Don't miss the chance to shape next year's Music & Drama Education Expo!

🔵 Deadline for Advisory Board applications: 24 May
🔵 Deadline for session proposals: 7 June musicteachermagazine.co.uk/news/article/m…

25 years ago, I composed the BBC News (UK) Theme Tune, which is broadcast around the world everyday. From the precise beeps of time to the powerful bass and dramatic drums for the headlines. This how I did it…

#BBC #BBC NewsThemeTune #MusicProduction #Composer #SoundDesign #25Years

'Why Music Festival' extended to secondary school students

The free online ‘celebration of music and musicians’, for students aged 7–16, is taking place on 25 and 27 June musicteachermagazine.co.uk/news/article/w…

Two-Part Anthems review –a treasure chest of miniatures musicteachermagazine.co.uk/review/article…

Since 2013 Restore The Music UK has given 130 primary and secondary schools access to 30,000 instruments through £2.4m in grants. MT caught up with the charity's CEO and founder, Polly Moore, to discover what makes things tick musicteachermagazine.co.uk/features/artic…

Join ISM Trust's webinar 'Psychological and personal barriers to singing' on 15 May, 4-5pm, for an exploration of fear, performance anxiety, limited opportunities; negative past experiences, gender and voice identity, and health ism.org/advice/singing…

Music Hubs have a vital role in providing high-quality music education to state schools in England as well as support outside schools
 
Today's Arts Council England restructure announcement must be focused on supporting hubs to provide the best musical opportunities to young people

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'The needs of the 21st-century learner are changing due to global crises, and music educators need to be upskilled and trained to nurture young creative minds to voice their concerns in relation to all types of societal and environmental changes' musicteachermagazine.co.uk/other/article/…

Introducing… a new generation of Music Hubs 🎵

We’re investing over £101 million in new Music Hub Lead Organisations on behalf of the Department for Education to help make sure the creativity of every child and young person in England is valued and given the chance to flourish.

📢 The Call for Papers is now open for the Music & Drama Education Expo 2025.

Share your insights, experiences, and research with fellow educators.

Submit your sessions today and be a part of shaping the future of education!

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Circle of Fifths Explained review – a book suffering from a bit of an identity crisis musicteachermagazine.co.uk/review/article…

New teaching materials available on the MT website:

– Quick wins in KS3 composition
– Practice: part three, learning a new piece (VMTs)
– Getting and keeping boys singing (KS3-5)
– Developing wider listening: opera, part two (KS4-5)

👉 musicteachermagazine.co.uk/online-teachin…

The Music Teacher recently shared an article about #ThisIsNotARehearsal ! 🌱

'As the climate crisis continues to escalate at an alarming rate, Music Mark... is providing tools and knowledge to help protect the Earth for future generations'

🔗Read more: musicteachermagazine.co.uk/news/article/m…

The Call for Papers and Advisory Board applications are now open for the Music & Drama Education Expo 2025! Help shape next year’s event at the Business Design Centre, central London, on 30 and 31 January 2025🎼
musicteachermagazine.co.uk/news/article/m…

Building a musical community and building a community around music is central to the work of our music team (& others) School 21
Proud to work here, and with families in Newham. A few reflections on the last decade in new issue of Music Teacher

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.James Manwaring explores using samples in school composition projects, aided by Soundtrap musicteachermagazine.co.uk/other/article/…

Composer Dobrinka Tabakova (Dobrinka Tabakova) chats to Michael Pearce about her award-winning Swarm Fanfares, written for the Hallé Youth Orchestra, and the importance of broad perspectives for musicians young and old musicteachermagazine.co.uk/q-a/article/q-…

In this month's round-up of new tech, Jonathan Savage takes a look at the Sur software instrument (Indian classical music), Roland's RD-08 stage and LX range pianos, the Boss KATANA: GO headphone amplifier, and Jacob Collier's Audience Choir plugin musicteachermagazine.co.uk/review/article…

Join ISM Trust's webinar 'Differing barriers between Primary and Secondary singing' on 2 May, 4-5pm, as panellists explore barriers such as lack of teacher training, culture in school, the importance of legacy and transition, changing voices, and time

ism.org/advice/singing…

'It doesn’t matter if it’s a pop song or symphony, the form and shape of the melody is far and away the most important thing.'

David A. Stowell shares his top tips for writing successful exam pieces ⬇️ musicteachermagazine.co.uk/features/artic…