Stories

Why? Why is music theory important? Why would learning music theory help me? Why does it seem like such a scary subject? We asked members of our Youth Advisory Board to help answer these questions by

This year we’re running our composer mentoring programme – Writing for Music Education – in Southeast Asia for the first time. Eight emerging composers are taking part. 

Our Play On fund supports a range of music education projects around the world. One of this year’s recipients was the Antigua and Barbuda Youth Symphony Orchestra's Go Compose programme. 

For the latest instalment in our series exploring lives with music, we spoke to Hannah Fouracre from Arts Council England.

This year we’ve been working with Grounded Sounds, a London-based charity that provides music development programmes for young people in South London and beyond. 

Through our Play On fund we support music education projects and organisations all over the world. This year one of our Play On recipients is CACEFU-Mozambique.

Our five Chief Examiners collectively lead, support and guide our team of examiners. They also contribute to everything we do as a music education organisation. Read on to find out more about Mervyn.

In the latest instalment of our series exploring lives with music, we spoke to Will Crawford, guitarist and founder of mindfulness through music company quietnote. 

Marcel Miska is our Engagement Executive. He’s also a musician, actor, voice-over artist and published author. We asked Marcel to tell us about his life with music.  

Our Artistic Director, Alexis Ffrench, shares his vision for our new online performance series.