ISM news
A second letter to send to your MP
2 June 2010
Following our letter for parliamentary candidates prior to the General Election, we have now published a second letter to send to your MP.
ISM increasingly responsive
25 May 2010
We have been looking at how we communicate with all our members, and it has become clear that email and our website must become our primary methods of communication.
New practitioners for BAPAM
19 May 2010
BAPAM are keen to recruit health clinicians and music teachers with specialist music ergonomics expertise across the country to join their Directory of Practitioners. Can you help?
New Music 20x12 launched
19 May 2010
We are joining other music organisations to fund part of the PRS for Music Foundation’s New Music 20x12 project.
Update your details online
17 May 2010
You can now update your own contact details online at ism.org
Volcanic ash
12 May 2010
We have had a number of enquiries about charging for lessons that pupils were unable to attend, due to the disruption to air-travel caused by volcanic ash. Should visiting music teachers be paid for lessons missed in this way?
Calling all piano teachers
7 May 2010
Sally Cathcart (formerly Sally Chappell) is undertaking research on the teaching approaches currently used for beginner piano lesssons and would like your help.
Price of school music lessons revealed
20 April 2010
The ISM resumes recommending fees for music teachers employed in schools and publishes results of a survey it conducted into fees charged by self-employed music teachers in schools
Write to your local MP
16 April 2010
Many of you have expressed a desire to join in with the campaign to fight for Music Education funding and to ensure that the issues affecting music education are at the forefront of politicians’ minds.
With this in mind, we have prepared a template of an email or letter you can send to your local MP asking them to commit to supporting the Music Standards Fund.
The Liberal Democrats’ Music Education Policy
14 April 2010
We spoke to the three major UK political parties ahead of the General Election to seek their views on music education, funding and what they would do if they had a chance to influence policy. The responses we received make interesting reading. From the Liberal Democrats, Don Foster, the shadow culture secretary and David Laws, the shadow education secretary responded with a jointly agreed piece.
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