Opinion
Assessing assessment
22 January 2010
Recent issues of Music Journal have included letters which raise important issues regarding the way assessment is handled in public exams in music. Bill Tomkins discusses why this is such a complex issue.
Music teacher professionalism and its enemies
8 December 2009
John Finney argues that government intervention and regulation has eroded the professional status of music teachers.
The value of choir schools
3 August 2009
Stephen Cleobury argues that choral foundations should continue to play a full part in music education, alongside newer initiatives.
Equipping for life
1 June 2009
Robert Marsh argues that educators should broaden pupils’ horizons and not shy away from placing classical music at the heart of learning.
Challenging times
1 June 2009
In hard economic times, Paul Max Edlin says performers and composers must think and act differently
An informed professional
1 June 2009
Elizabeth Goddard encourages private teachers to reflect on their work and take pride in their professionalism
What is music for?
1 December 2008
The Music Manifesto, four years on
1 October 2008
The Music Manifesto was launched in 2004 as a 3 to 5 year programme. As we come to the end of year 4, Richard Hallam, National Music Participation Co-ordinator at the Department for Children, Schools and Families, takes stock of the programme and considers how to take it into the next 10 years.
Is there a place for truth in music?
1 June 2008
Frank Furedi, Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, examines the unfashionable idea of ‘truth’ in music.
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