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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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.
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…
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…
Song Academy Easter songwriting workshops open for bookings
Young creative people around the world are being invited to join Song Academy’s online songwriting workshops during the Easter break from 6-18 April
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…
Sage Gateshead presents online conference on Youth Voice and Inclusive Music Education
This is the fourth event in the venue's series of mini conferences for Music Leaders, music teachers, project workers and musicians working with child…
Hal Leonard announces Jazz Piano for Kids day
Renowned jazz piano and improvisation teacher Richard Michael leads two interactive sessions for beginners on 27 March
Music Teachers National Association of America hosts virtual conference
It is conference season and the Music Teachers National Association in the USA is holding its annual event for music studio teachers between 13-17 Mar…
‘Aftershock’ is the theme of the Association of British Orchestras conference this week
Covid recovery, Brexit and inequity are the major issues covered as the British classical music industry joins the 2021 Association of British Orchest…
Abram Wilson Foundation offers free lyric-writing seminar for teenagers
Poet and rapper Arji Manuelpillai will be hosting a free live seminar on lyric writing for 11-18-year-olds in the second part of the Abram Wilson Foun…
Take That’s Gary Barlow offers online songwriting course on BBC Maestro
The BBC Maestro masterclass series has added Gary Barlow teaching songwriting to its catalogue of celebrity-led courses
NEXTGEN_U online conference for music business students opens this month
The American Music Business Association’s three day summit for young and up-coming music industry professionals runs from 23-25 February with ideas …
TiME UK launches series of three free ‘Connectivity’ online conferences
Technology in Music Education UK, UK Music, Leicester-Shire Music Education Hub and the Incorporated Society of Musicians have collaborated to produc…
Berklee opens its first Middle Eastern courses in Abu Dhabi
Berklee School of Music is opening its new centre in Abu Dhabi in February and launching its first music education programmes in the Arab world
NYMAZ invites music teachers to share their online learning experiences at Resound Remote Music Learning Festival
The North Yorkshire-based youth music charity NYMAZ will be hosting the Resound Remote Learning Festival this May and is inviting all music educators …
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
‘Express Yourself’ is the theme of Children’s Mental Health Week
With rising concerns about the mental resilience of children during lockdown, this year’s UK Children’s Mental Health Week, run by children’s me…
Association of Independent Music extends Anglo-Latin American connections
AIM, the Association of Independent Music, is working with the British Council to oversee the first online version of the Council’s Selector PRO pro…