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The annual Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Music Awards, presented in association with BBC Radio 3, are the highest recognition for live classical music in the UK. Awards are decided by some of the music industry’s most distinguished practitioners, and the list of previous winners reads…
One of the opening events for the 2010 festival was the world premiere of River Songs, a new cantata by Jonathan Dove which was performed by a choir of 1,000 children. This is what the spirit of Sing Up is all about – relying on…
If you’re a teacher in a Sing Up school, or one of the expert practitioners who help deliver community singing projects, you’ll have first-hand experience of the transformational effect the programme can have on children. It’s reassuring, though, to have this anecdotal evidence backed up…
We've got great news! The Department for Children, Schools and Families ( DCSF) has been able to confirm its investment in Sing Up for the next three years until April 2011. Now the hard work begins. Working with Colleagues at the DCSF, we have set…
In November 2010, the Schools White Paper, The Importance of Teaching, proposed a new national network of teaching schools modelled on teaching hospitals. This new designation gave outstanding schools a leading role in the training and professional development of teachers, support staff and headteachers, as…
Adults involved in music-making with children and young people in the East Midlands are invited to the singOUT Conference 2011 on Monday 28 March. Taking place at Beaumanor Hall near Loughborough, the event will celebrate the achievements of Sing Up in the East Midlands, and…
Twyford CE High School is a model school for music. Praised as an outstanding school by Ofsted in 2007, Twyford has music specialist status and a huge range of melodious goings-on, with its own musician in residence and numerous active ensembles including a gospel choir…
Have you ever noticed how much you can learn through singing? It's amazing how well facts stick in your head when they've been set to a melody, and it's easy to teach children about all manner of topics through song. We know that teachers often…
The London Oratory School and the East London Partnership Choir (from the new Sing Up London Community) performed a selection of songs inspired by The Messiah in a Sing Up Proms Plus concert, on Sunday 6 September 2009. The BBC organised a Proms Family Chorus…