Linton Stephens is a radio and TV presenter, and ambassador for the BBC Ten Pieces. He talks to Maggie Hamilton about the music teachers who nurtured him, what he learned from a decade of teaching,...
Having worked his way up from performing at his local state school to graduating from the Royal College of Music and playing at the Paralympic Games with Coldplay, one-handed pianist Nicholas McCarthy...
Andy Grappy is Head of Southwark’s Saturday Music Centre, Kinetika Bloco’s Brass Leader and a trustee of the National Jazz Youth Orchestra. Here, he talks to Maggie Hamilton about playing tuba and...
Music educators are often divided over the effectiveness of classroom instrumental teaching, but Wales's and England's recently published national plans for music education make clear that it should...
Ralph Porrett has toured with YolanDa Brown's band, been the first guitarist to perform in the final of BBC Young Jazz Musician, and worked with Orchestras for All. Hattie Fisk catches up with the...
Many readers will recognise Vaughan Fleischfresser's name from his viral social media posts on the power of music education – but who is he and what motivates him? Michael Pearce finds out more.
Music educator and composer Dr Steven Berryman is the current president of the Chartered College of Teaching, a professional body for teachers dedicated to bridging the gap between practice and...
Piano aficionado, teacher and co-founder of The Curious Piano Teachers, Dr Sally Cathcart meets Hattie Fisk to discuss the evolving piano community in music education.
Balancing his roles of ABRSM chief examiner, NYJO head of music, RCM jazz professor and freelance trumpet player, Mark Armstrong is a mover and shaker in the world of music education. Here, he...
Teacher of the D/deaf/F and music workshop leader Sean Chandler strives to be a positive role model to young musicians with profound hearing loss, as Hattie Fisk finds out
