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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…

MUSIC:ED July 13, 2021

Oliver Dowden speaking on Twitter about choirs

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…

MUSIC:ED July 6, 2021

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

MUSIC:ED July 6, 2021

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…

MUSIC:ED July 1, 2021

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…

MUSIC:ED June 26, 2021

BBC Chairman Richard Sharp in discussion with Tania Bryer (CNBC International) at the 2021 CogX Festival in London

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…

MUSIC:ED June 23, 2021

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

MUSIC:ED June 11, 2021

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…

MUSIC:ED June 11, 2021

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 …

MUSIC:ED June 11, 2021

David Frost (right) meets with Michel Barnier (left) during Brexit negotiations, July 2020. Picture by Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street

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…

MUSIC:ED June 10, 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

Three young creatives from the Youth Music NextGen community. L-R Martha Bryant, Nelson Navarro, Kate Whitaker. Photo © Bethan McConnell, Youth Music NextGen

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…

MUSIC:ED June 2, 2021

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…

MUSIC:ED May 28, 2021

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

MUSIC:ED May 25, 2021

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…

MUSIC:ED May 20, 2021

The Band of the Coldstream Guards at the 2021 FA Cup final

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…

MUSIC:ED May 19, 2021

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 …

MUSIC:ED May 17, 2021

London Youth Choirs is recruiting

London Youth Choirs is recruiting conductors for the LYC Cambiata Boys' choir and the new LYC West choir

MUSIC:ED May 4, 2021

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

MUSIC:ED April 30, 2021

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

MUSIC:ED April 19, 2021

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Sneaker Pimps guitarist becomes Principal of Leeds Conservatoire

Dowden tweets choirs in England can re-assemble on 19 July

Auditions announced for NYCGB National Youth and Training Choirs

Teachers call for greater input to Government strategy on music education

LIPA appoints Sean McNamara as new Principal and CEO

BBC’s new chairman tells CogX conference he will resist government interference

Match-funding opportunity at London Music Fund 10 year anniversary fundraiser

The Villiers Quartet and Oxford University take on the classical diversity deficit

Double your donation to the Future Sound music education programme for children affected by Coronavirus

Elton John posts stinging attack as Lord Frost fails to turn up for music touring inquiry

LIPA launches its own high school

Young people would rather start their own projects than join the traditional music industry, says survey

Royal Academy of Music refutes reports of disposal of Handel manuscripts

Amplify London announces second cohort of funded projects

Petition challenges government’s covid restrictions on choirs

Coldstream Guards joined by B Positive Choir at the FA Cup Final

Gavin Williamson proposes halving music degree top-up funding in plan ‘to pivot away from dead-end courses‘

London Youth Choirs is recruiting

Proposed 50% HE music funding cut ‘a catastrophic misjudgement’

The Model Music Curriculum: omnishambles 101?