The BBC is looking for young classical musicians with star quality to take part in a brand new TV competition.
Perhaps you might like to bring this to the attention of older music students. For further information, please see this link.
We all would wish to see a level playing field but can all teachers be relied upon not to give unreasonable ’support’ to their students - the issue is a live one as you will see from this BBC news link.
I recall moderation meetings in my early years as a music teacher when it was clear to me that examination work had been unreasonably assisted by a teacher and finding that the chief moderator was not at all interested in hearing the argument.
How do you feel about teachers having access to the listening CD prior to the examination?
Send two musical scores with recordings and an entry form (available here) - entries should last no longer than 5 minutes - no restrictions on instrumentations - closing date May 11th 2007 - why not try some of your GCSE students course work?
See the above link for the full rules.
The government have announced this week that there will be new money for music education to support vocal work in schools. This sum of £10m (for the nation) will not provide a huge sum for each LA but is a positive move which I applaud.
The Shropshire Music Service will be working with headteachers in all SDG groups to see what impact we can make and new opportunities we can provide in supporting this new initiative.
More information via the BBC
Please draw your KS4 student’s attention to the revision materials on the BBC website at the following link
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