Youth Music calls for Expressions of Interest for Incubator grants of up to £150k
London-based charity Youth Music’s Fund B is open until the end of September 2021 for Expressions of Interest from organisations seeking grants for …
Category: Youth voice
Secondary school students invited to enter MusicFirst 2021 Young Composers Competition
UK school students between 11 and 18 years of age are encouraged to enter original works to a composition competition organised by the online music ed…
Scottish school music tuition fees removed for next year
Scottish school students will be able to get their music tuition free of charge from next term, thanks to funding from the Scottish government.
Did lockdown, not grade inflation, benefit Music A-Level students?
The media outcry against claimed grade inflation by A-Level teachers, who marked their own students' work, is not surprising but shows a poor assessme…
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…
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
Stars auction their time, tickets and memorabilia to raise money for young musicians
Gregory Porter, Andrea Bocelli and the Kanneh-Mason family are among the stars helping boost the Decca Bursary scheme to help young classical artists
Launch of Seven Hills Project starts countdown to 50th birthday of Scotland’s national music school
St Mary’s Music School is combining the literary genius of Alexander McCall Smith with the talents of a range of composers in a major two-year cultu…
Nile Rodgers says he learned his business acumen from Black Panthers
Guitarist, composer, producer and music teacher Nile Rodgers is one of the world’s most respected musical mentors, but his lesser-known philanthropi…
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…
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
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 …
BIMM Institute and Creative United launch programme to support under-represented music entrepreneurs
From June 2021 the BIMM Institute (the British and Irish Modern Music Institute) is launching the Greenhouse Enterprise Programme with Creative United…
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
UK music undergraduates asked to share experiences and perceptions of instrumental and singing teaching
The 10-minute online survey asks students about their experiences of teaching and learning to date
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
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…
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…
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