Introduction...


Specialist articles, reports and information of interest to all involved in music education can be found in this area of the site.


  NEW - November 2007: National Music Council - Report on the 2007 LEA Awards
The full report on this year's Awards:- major trophy winners, plus details of diplomas awarded and 'honourable mentions'.

Archive of previous NMC Awards Reports >>

  May 2003: National Music Council Local Education Authority Music Awards 2003 - Information
The National Music Council Local Education Authority Music Awards Scheme recognises those education authorities that are able to demonstrate imaginative, inclusive and all round high quality music provision in a particular year.
The above document is in PDF format. If you don't have
a (free) Adobe Acrobat PDF viewer, you can get one from www.adobe.com

  May 2003: Associated Board's New Jazz Horns Syllabus
Information on this long-awaited Jazz Syllabus for clarinet, alto and tenor saxophones, trumpet and trombone.
The above document is in PDF format. If you don't have
a (free) Adobe Acrobat PDF viewer, you can get one from www.adobe.com

   June 2002: Noise
A look at the dangers of exposure to high levels of sound.

   June 2002: The Origins of Music
An introduction to the relationship between composers, science and the natural world.

   April 2002: The Young People and Music Participation Report
Keele University research on why children's music participation declines following the transition to secondary school.

   April 2002: Jazz Improvisation - an article by Frank Griffith
... and a response to it from Dr Charlie Beale on behalf of the Associated Board.

  August 2001: The Power of Music
A study by Professor Sue Hallam of the strength of music's influence on our lives

  August 2001: Did you get paid last month?
Ivor Widdison takes a look at copyright issues

  January 2001: Composing and improvising in the classroom
A new booklet published by the National Association
of Music Education - too good to go unremarked!

  January 2001: On your marks...
If your school's music is something to celebrate, then
why not have it and your pupils' other arts achievements recognised?

   Arts education in secondary schools: effects and effectiveness
A summary of the key findings from this research,
highlighting the vital effects of learning in the arts.
(This document is in PDF format.
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  On The Web
Useful links on the web