Hong Kong Orchestra Academy launched
The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts have jointly announced the creation of The Orchestra Academy with support from the Swire Group Charitable Trust
Royal Irish Academy of Music and Music Network unite in unusual charity challenge
The ‘Grade-1-a-thon’ offers people of all ages the motivation to take up an instrument and pass their Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) Grade 1 exam free-of-charge, while raising money for the Music Network Instruments for Older People…
Trinity Laban and National Youth Jazz Orchestra announce first winner of new joint scholarship award
London-based music education organisations Trinity Laban and the National Youth Jazz Orchestra have combined to launch a new NYJO-Trinity Laban scholarship to support a talented young student on the Trinity Laban Conservatoire’s jazz degree…
Free music production courses for young people offered by Education & Bass
The online music production education platform Education & Bass is offering free Beginner Production and DJ courses for children from 7-16 years of age
Sing Up At Home offers a free #FeelgoodFifteen minutes of song every Tuesday
Sing Up, England's national singing organisation, has started a free service to raise children’s spirits every Tuesday morning during the schools lockdown.
Music lessons feature in BBC’s largest ever online education resource launch
Music is among the many subjects offered in the huge provision of free teaching resources launched by the BBC in the first week of January
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain launches second Young Composers album with NMC Recordings
New choral works by four young British composers and commissioned by National Youth Choirs of Great Britain (NYCGB) are being released by NMC Recordings in mid January 2021
Cabotage sabotage: UK touring crippled by Brexit deal
UK tour vehicles of over 3.5 tonnes are to be allowed only two drops before returning to the UK as a result of the Brexit trade deal, the government has admitted
CHORALSPACE launches as new international learning organisation for choral leaders
An international academy for choral arts, CHORALSPACE, launched on 6 January to provide an online environment for choral musicians to learn, create, perform and connect.
Based in Berlin, the non-profit organisation is governed by an…
Innovation, connectivity and empowerment feature at Tonara’s music education expo
Music education app creator Tonara’s InspirED online conference was a productive gathering of musical and educational minds, but the takeaway impression of the event went beyond its three main themes