At a time of difficulty, Verity Quarmby was heartened by the help she received from the Musicians' Union – so much so, that she is now an Education Rep in Yorkshire, supporting colleagues and liaising...
Taking place in the Royal Albert Hall in November, the 2022 Proms will feature performances from Youth Music Award winner Jack Pepper, and two pieces from a group of young refugee students from...
Music departments tend to be full of ‘stuff’ – chances are, the more music there is happening in the school, the more equipment there is. Looking after all of this equipment is likely to fall to...
David Guinane assesses the new 'singing synthesis technology' from Dreamtonics
Homework can be a valuable means of covering some of the factual knowledge about music that you want to bring into your lessons. By covering some of this in advance through homework tasks, you're...
In this final part of our mammoth journey, we trace the journey of opera through the 20th century, when it met significant competition in the form of jazz and pop styles, not least through the rise of...
Thanks to a generous gift from the Benny Walker Charitable Trust, the Royal Northern College of Music is extending its music education programme RNCM Engage to school-aged people in west Cumbria
Following a resource on the idea of ‘enhanced natural breathing’, we take a look at practical ways to help students rediscover their natural breath and then enhance it for their musical needs.
Sharon Jagdev Powell, interim head of Leicestershire Music hub and trustee for the Music Education Council, rethinks what EDI means to music educators and leaders, and how we can have the greatest...
Regardless of the multiple factors that affect what schools are able to offer and why, student engagement with performing seems to play a major factor in why they choose to take music at all. With...
