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Age is just a number: young people deserve pay parity

Angela Linton, Chief Operating Officer at UK charity Youth Music, argues that fair wages and working practices must become the norm in the music indus…

MUSIC:ED November 18, 2021

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Major report published on the future of freelancing in the performing arts

A 142 page, Arts Council England-funded report has called for a sea change in the relationship between creative arts employers and freelancers followi…

MUSIC:ED April 7, 2021

Music in Mind, Manchester Camerata © Rachel Bywater Photography

Orchestral music is becoming a key element in healthcare provision, says report

A new report, ‘Orchestras in Healthcare’, published by Orchestras Live, the City of London Sinfonia and the Association of British Orchestras, has…

MUSIC:ED March 8, 2021

Local UK arts and culture funding in crisis, says Fabian Society

'Cultured Communities' argues that a decade of government cuts has left community arts and culture vulnerable, especially outside London

MUSIC:ED September 7, 2020

Help Musicians announces additional funding for musicians

Thousands of freelance musicians could be eligible for £500 grants from Help Musicians’ Financial Hardship Funding programme

MUSIC:ED September 2, 2020

Arts Council England announces webinar for funding applicants

Arts Council England (ACE) will present an online session for prospective applicants for ACE music-related funding programmes on 10 August

MUSIC:ED July 28, 2020

Trinity College London launches new resource for families

Created in response to the Coronavirus outbreak, Discover at Home enables families to be creative and learn about music and the wider arts

MUSIC:ED June 10, 2020

The Royal Festival Hall at London's Southbank Centre © Victor Frankowski

London’s Southbank Centre details ‘closure risk’ until at least April 2021 citing ‘crippling financial pressure’

The UK's largest arts and cultural organisation, has announced it may cease to be a going concern before the end of the year unless urgent governme…

MUSIC:ED May 25, 2020

What comes next for Arts Council England? Darren Henley, ACE CEO, explains

ACE's planned stages are Response phase, Stabilisation phase and Reset phase

MUSIC:ED May 23, 2020

Coronavirus crisis: Arts Council England grants programmes

Arts Council England (ACE) will announce a refocussing of some of the organisation's grants programmes in 'about ten days' 'to help compensate individ…

MUSIC:ED March 16, 2020

In praise of the peri

Peripatetic music teachers - 'peris' - are the unsung heroes and heroines of music education. It's time to recognise and value their contributions, ar…

MUSIC:ED March 11, 2020

ACE Director of Music Education: National Plan recommendations

Hannah Fouracre, Director of Music Education at Arts Council England, reflects on the challenges and opportunities facing music education in England a…

MUSIC:ED February 20, 2020

A Ballet Black performance © Bill Cooper The Guardian

Arts Council England threatens funding cuts over lack of diversity

Arts organisations and museums in England are being warned they will lose public funding unless they meet 'stretching' targets to create and attract m…

MUSIC:ED February 19, 2020

Five ways the Digital Culture Compass can help YOU!

Arts Council England launches Digital Culture Compass

The Digital Culture Compass is a new, free online toolkit, created by Arts Council England to help you use digital technology more effectively in your…

MUSIC:ED February 14, 2020

Arts Council England launches survey of diversity in classical music

Arts Council England has announced a year-long research project and sector survey to explore the diversity of the classical music sector.

MUSIC:ED February 12, 2020

Introducing Arts Council England’s new Strategy for 2020-2030, Let’s Create

Arts Council England announced Let's Create, its new strategy for 2020-2030 on 27 January 2020.

MUSIC:ED January 29, 2020

Let’s Create: Arts Council England’s Strategy for 2020-2030

Let's Create presents Arts Council England's 10-year strategic ambitions for 2020-2030.

MUSIC:ED January 28, 2020

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Arts Council boss vows more funding for those at early stages of career

Arts Council England chair: organisation to prioritise support for early stage writers, artists, composers

With publication of Arts Council England’s 10-year strategy for 2020-30 due for publication in February 2020, Sir Nicholas Serota, ACE chair, has been interviewed by…

MUSIC:ED January 2, 2020

What are music hubs? A MUSIC:ED explainer

To an outside observer of the music education system in England, the world of music (education) hubs (or are they music services?) is confusing, to sa…

MUSIC:ED June 19, 2019

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