Sneaker Pimps guitarist becomes Principal of Leeds Conservatoire
Professor Joe Wilson, the lead guitarist of Hartlepool cult band Sneaker Pimps, has been appointed Principal of Leeds Conservatoire, run by the Yorksh…
Category: England
Dowden tweets choirs in England can re-assemble on 19 July
Oliver Dowden, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, has tweeted that choirs will be allowed to gather, rehearse and perform again…
Auditions announced for NYCGB National Youth and Training Choirs
The National Youth Choirs of Great Britain (NYCGB) has announced annual auditions for the organisation's Girls’, Boys’ and Training Choirs
Teachers call for greater input to Government strategy on music education
Politicians were told of ‘a worrying decline of music delivery in schools’ in the first meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Music Edu…
LIPA appoints Sean McNamara as new Principal and CEO
Sean McNamara has accepted the role of Principal and Chief Executive Officer at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) after over a decade…
BBC’s new chairman tells CogX conference he will resist government interference
Replying to a question from MUSIC:ED at the recent CogX conference the BBC’s new chairman, Richard Sharp, said that he wasn’t concerned about gove…
Match-funding opportunity at London Music Fund 10 year anniversary fundraiser
The London Music Fund is aiming to raise £40,000 for its 10th anniversary and is offering match-funding on any donations received by Sunday
The Villiers Quartet and Oxford University take on the classical diversity deficit
The University of Oxford has been working on a major project, ‘Diversity and the British String Quartet’, to explore the issues around inclusivity…
Double your donation to the Future Sound music education programme for children affected by Coronavirus
The Abram Wilson Foundation will match-fund donations made to the Champions for Children project before 16 June 2021 to help vulnerable young people …
Elton John posts stinging attack as Lord Frost fails to turn up for music touring inquiry
Sir Elton John has posted an open statement on social media slamming the failure of British Brexit negotiator Lord David Frost and the UK government t…
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…
Young people would rather start their own projects than join the traditional music industry, says survey
The UK national charity, Youth Music, which supports under 25s in establishing careers in music, has launched the Youth NextGen Fund to help young mus…
Royal Academy of Music refutes reports of disposal of Handel manuscripts
The London conservatoire has pushed back against reports in the Daily Telegraph and The Times that it is purging its collection of instruments and art…
Amplify London announces second cohort of funded projects
Five organisations will receive grants to support and deliver grassroots music projects for young people in London
Petition challenges government’s covid restrictions on choirs
A petition has been launched to try to persuade the UK government that its latest decision to block choirs from singing together is damaging to nation…
Coldstream Guards joined by B Positive Choir at the FA Cup Final
With 21,000 fans allowed to gather at Wembley Stadium for the first time in over a year, tradition dictated that the Band of the Coldstream Guards sho…
Gavin Williamson proposes halving music degree top-up funding in plan ‘to pivot away from dead-end courses‘
The music education industry has been in uproar since the Government’s Office for Students (OfS) announced a consultation on plans to cut subsidies …
London Youth Choirs is recruiting
London Youth Choirs is recruiting conductors for the LYC Cambiata Boys' choir and the new LYC West choir
Proposed 50% HE music funding cut ‘a catastrophic misjudgement’
A statement by the UK's Higher Education music subject association calls for responses to independent regulator's 'baffling' funding consultation
The Model Music Curriculum: omnishambles 101?
After two years of development, the Department for Education published their 'Model Music Curriculum' on Friday 26 March 2021