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New GCSE and A Level Music Exams
Today, 28th January 2015, the Department for Education published their new plans for the content of GCSE and A Level Music exams to be brought into effect from autumn 2016. The state of music education...
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12th May: Berlin Philharmonic in deadlock over new conductor, can Nicky...
Classical News Much of today’s news is reporting the deadlock of the members of the Berlin Philharmonic: they failed to come to a decision over their next chief conductor yesterday. In the Guardian,...
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21st May: Pianist James Rhodes wins right to publish autobiography telling of...
Classical News In today’s news the BBC have announced the extension of their Ten Pieces project to secondary schools, however Ivan Hewett comments that we shouldn’t dumb down music for teenagers and...
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10th June: Beethoven’s African roots, Wagner’s great-granddaughter scandal,...
Classical news In today’s news, The Telegraph reveals that good music speeds up our heart beat, a new group try to prove that Beethoven had African roots and Wagner’s great-granddaughter is removed...
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Should we force our children to listen to classical music?
Controversy surrounding Nicola Benedetti’s interview with Scotland on Sunday last month, in which she argued that children should be exposed to classical music whether they like it or not, certainly...
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21st September: ‘Music is good for the mind’, new Beethoven documentary and...
In today’s news, The Guardian writes that the elite can’t decide who’s cultured, and the BBC report on pianist Ayham al-Ahmad’s glimmer of hope amid the Syrian refugee crisis. Also, James Rhodes...
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23rd November: James Rhodes autobiography, Xian Zhang next music director &...
Classical News In today’s news, James Rhodes’s autobiography reveals his sexual abuse as a boy and his subsequent battles with mental illness, Xian Zhang has been appointed as the next music director...
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Diversity needed for Dynamism in the Arts
The findings of the Panic! survey published by Create this week painted a bleak picture as they confirmed what has already been suspected – that the arts are dominated by the middle class, as people...
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Menuhin Competition 2016- the UK’s girls
Whilst most luthiers seem to be men, the shortlist for Menuhin Competition 2016, is dominated by females. In the Strad’s March 2013 issue, violin maker Ute Zahn asked why there are so few female violin...
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23rd February: Meredith ditches classical, Watford Colosseum & Beares...
Classical News In today’s news, Beares Auctions launches new perpetual service and Anna Meredith, the proms composer ditches classical music for club bangers. Also, a series of world class classical...
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