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The struggles of choirs in England

Many of you will know only too well that with no notice choirs were restricted from meeting indoors in groups of more than six in

Carry on singing and playing

Today, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) confirmed that: 

Grassroots music venues celebrate business rates shake up

For the first time, government proposals to overhaul business rates will include rates for grassroots music venues.

Blog: Orchestra is not a genre

What are professional orchestras up to these days – what do they see as their future and mission, how do they relate to the place

Bacc for the Future campaign Parliamentary debate: what happened and what now?

After over 100,000 music makers and supporters signed an official Parliamentary petition asking the Department for Education (DfE