Friday 23rd August '19

Researchers suggest that elite violinists don’t necessarily practice more than others to reach their standard A new study of student violinists published yesterday in the Royal Society Open Science journal has called into question the conclusions …

Thursday 22nd August '19

Steve Rubie awarded The Musicians’ Company’s Jazz Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 The Musicians’ Company has announced the award of its Jazz Lifetime Achievement Award for 2019 to flautist and saxophonist Steve Rubie. Rubie runs the famous …

Wednesday 21st August '19

Tianyi Lu joins WNO as first Female Conductor in Residence Welsh National Opera (WNO) has announced Tianyi Lu as its first Female Conductor in Residence. The residency was launched to help re-address the gender balance across …

Tuesday 20th August '19

Campaign launched to build new lightweight vertical grand piano Pianist Sarah Nicolls has launched a crowdfunding campaign to enable her to build a new vertical grand piano weighing only 82 kg. The ‘Standing Grand’ will initially …

Monday 19th August '19

RNS Moves to give free concert at Sage Gateshead RNS Moves, a group of disabled and non-disabled musicians featuring members of Royal Northern Sinfonia (RNS), will perform a free concert on September 7 at Sage Gateshead. …

Friday 16th August '19

Psappha presents nine world premieres in 2019/20 season Manchester-based ensemble Psappha has announced its 2019/20 season, featuring nine world premieres performed over six concerts. The 2019/20 season, beginning on 26 September 2019, is designed to open …

Thursday 15th August '19

University of Birmingham announces autumn 2019 concert season The University of Birmingham has announced its music and concert season for autumn 2019. Highlights include: Contemporary quartet The Hermes Experiment (pictured) perform brand new music in a …

Wednesday 14th August '19

Music@Malling returns for 2019 Set in historic venues in and around West Malling, Kent, Music@Malling is to return for its ninth year from 15 – 28 September 2019. Combining the music of contemporary composers with classical, …

Tuesday 13th August '19

The ‘Save the wood of Stradivari’ campaign has raised 230 thousand euros, which has been used to recover 3,000 resonant firs Following the devastation of Stradivari’s forests in the Val di Fiemme region of Italy during storms …

Monday 12th August '19

Trinity Laban launches new Innovation Award London Conservatoire Trinity Laban has launched a new award celebrating creative entrepreneurship, the Innovation Award. The Dragon’s Den style competition sees students pitch artistic and business projects to an expert …

Friday 9th August '19

Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition 2020 open for applications Applications are now open for the third Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition (SISIVC), taking place in Shanghai from 4 – 25 August 2020. In celebration …

Thursday 8th August '19

Keychange receives €1.4 million funding from EU Commission The European partner network behind the Keychange gender balance initiative has received funding of €1.4 million (£1.15m) from from the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. The …

Wednesday 7th August '19

Urban Development and Island Records announce partnership Music charity Urban Development and Island Records have partnered to support artists with development funding. In addition to funding, the partnership will also provide exceptional young artists with mentoring …

Tuesday 6th August '19

Brains work in sync during music therapy New research demonstrates that the brains of a patient and therapist become synchronised during a music therapy session. The research, published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, was carried out …

Monday 5th August '19

London Music Masters unveils new PGCEi qualification Music education charity London Music Masters has conceived and designed Britain’s first accredited qualification for group instrument learning. The charity will offer a Level 7 PGCEi in Group Instrument …

Friday 2nd August '19

BBC Radio 3 reports 6% audience increase since last year Recent data from Radio Joint Audience Research (RAJAR) shows that BBC Radio 3’s audience in the last quarter was 2.03 million – up 6% from 1.91 …

Thursday 1st August '19

Welsh National Opera presents autumn 2019 season Welsh National Opera (WNO) has announced details of its autumn 2019 season, which will open with a new production of Bizet’s Carmen. Directed by Jo Davies and conducted by …

Wednesday 31st July '19

The ISM responds to the Women and Equalities Committee’s new report Yesterday the Women and Equalities Committee has published its report, Enforcing the Equality Act: the law and role of the Equality and Human Rights Commission …

Tuesday 30th July '19

Help Musicians UK announce funding advice tour The UK independent charity for musicians is hitting the road across the country to offer funding advice. Following the success of the Help Musicians advice session tour earlier this …

Monday 29th July '19

LPO appoints Edward Gardner as principal conductor The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) has appointed Edward Gardner as its next principal conductor, succeeding Vladmir Jurowski.  Gardner will become the orchestra’s first British principal conductor since the late 1960s …

Friday 26th July '19

Leamington Music 2019/20 Winter Season announced The 14th Leamington Music Winter Season has been announced and will begin on Friday 4 October 2019. Launching the season with a concert at Leamington’s Royal Pump Rooms will be …

Thursday 25th July '19

BPI Welcomes The New Secretary of the State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Yesterday (Wednesday) Nicky Morgan, Chair of House of Commons Treasury Committee, was appointed Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, …

Wednesday 24th July '19

UK Music CEO urges Boris Johnson to avoid 'cliff-edge' Brexit UK Music CEO Michael Dugher has delivered a warning on a “cliff-edge” Brexit, as Boris Johnson prepares to enter Downing Street as PM. In a keynote …

Tuesday 23rd July '19

'An absolute honour': TV composer Ian Arber talks writing 2019 BBC Proms theme tune The biggest and longest-running music festival in the world has a new TV theme tune. The BBC Proms 2019 debuted the theme …

Monday 22nd July '19

AIM climate action group launches The Association of Independent Music (AIM) has formed a Climate Action Group to help reduce the sector’s carbon footprint. Following the launch of Music Declares Emergency (MDE), which calls for a …

Friday 19th July '19

Production Music Awards 2019 opens for entries Calling all library music composers and publishers: the Production Music Awards 2019 are now open for entries. Organisers are accepting composition and sync entries from production music libraries from …

Thursday 18th July '19

Two Moors Festival returns for 2019 The Two Moors Festival returns for its 19th year from 11 – 20 October 2019. Taking place in 15 locations across Exmoor and Dartmoor, the festival brings together more than …

Wednesday 17th July '19

Kensington Symphony Orchestra announces 2019/20 season Kensington Symphony Orchestra has announced its programme for 2019/20, the orchestra’s 64th season. The 2019/20 programme continues the KSO’s longstanding commitment to contemporary music. Highlights include works by Anna Clyne …