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National Youth Choirs of Great Britain opens its doors for 2021
Applications are open for the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain (NYCGB) Fellowship Programme for 2021 and four…
Study shows the role of the arts in health and wellbeing
A review commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has provided strong evidence for…
34% of Musicians’ Union members may abandon music careers
New data published by the Musicians' Union (MU) suggest that 87% of those members who have received government…
Chineke’s Got Talent
A youth orchestra, created to develop black, Asian and ethnically diverse classical musicians, has reached the…
The Barbican re-opens with a diverse and exciting live-streamed season of music
Emmy The Great is one of an innovative programme of musical stars performing to live audiences at the Barbican…
Lockdown inspires the music industry to be more inclusive
Several British music and cultural organisations have agreed to a set of seven principles to improve inclusivity…
Rebecca Miller conducts a series of digital maestro classes
The Chief Conductor of the Uppsala Chamber Orchestra, Rebecca Miller, has launched an on-line platform to nurture…
Brighton Music Conference switches to totally online event
With only two weeks to go, Britain’s foremost electronic music event is cancelled as a live event and all tickets…
PRS PPL campaigns to revive music while you work
Having waived licence fees to businesses that closed during the Covid lockdown, the music licensing wing of PRS and…
Sound Connections chooses to stay online
London youth music charity Sound Connections has decided to continue running its courses online for the foreseeable…
Jamie Njoku-Goodwin becomes new chief executive of UK Music
A musician and former advisor to David Cameron and Matt Hancock, Jamie Njoku-Goodwin has been chosen by the UK…
Welsh government’s multi-million pound cultural recovery fund opens for…
Culture and heritage sector organisations and self-employed workers are able to apply for support from the Welsh…
£50,000 partnership grants offered to music hubs in England
National charity Youth Music has launched the second round of the Music Education Hub (MEH) Development Fund,…
Music for picture included in new Welsh funding initiative
The Clwstwr project is supporting an innovative experiment in musical performance among 33 new initiatives for the…
British Council studies the benefits of creative hubs in the Philippines
With over seven percent of national income and 14 percent of employment generated by the creative sector, the…
Conservatoire takes delivery of 24 Steinways
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Becomes Europe’s First Steinway Exclusive Conservatoire
No green screen needed as augmented reality creates immersive performance stage
MARS enables performers, actors, presenters and products to be blended into a photo-real or imaginary virtual…
Welsh young people’s music fund appoints first chief executive
Well known in the music sector in Wales and with a 15-year track record in community and participatory music and…
Jamie Cullum’s piano seeks new owner via Yamaha competition
Jazz legend Jamie Cullum and Yamaha Music are donating a very special grand piano to a worthy cause
Music and Dance Scheme schools in virtual orchestra collaboration
Young musicians from the UK's five specialist music schools have released a video performance of a special…