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Seong-Jin Cho to give Mozart world premiere for online Mozart Week
Pianist Seong-Jin Cho will mark Mozart’s birthday on 27 January 2021 with the world premiere of the composer’s recently rediscoveredRead More -
Leeds Competition announces Virtual First Round shortlist
The Leeds International Piano Competition has selected 63 pianists from 28 countries to take part in this year’s Virtual FirstRead More -
British Youth Music Theatre online auditions to start this Saturday
Sponsored content. From 30 January to the end of February, British Youth Music Theatre (BYMT), the UK’s leading musical theatreRead More -
Met Opera Stars Live in Concert – Review
Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano), Piotr Beczala (tenor) Wuppertal – 23 January 2021 The Met really puts its best foot forwardsRead More -
Welsh National Opera cancels spring tour
Welsh National Opera (WNO) has cancelled its forthcoming Spring tour of Il trovatore and The Barber of Seville. The companyRead More -
Scottish Opera: staging an opera in a time of Covid restrictions
Scottish Opera’s forthcoming new production of Hansel and Gretel will be available to watch online on 6 February, addingRead More -
Happy Birthday Plácido Domingo – but can we really celebrate?
The 80th birthday of Plácido Domingo on 21 January should have been a time for joyous celebration of whatRead More -
ABRSM re-opens fund to tackle barriers to music learning worldwide
Applications to ABRSM’s global sponsorship fund providing musical opportunities to young musicians around the world open today. Providing one-off grantsRead More -
Faber Music Bursaries widen access to Sound and Music Summer School
Ten young people who face financial barriers to participation will be able to attend the summer school for young composers,Read More -
Young Kenyan rap artists release ‘wake up call for young people’
Three of Kenya’s rising rap artists have released Pray for Nature, a new music video spreading awareness of deforestation andRead More -
Sing for Pleasure announces 2021 Young Conducting Scholars
Choral charity Sing for Pleasure (SfP) has announced the four scholarship recipients for its 2021 Young Conductors’ Programme. The fourRead More -
Sony Music UK to widen access to Music Therapy training with bursaries
The £10,000 bursaries will cover the cost of tuition for the two-year Master of Music Therapy programme at Nordoff Robbins. Read More -
Inaugural NYJO-Trinity Laban Award supports young jazz musician
Trinity Laban and National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) has announced the first recipient of their new jazz award. The NYJO-TrinityRead More -
YolanDa Brown offers music resources for free in response to lockdown
YolanDa Brown has announced that her bespoke online learning materials will be made available to all children for free thisRead More -
Remembering Chinese pianist Fou Ts’ong: a mesmeric artist with a unique gift for conveying Chopin’s greatness
With the death of Fou Ts’ong the world has lost an artist of a rare and distinctive eloquence. The firstRead More -
‘Pupils should continue to have access to a quality arts education’, says DfE
The Department for Education (DfE) has today published guidance for education provision during the third national lockdown, stating that artsRead More -
A musical farewell to Catherine Ennis
A musical ‘goodbye’ to Catherine Ennis will be given by some of her friends and colleagues in the City ofRead More -
Choirs’ Emergency Fund reaches £2 million
The Cathedral Choirs’ Emergency Fund has distributed a second round of grants to cathedrals across the UK and the RepublicRead More -
Free Headteachers’ Guide to Music Education launched today
Today we launch our downloadable Headteachers’ Guide to Music Education in partnership with sister magazines Headteacher Update and SecEd, andRead More -
Resources for at-home music learning (for teachers and parents)
This ‘live’ page of musical resources for teachers and parents to use during lockdown 3.0 and beyond will be regularlyRead More
