Liverpool’s DaDaFest announces unique new Artistic Director double act
The D/deaf and Disability Arts Organisation of Liverpool has taken the bold step of accepting the joint application of Nickie Miles-Wildin and Grace N…
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UK music industry unites to fight for right to tour in the EU
The Musicians’ Union and Incorporated Society of Musicians have been working together with politicians and civil servants to try to unravel the mess…
£500,000 fund established to help creative freelancers in Manchester
The Savannah Wisdom Foundation, Manchester City Council and the arts centre, HOME, have set up a fund to help the city’s creative and cultural freel…
IFS report cites ‘clear injustices’ in the exclusion of UK freelancers from SEISS
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has accused the UK government of injustices in a report into the government’s deliberate exclusion of over 1.3 mill…
Cory Sims brings music licensing expertise to Audionamix
The former artist, music technology expert and music licensing consultant Cory Sims has joined the audio isolation company Audionamix (ADX) to forge…
Berklee appoints first female president
Composer and conductor Erica Muhl is to take over from Roger H Brown as the fourth-ever president and the first woman to lead Berklee College of Music
Dismay as Brexit deal threatens musicians’ careers
The UK Government’s trade deal with the EU may have been lauded by an exhausted nation, but it threatens the livelihoods of thousands of UK musician…
Youth Music opens second round of Incubator Fund
Grants of up to £30,000 are being offered to forward-thinking music industry employers willing to support the careers of young people in the second p…
Creatives ask Chancellor to appoint a Commissioner for freelancers
The Creative Industries Federation has written to the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak MP, to highlight the plight of self-employed creativ…
Thomas Trotter wins Queen’s award for music
One of Britain’s greatest concert organists, Thomas Trotter, has joined Sir Charles Mackerras, Imogen Cooper and Gary Crosby as recipient of the Que…
The arts sector should take the reins of recovery
Lord Neil Mendoza’s recent talk at the 2020 Creative Coalition Festival highlighted a problem that has dogged arts education for decades: how do you…
UK Music report predicts Covid could cut the music industry in half
The music industry’s umbrella body, UK Music, has published its annual ‘Music By Numbers 2020’ report and it makes sombre reading
World’s largest educational music publisher restructures European management
Hal Leonard Europe has announced changes to its European senior management team to accelerate its global strategic initiatives
Streetwise Opera seeks Chair of Trustees
Streetwise Opera, the UK charity that uses music to inspire and empower people recovering from homelessness, is seeking a Trustee and a new Chair of T…
Sunak’s self-employment support is a short-term panacea
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer doubled the support for freelance workers from 40 percent of average trading profits following the announcement of …
Where does the new lockdown in England leave musicians and teachers?
Boris Johnson’s leaked and then twice-delayed announcement about a new lockdown for England has left more questions than it has answered
New Music USA appoints three new board members
The New York-based philanthropic organisation for the support and promotion of new music, New Music USA, has appointed Aja Burrell Wood, Susan Wegleit…
Music Mark appoints Samantha Spence to implement diversity strategy
The music education membership organisation Music Mark has employed a consultant, Samantha Spence, to help its members address issues of diversity, in…
UK government axes music teaching bursaries as it halves election promises
Music is among many subjects to lose government support for teacher training in swingeing cuts announced in early October
WOMAD offers training bursaries to festival professionals
Peter Gabriel’s World Of Music Arts and Dance (WOMAD) Foundation has established a fund to help artists and festival production crews to extend thei…