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Tonara, the developer of the Tonara Studio music education app, has organised a global online conference for music educators to share new ideas and teaching methods on 18 and 19 December

UK musicians and songwriters seeking financial, business and other support during the pandemic are being offered a free masterclass with Laura Marsden, Solicitor and Partner at Counterculture LLP

The Creative Industries Federation has written to the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak MP, to highlight the plight of self-employed creatives and to suggest a solution

The UK Department for Education (DfE) has restored laptop allocations for Covid-isolated students following an outcry from teachers

Young songwriters between eight and 18 years of age are being encouraged to start writing for Song Academy’s 11th annual Young Songwriter Competition in the new year

The Royal Albert Hall has unveiled a programme of ‘birthday’ events running through to 2022 from 29 March 2021, exactly 150 years since the venue opened

Bronx teacher D Travis Washington, who teaches choir and the Young Vocal Scholars Programme in a school in New York, says seeking ways around lockdown learning has opened up new concepts in music education using Soundtrap technology

The Boateng twins, Alec and Alex, who have been prime movers in the British urban music scene for over a decade, have been announced as the Co-Presidents of Universal Music UK’s new label, 0207 Def Jam

Applications for the third round of support from the Music Managers Forum will close on 7 December 2020

The arts sector is one of several that will be supported by a new fund to promote social prescribing community activities to help people impacted by the pandemic