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 Ng as its new Artistic Directors and CEO

The BBC Maestro masterclass series has added Gary Barlow teaching songwriting to its catalogue of celebrity-led courses

The Liveurope group is inviting five concert venues across Europe to join its project to boost the programming of young European acts across the continent

With a redesigned and relaunched website, Rocket Songs has created a two-way connection between writers seeking artists for their unused songs and artists in need of original material

The Musicians’ Union and Incorporated Society of Musicians have been working together with politicians and civil servants to try to unravel the mess the Brexit trade agreement has caused for UK music touring in the EU

The US National Endowment of the Arts has initiated funding for a five-year project at New York University Steinhardt Music and Audio Research Lab to study Sustainable Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts in the post-Covid world

Staverton Church of England School in rural Wiltshire has invested £4000 to give every one of its 250 pupils a ukulele to help them get through the pandemic lockdown

The American Music Business Association’s three day summit for young and up-coming music industry professionals runs from 23-25 February with ideas and discussions, talks and workshops

One of Britain’s largest and most prestigious arts venues, Sage Gateshead, has published its 2019/20 Annual Review, revealing disturbing figures on the effects of the pandemic

Technology in Music Education UK, UK Music, Leicester-Shire Music Education Hub and the Incorporated Society of Musicians have collaborated to produce three free-to-attend events to explore new ways of working with music technology