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New National Centre for Music proposed for Edinburgh

St Mary’s Music School, Scotland’s national music school, is central to a new proposal submitted by The Royal High School Preservation Trust (RHSPT) for the…

MUSIC:ED September 3, 2021

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British Army Music launches free GCSE Music resources

The new, downloadable resources cover cello, clarinet, percussion and trumpet

MUSIC:ED July 6, 2021

Paul McCartney pictured at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) with alumni actor Liz Smith and LIPA CEO Mark Featherstone-Witty. Photography © Jon Parker Lee Photography Ltd

LIPA launches its own high school

The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts founded by Sir Paul McCartney has had its plan for a secondary school approved by the UK Department of Edu…

MUSIC:ED June 2, 2021

The place of composing in curriculum design

The Music Teachers Association's second collective blogging project culminates in this final post in the series with excellent responses from teachers…

MUSIC:ED April 13, 2021

Improvisation in general music education – a literature review

The Music Teachers Association's second collective blogging project continues with excellent responses from teachers reflecting on the article by Chri…

MUSIC:ED April 2, 2021

Playing the white man’s tune: inclusion in elite classical music education

The Music Teachers Association's second collective blogging project continues with responses from teachers reflecting on the article by Austin Griffit…

MUSIC:ED March 26, 2021

The Sequence of Musical Development: A Study of Children’s Composition

The Music Teachers Association's second collective blogging project continues continues with a response reflecting on the article by Keith Swanwick an…

MUSIC:ED March 17, 2021

Formal and informal learning situations or practices vs formal and informal ways of learning

The Music Teachers Association's second collective blogging project continues with responses from teachers reflecting on the article by Göran Folkest…

MUSIC:ED March 15, 2021

UK Music’s Director of Education and Skills, Dr Oliver Morris

UK Music calls for more money for music teaching following disappointing budget

Jamie Njoku-Goodwin, Chief Executive of the industry body UK Music, has called on the Government to recognise the damage caused by Covid-19 to music e…

MUSIC:ED March 11, 2021

The impact of instrumental music learning on attainment at age 16: a pilot study

The Music Teachers Association's second collective blogging project continues with responses from teachers reflecting on the editorial by Keith Swanwi…

MUSIC:ED March 3, 2021

Soundtrap drives an online revolution in UK students’ music learning and mental health

The Covid crisis has created opportunities for innovation in music education and affirmed music’s essential contribution to the health and wellbeing…

MUSIC:ED February 22, 2021

Abram Wilson Foundation offers free lyric-writing seminar for teenagers

Poet and rapper Arji Manuelpillai will be hosting a free live seminar on lyric writing for 11-18-year-olds in the second part of the Abram Wilson Foun…

MUSIC:ED February 22, 2021

UK government consultation on T Levels ends with doubts over future of Level 3 music qualifications

The Musicians' Union has expressed serious concerns about the government’s plans for the future of vocational music qualifications as the new T-Leve…

MUSIC:ED February 22, 2021

Musical Futures opens new website supporting schools and home learning

The not-for-profit music education organisation Musical Futures has published a new website to provide music education resources for classrooms and ho…

MUSIC:ED January 14, 2021

Free music production courses for young people offered by Education & Bass

The online music production education platform Education & Bass is offering free Beginner Production and DJ courses for children from 7-16 years of a…

MUSIC:ED January 12, 2021

Sing Up At Home offers a free #FeelgoodFifteen minutes of song every Tuesday

Sing Up, England's national singing organisation, has started a free service to raise children’s spirits every Tuesday morning during the schools lo…

MUSIC:ED January 10, 2021

Music lessons feature in BBC’s largest ever online education resource launch

Music is among the many subjects offered in the huge provision of free teaching resources launched by the BBC in the first week of January

MUSIC:ED January 10, 2021

Pupils of St Mary’s Music School outside the former Royal High School. Photo © Mike Wilkinson

New home for national music school for Scotland comes a step closer

Hopes have been raised for Scotland's specialist music school to move to one of Edinburgh’s most historic buildings following the rejection of a hot…

MUSIC:ED October 29, 2020

Manchester’s Stoller Hall and Chetham’s Library receive Covid relief

Two Culture Recovery Fund grants totalling £216,000 have been given to The Stoller Hall and Chetham’s Library at Chetham’s School of Music in Man…

MUSIC:ED October 23, 2020

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Irish Government pledges a record-breaking increase in arts funding in 2021

Irish orchestras, the live music industry, school music departments and colleges will receive a significant boost from a 63% increase in government ar…

MUSIC:ED October 21, 2020

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New National Centre for Music proposed for Edinburgh

British Army Music launches free GCSE Music resources

LIPA launches its own high school

The place of composing in curriculum design

Improvisation in general music education – a literature review

Playing the white man’s tune: inclusion in elite classical music education

The Sequence of Musical Development: A Study of Children’s Composition

Formal and informal learning situations or practices vs formal and informal ways of learning

UK Music calls for more money for music teaching following disappointing budget

The impact of instrumental music learning on attainment at age 16: a pilot study

Soundtrap drives an online revolution in UK students’ music learning and mental health

Abram Wilson Foundation offers free lyric-writing seminar for teenagers

UK government consultation on T Levels ends with doubts over future of Level 3 music qualifications

Musical Futures opens new website supporting schools and home learning

Free music production courses for young people offered by Education & Bass

Sing Up At Home offers a free #FeelgoodFifteen minutes of song every Tuesday

Music lessons feature in BBC’s largest ever online education resource launch

New home for national music school for Scotland comes a step closer

Manchester’s Stoller Hall and Chetham’s Library receive Covid relief

Irish Government pledges a record-breaking increase in arts funding in 2021