BandLab to sponsor music tech startup competition
Music technology conference Music Tectonics is partnering with Singapore-based BandLab to host a startup pitch competition during the 2021 Music Tectonics event, which runs from 25-27 October online…
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Hal Leonard Europe to support Music for Youth Music Mentors programme
Music publisher Hal Leonard Europe (HLE) has announced a new sponsorship agreement with leading music charity Music for Youth. HLE will contribute to funding for…
World Choir Games to include virtual participation for the first time
Event organiser INTERKULTUR has launched a 'Virtual Competitions' strand to enable all choirs worldwide to participate online.
Royal Celtic Society endows bursary for traditional music students at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Having supported traditional Scottish musicians through the pandemic crisis, the Royal Celtic Society has continued its tradition of promoting traditi…
National Association for Music Education USA honours collegiate members and institutions for excellence and achievement
NAfME has recognised the Collegiate Chapters of seven schools for their excellence and five NAfME Collegiate members for their professional achievemen…
BBC invites creatives and musicians to Open Music training scheme
Composer Nitin Sawhney and a group of stars of BBC music and radio have unveiled a new training programme called Open Music created by the BBC for mus…
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 …
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…
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
Guildhall students commissioned to compose 700th anniversary fanfare
To commemorate its 700th birthday, The Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers has offered students of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama i…
Applications invited for Ghanaian women-in-sound artist residency
Ghana-based NGO Black Girls Glow is seeking women sound artists, singers, rappers, poets, producers and beatmakers of all levels to join its free, wee…
NYCGB announces awards for emerging musicians and composers
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain (NYCGB) has announced the selection of its 2021 Young Composers and Fellowship programmes
Education Through Music celebrates 15 years with a Disney singalong
Los Angeles-based charity Education Through Music – LA is celebrating 15 years of bringing music to under-resourced schools with a virtual red-carpe…
World Choir Festival 2021 announced
The World Youth and Children Choral Artists’ Association (WYCCAA) has opened registration for the 2021 World Choir Festival to be held in June this …
Song Academy invites young people to get inspired over half-term
Online songwriting platform Song Academy is hosting a series of songwriting workshops for 8-18-year-olds during the February half-term holidays
Free foundation year course opens access to Cambridge University
Up to 50 talented yet socially disadvantaged students are being offered a fully-funded, one-year foundation course at 13 Cambridge colleges as part o…
Hong Kong Orchestra Academy launched
The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts have jointly announced the creation of The Orchestra Academy with s…
Trinity Laban and National Youth Jazz Orchestra announce first winner of new joint scholarship award
London-based music education organisations Trinity Laban and the National Youth Jazz Orchestra have combined to launch a new NYJO-Trinity Laban schola…
Ora Singers school composer competition deadline approaching
Aspiring composers in UK state schools have less than two weeks to enter the ORA Singers Composer Competition, an educational scheme for choral compos…
Song Academy announces its 11th Young Songwriter competition
Young songwriters between eight and 18 years of age are being encouraged to start writing for Song Academy’s 11th annual Young Songwriter Competitio…