Survey shows drop in cultural participation across Europe
Northern Europeans have the highest levels of cultural engagement but overall levels of participation and engagement have fallen s…
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More music-making
Karen Irwin describes the vital work Live Music Now is doing with children with special needs, and its plans for the future.
Call to recognise the value of arts in reducing re-offending
The Arts Alliance is warning that budget cuts and payment-by-results contracts in the criminal justice system could put some rehab…
Government repeals NI regulations in respect of musicians
Individuals working as actors, singers or musicians will now pay Classes 2 and 4 National Insurance Contributions, aligned with ot…
Big Lottery Fund in £3.85m musical partnership
Music and entertainment brands and youth sector organisations from the UK are joining forces to bring positive changes to the live…
A festival frenzy
Meurig Bowen sees no problem with the current proliferation of festivals in the UK.
“Big ideas” for the BBC include the arts
An extra 20% investment in arts programming, re-launching the digital arts platform ‘The Space’, and the digitisation…
Choral communities
Group singing brings many benefits to people living in areas of disadvantage, according to a new report by Evan Dawson and Ka…
My Gurus
Meryl Hicks, founder and Chief Executive of New Dots, tells us who and what has inspired her most throughout her career.
Strings attached to Arts Council bonus waiver
ACE Chief Executive Alan Davey allocates ‘personal’ fund to staff teambuilding and supporting pop music talent.
Book Review: Crowdsourcing for Dummies
Crowdsourcing for Dummies reveals new ways of involving the public in the arts, says Nicole McNeilly.
Choirs promote community wellbeing, says new report
A project that created eight new community singing projects in deprived areas, and evaluated them using research methods grounded…
Scotland looks at best practice for musical tuition
Greater collaboration between local authorities could improve opportunities for instrumental music tuition in Scotland, says lates…
Composing with confidence
What support do emerging composers and sound artists really need to develop? Susanna Eastburn outlines the findings of a recent co…
Job Ladder
Megan Donnolley charts her eclectic career path.
The commercial world
Janet Smith discusses how the new arts centre at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama has created commercial opportunities…
Listen Out: International perspectives on music education
Caroline Fentiman finds there is a lot that can be learnt from successful musical education practice from around the world.
New ideas wanted for accessible music
Designers and makers with new ideas for instruments for disabled musicians are being encouraged to join a ‘hackathon’…
Blowing the youth trumpet
The Scottish Brass Band Association has recently devoted resources to developing a successful youth programme. Clair Tomalin descr…
Programming and partnerships
Ian Ritchie believes that the City of London Festival’s success over 50 years is based on taking programming risks and explo…
Agents behaving reasonably?
2012 was a tricky year for the UK’s many music festivals but Steve Heap reports on how they are determined to ride out the s…
All-party group to meet Exchequer Secretary over National Insurance changes
New rules threaten to “decimate our orchestras and put our musicians out of work” says Lord Lipsey
Music education bodies join together
A new body to represent those working in music education is to be formed as the National Association of Music Educators (NAME) and…
Campaign success as EBacc proposals are scrapped
Government proposals to scrap GCSEs in favours of English Baccalaureate Certificates are thrown out, but planned curriculum reform…
