Leadmill battle highlights leasehold woes
An overwhelming lack of ownership among the UK’s independent music venues puts the future of the ecosystem at risk, advocate…
An overwhelming lack of ownership among the UK’s independent music venues puts the future of the ecosystem at risk, advocate…
BBC Proms will be restored to its full eight-week calendar this summer. The 2022 programme features more performances than ever ac…
Why are women so under-represented in certain areas of classical music? Katherine Cooper thinks enduring stereotypes about women&r…
While concert revenues and artists payments decline, PRS for Music records substantial growth from online royalties.
An absence of ringfenced funding for grassroots venues and promoters will likely lead to further closures, musicians say.
It has never been more important to recognise the value of music-making and the UK music industry as a national asset. Helena Gaun…
Academy Music Group (AMG) venues are taking a 25% cut from merchandise sales at live events, according to an investigation by The…
A composer development initiative for PRS for Music members is now open. Inspired by the work of American minimalist composer Phil…
Performers are increasingly losing their jobs, faces and voices to artificial intelligence, a new report claims. What can be done…
Independent labels’ share of the UK music market grew to just under 27% in 2021. Data from the British Phonographic Industry…
Recommendations in a new study include a Power of Music Commissioner, a cross-governmental taskforce and music education modules f…
£8.9m is being invested in two funds to support young people's music making, learning and earning potential. Youth Music…
Charles Hazlewood is on a mission to disrupt the traditional model of orchestral music and bring the excitement into the streets.
By the middle of last year "geography was no longer an issue" for inspiring audiences, but broader challenges remain.
The city of Edinburgh will hold a competition to select a music-writer-in-residence. The appointee will chronicle the recovery of…
Almost all music teachers agree the government should consult them on the much-anticipated refreshed National Plan for Music Educa…
A £250,000 fund aimed at supporting touring musicians has been opened by Help Musicians. Musicians can apply for grants up t…
18-year-olds in Spain will receive €400 (£335) in culture vouchers to spend on the arts this year. Approved by the Span…
The service aims to address a gap in support for freelance workers who lack recourse to HR departments.
Struggling with the elitist nature of the concert hall, Matthew Whiteside decided it was time to bring contemporary classical musi…
The UK's recorded music industry was worth £1.3bn last year, keeping its title as the world's third-largest music ma…
The Continuo Foundation has split £100,000 between 25 period performance projects in its third round of grant giving. Suppor…
Plans to revert VAT on ticket sales to pre-pandemic levels will be “hugely damaging” for the music industry. UK Music…
Covid and Brexit combined have meant a tough two years for UK orchestras but, as Mark Pemberton explains, signs of a bounce back a…