among signatories to a letter decrying a writer’s &ls…

60 young people in Cambridgeshire stay behind after school every week to sing, compose music and play instruments. Lin Hetheringto…

The concert-going experience is the same as it was over a century ago – it’s time to make some changes. David Taylor s…

Women want to be recognised for their talent, but struggle to overcome gender barriers in the music industry without targeted supp…

The university-led project will record details of venues, musicians and audiences in six cities, to gain a better understanding of…

A new guide is aiming to increase opportunities for disabled children and young people to participate in music-making.

Catherine Bradley reveals five things you might not know about classical music audiences, discovered through Audience Finder data….

The Welsh Government fund aims to start helping young people develop their musical talents by 2020.

Manchester Camerata’s work with people with dementia recently took its musicians to Tokyo to deliver training. Lucy Geddes r…

A fascination with lullabies has led Supriya Nagarajan to produce inter-cultural performances and education projects around the wo…

The Orchestra of the Swan has found a formula for boldly commissioning new works that pleases both composers and audiences. David…

Successful audience development strategies have not led to an increase in earned income, and public funding must be restored, a ne…

As the debate over whether London needs a new concert hall becomes more divisive, Jodi Myers says it’s time for some careful…

An unexpected treasure is what your soul desires, composer and musician Sandro Mussida tells people starting a career in the…

A government committee has been warned that a crisis is facing music in Wales and new ideas are essential.

£2.5m has been pledged to enable the feasibility study for the £278m venue to be concluded after the Government pulled…

Chelsea Theatre’s Community Development Manager Michelle Abbey discusses her career engaging audiences and promoting diversi…

News of the scheme’s holistic benefits follows the announcement of £660k funding to music charities across the country…

Boys and children with special educational needs remain under-represented in the music education programme’s extra-curricula…

Tired of seeing classical music magazines filled with middle-aged white faces, James Fleury proposes four ‘mental makeovers&…

The intervention by soundLINCS will enable the Lincolnshire-based MUSIC:LINK to continue operating into its 30th year.

Anti-social hours, lack of pay and exhaustion lead to a ‘profound difficulty’ in sustaining a living in the industry.