Coronavirus Archives - MUSIC:ED

Creative Scotland releases first £4m of Cancellation Fund grants for creative freelancers

Cancelled event

Coronavirus, Funding, Jobs and careers, Music industry and business, News, Scotland

07/01/2022

UK Chancellor announces additional £30m for covid-hit arts sector

Coronavirus cancellation

Coronavirus, England, Funding, Music industry and business, News

21/12/2021

UK Government backs insurance scheme for live events

Festival

Coronavirus, Events and courses, Funding, Music industry and business, News, Performing, UK and Ireland

05/08/2021

World Choir Games to include virtual participation for the first time

Virtual World Choir Games 2021

Competitions, awards & opportunities, Coronavirus, Europe, Events and courses, News, Singing, Sponsored

26/07/2021

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

Oliver Dowden speaking on Twitter about choirs

Coronavirus, England, Music industry and business, News, Policy and research, Singing, Venues

06/07/2021

Glyndebourne launches fund to support its freelance contractors

The Marriage of Figaro at Glyndebourne © Alastair Muir

Coronavirus, Funding, News, Opera and musical theatre, Performing

26/06/2021

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

Abram Wilson Foundation © Remy Archer

Competitions, awards & opportunities, Coronavirus, Diversity, equity and inclusion, England, Funding, News, Students, Youth voice

11/06/2021

Petition challenges government’s covid restrictions on choirs

Choir

Advocacy, surveys & petitions, Coronavirus, England, News, Performing, Policy and research, Singing

20/05/2021

Music Minds Matter expands service following huge rise in requests for help from musicians

Depression

Coronavirus, Health & wellbeing, Music industry and business, News

19/04/2021

Major report published on the future of freelancing in the performing arts

New gig

Advocacy, surveys & petitions, Coronavirus, England, Funding, Jobs and careers, News, Policy and research

07/04/2021

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

DJ controllers

Composing, songwriting and arranging, Coronavirus, Health & wellbeing, News, Online courses and tuition, Products and services, Secondary, Sponsored, Students, Teachers, Technology, UK and Ireland

22/02/2021

Research lab funded to investigate new methods in classical music teaching

New World Symphony rehearsal observations

Classical music, Coronavirus, Higher Education and Further Education, News, Policy and research, Students, US & Canada

09/02/2021

Wiltshire Primary school gives ukulele to every pupil

Ukulele

Coronavirus, Early Years and Primary, England, Instruments, News

06/02/2021

Sage Gateshead reveals stark figures about the impact of Covid on arts in England’s North East

Sage Gateshead

Coronavirus, England, Funding, News, Venues

06/02/2021

PRS backtracks after members’ backlash

Live-streaming

Coronavirus, Music industry and business, News, UK and Ireland

04/02/2021

£500,000 fund established to help creative freelancers in Manchester

Manchester

Coronavirus, England, Funding, Jobs and careers, Music industry and business, News

29/01/2021

English National Opera and Imperial College launch social prescribing programme to help Long-Covid recovery

ENO Breathe lullaby filming, ENO Orchestra, Soraya Mafi © Karla Gowlett, courtesy of ENO

Classical music, Coronavirus, England, Health & wellbeing, News, Opera and musical theatre

28/01/2021

IFS report cites ‘clear injustices’ in the exclusion of UK freelancers from SEISS

Empty wallet

Advocacy, surveys & petitions, Coronavirus, Funding, Jobs and careers, Music industry and business, News, UK and Ireland

28/01/2021