Israeli air, land, & sea bombardment continues across Gaza, causing further civilian casualties, displacement, & destruction of houses & other civilian infrastructure. bit.ly/3YmGWAq

🎵 Are you aged 14 -18 and passionate about creating your own music? Join Creative Composing Lab and spend a day composing for viola, mezzo-soprano, and clarinet, guided by professional composer, David Horne. Book on our website to reserve your place on Sunday 3 November! 👆🔗

My new report is out - available in all UN official languages: undocs.org/A/79/384 Genocide is a complex and insidious crime; proving destructive intent is an onerous task - yet not when it is so ostentatious, sustained by a political doctrine of ideological hatred and

Great to see the first academic article coming out of this Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Sound and Music BCU Research Bristol Beacon Creative Learning Services For Education partnership project #ListenImagineComposePrimary

Delighted to share aspects of research I have been doing for 5 years with fabulous colleagues Newham Music Newham London 💙 "Towards a Rich Music Education Ecology" Much more to come...much to discuss. ISM The UK Association for Music Education: Music Mark Musicians' Union linkedin.com/pulse/towards-… via LinkedIn

🎶Looking for a new musical adventure? 🎻Join CoMA West Midlands at Uni of Birmingham on Sat 7 Dec, from 10am-1pm. 🎺Come along, meet other local players and enjoy discovering contemporary music that's accessible, fun and open to all! 🥁Find out more here: buff.ly/4eDzkON

Some thoughts by me on classroom composing at icancompose.com/composing-in-s… Thanks to I Can Compose for the invitation!

Early this year, John finney kindly wrote a review of the LICP Toolkit. 'this is a resource rich in both insights and wise guidance that will enable teachers and their pupils to come to value the process of composing music.' Toolkit & full review here bit.ly/3B1HeE3

Great article 👇👇👇

Very early start ☕️☕️☕️to the week sharing Birmingham Contemporary Music Group & BCU Research’s #ListenImagineComposePrimary project with students from @LUCASchoolofArt

The University of Leeds is offering scholarships for Gazans who have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict. Further details in the link below — please share with your networks. leeds.ac.uk/masters-schola…

🎵🥁 Are you aged 14 -18 and passionate about creating your own music? Spend the day composing for BCMG’s fantastic percussionists, Julian Warburton and Simon Limbrick, guided by professional composer, David Horne. Book onto our Creative Composing Lab on Sunday 26 January through

Quite honestly an amazing, warm, caring programme with a team that genuinely wants participants to love what they do, confidently and happily. Oh, and the cost is over 80% subsidised (seriously) thanks to our incredible funders. Spread the word 🙌🏽

I’m delighted that Susan Young also @sueyoung.bsky.social will be the keynote speaker at BCMGs Listen Imagine Compose Primary conference. Susan is the author of numerous articles, chapters & books and a frequent speaker at national & international conferences. To book: bit.ly/3OoMx3g

Excellent post from Claire Stoneman. 'Frankenlesson' definitely needs to be a term. Don't make the thing, the Thing birminghamteacher.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/don…

Nice pic of me and Nancy Nancy Evans talking about #ListenImagineCompose here...

There’s just a few days left to apply for your school to take part in the next phase of Listen Imagine Compose Primary! bcmg.org.uk/listen-imagine…

Progressive composing: what’s the difference between a soundscape composed in Year 2 and in Year 5? Join Birmingham Contemporary Music Group 's Nancy Evans Nancy Evans at Curriculum Music as she explores how you can engage children and plan for progression in composing soundscapes: musicteacherconference.com/live/en/page/r…

I really, REALLY wish we could get beyond the misunderstanding that music education = extra-curricular instrumental provision. Music is a statutory subject of the National Curriculum, and the heart of music education is classroom music lessons.