Music
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Welsh Proms founder warns music in Wales is at crisis pointArwel Hughes blames school budget cuts and calls for more to be done to ensure children learn to sing and play instruments
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Independent thinking: can music shops survive on today's high street?Small retailers everywhere are struggling to compete with online competition. But one classical music store in north London is surviving - and even thriving
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Laura Mvula warns school cuts will leave music as preserve of the wealthyChildren’s cultural horizons will be limited to the X Factor, says singer and former teacher
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It’s not posh to like classical musicLetters: Trumped-up issues of class and accessibility are distracting us from the real possibility that if classical music continues to be sidelined we may lose something very precious
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Young Musician winner Sheku Kanneh-Mason is just what classical music needsThe comprehensively educated black cellist shows that classical music doesn’t have to be the preserve of a tiny elite. It should be placed back at the heart of education
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Seymour: An Introduction review – wisdom in a minor keyEthan Hawke’s directorial debut profiles the wit and wisdom of pianist and teacher Seymour Bernstein
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Nothing review – gospel of teen nihilism is finely executedThis adaptation of Janne Teller’s dark novel by David Bruce and Glyn Maxwell shows that Glyndebourne’s education wing leads the field
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An MA in music should be the overture to a lifelong careerTalent is one thing, but to live off your musicianship, you’re going to need a commercial edge
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Birmingham’s hall strikes the right chordLetters: Georg Solti was so impressed on his first visit to the hall that he booked more dates on the spot
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Orchestra helps create harmony for Roma children in east LondonYouth ensemble emulates ethos of West-Eastern Divan Orchestra by tackling negative attitudes towards Roma people and promoting tolerance
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Alice Cooper: 'These classical composers were crazier than me!'Rock’s shocker-in-chief, who once threw a live chicken at his audience, explains how he fell for a children’s classic by Prokofiev
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How to teach … MarsIs there life on the red planet? Could you colonise it? Inspire students across the curriculum with our lesson resources
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Student demands female composers on A-level music syllabusPetition calls for Edexcel to change syllabus after student points out that it features 63 male composers and no female ones
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Brassed off: the music teachers on zero-hours contractsRedundancies and cuts in funding may leave some children with no opportunity to learn a musical instrument
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Conductor Mark Elder: 'I owe Australia my career'A young Elder conducted the second-ever performance at Sydney Opera House. Now he’s back to put Australian Youth Orchestra ‘athletes’ through their paces
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Academic subjects alone won't 'set every child up for life'Employers are crying out for recruits who are creative. The notion that arts and music are not seen as ‘hard’ enough subjects is damaging to the economy
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University guide 2017: Royal Northern College of MusicAll you need to know about studying at the Royal Northern College of Music
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El Sistema Scotland: Positive outcomes across the boardThe first report into the two Big Noise schemes in Scotland suggests long-term benefits across the communities, but assessing the real impact will take decades
Disputed Beethoven manuscript fails to sell at auction