Nigel Kennedy: why I’m going on stage to play jazz with my ‘young cats’
June 2024
‘The business is no longer sustainable’: the inside story of how Tory cuts devastated the arts
From cinema programmers to orchestra CEOs, figures across the arts world reveal what 14 years of Tory rule has done to the sector – and whether a change of government would improve anything
May 2024
‘Push through the feelings of: I’m worthless, this sucks’: can anyone learn to be a top songwriter?
‘Musical soulmates’: the extraordinary story of The Piano sensation Lucy and her doting teacher
April 2024
Creative arts courses at English universities face funding cut
Education secretary Gillian Keegan will also squeeze funding for programmes to widen access to higher education
February 2024
‘We do not like the recorder’: why is the instrument loathed by Australian parents still taught in school?
Musicians typically play with wooden recorders and, while the plastic variety can produce a beautiful tone, novelty toy ones can’t
November 2023
Stars back Andrew Lloyd Webber call for music education funding
Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa among signatories of letter to Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer calling for funds for music in disadvantaged schools
October 2023
Grunge and rap to feature in new lesson aids for music teachers in England
Curriculum resources also to include more diverse English literature texts and history topics such as ‘imperial decline’
September 2023
Put away your earplugs … UK children are ditching screeching recorders for mellifluous melodicas
We’ve all suffered through cacophonous school assembles. Now the rise of the melodica, as recently adopted by 20 Yorkshire primaries, could turn discord to harmony
University Guide 2024
Best UK universities for music – league table
The study of creative expression through sound, including performance, technique, composition and various styles
Other lives
Norman Blow obituary
Other lives: Music teacher, oboist and lover of choirs and orchestras
August 2023
Brief letters
Give a little whistle to revive a dying art
Brief letters: Whistling lessons | Donald Trump’s mugshot | Not a kiss | Dame Nadine Dorries | Patchy memories
June 2023
Brief letters
Style points for extraterrestrials
Clarion call: recorder fans warn instrument heading for extinction
May 2023
Other lives
John Nicholson obituary
Other lives: Director of music at Gordonstoun school who also created the Schubertline website
April 2023
Piano fever sweeps UK as online lessons and street instruments fuel take-up
Outdoor pianos, celebrity names and free tuition videos combine to get Britons tickling the ivories once more
January 2023
Other lives
Andrew Downes obituary
Other lives: Pioneering composer and original voice in British music and mentor to generations of young musicians
December 2022
Other lives
Val Glynn obituary
Other lives: Guitar teacher whose simple approach to song-accompaniment brought the joy of music-making to many
September 2022
University Guide 2023
Best UK universities for music – league table
The study of creative expression through sound, including performance, technique, composition and various styles
