UK Music Chief Executive Jamie Njoku-Goodwin has written to the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, urging him to offer a lifeline to the music industry as it struggles to recover from the impact of the covid pandemic.Proposed measures include the easing of the…
The 2023 edition of the annual Youth Music Awards, in association with Hal Leonard Europe, will take place on Wednesday 18 October at Troxy, London. The Youth Music Awards celebrates the most forward-thinking projects and people making, learning and earning in…
UK charity Black Lives in Music (BLIM) has been named as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023 by Fast Company, joining prestigious brands such as OpenAI, Disney, and Tiffany & Co. The list showcases businesses leading their respective industries.…
Young Choral Malaysia, the organiser of the 21st Malaysian Choral Eisteddfod (MCE) International Choral Festival, has announced the programme for the 2023 event, which returns live to Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre. Alongside the competition, the programme includes a series…
The winners of the 2023 Music & Drama Education Awards were announced at a live ceremony in London on 23 February, hosted by Classic FM presenter Aled Jones. Several musical organisations were recognised for their work in the healthcare sector, with Live…
A new report on the state of music education in England by Norton York, Founder and Chairman of the RSL Awards examinations board, reveals that while there has been a decline in the number of GCSE music qualifications achieved, the overall…
Two organisations in Scotland have announced a partnership to bring high-quality classical music to primary and secondary schools, care homes, day centers and the general public on the Isle of Skye. To mark the new initiative linking Live Music Now Scotland (LMNS)…
The Independent Society of Musicians Trust (ISM Trust) has published a free online resource to help teachers introduce singing in their classrooms. The Primary Singing Toolkit has been developed by the ISM Trust in partnership with UK charity The Voices Foundation, supported…
The Accademia Stauffer in Cremona, Italy, and The Juilliard School in New York City are collaborating on a multimedia project, which unites music students virtually from both cities. The ‘Bridging The Time-Space Divide’ project aims to explore new ways of…
The inaugural CUMIN (Contemporary Urban Music for Inclusion Network) conference takes place on 30 June 2023 at Trinity Laban Conservatory of Music and Dance in London. Open to all, the event builds on three in-person/online workshops organised in 2022. The…
