Press Release: NPME Monitoring Board
The Music Teachers’ Association is honoured to be able to continue its contribution to the National Plan for Music Education (NPME)
BBC Singers
On behalf of the Music Teachers’ Association, we wish to join our colleagues from across the music industry in expressing our significant disappointment at the proposal in the BBC’s new Classical Music Strategy to disband the BBC Singers, who have a century-long track record of promoting excellence in choral music through their performances and education work.
Music Education Expo 2023
The Music Teachers’ Association has supported the Music Education Expo since its launch. It is a fantastic two days of CPD, together with the opportunity to meet many companies eager to serve the education sector.
MTA joins the Council for Subject Associations
The Music Teachers’ Association is delighted to announce that, following a successful application process, we have been confirmed as an official Subject Association for Music, alongside our #CanDoMusic colleagues at ISM and Music Mark. The MTA is the largest and longest-established association of music teachers in the UK, supporting members in their wonderful work as…
New resources for RVW150
Wednesday 12th October this year is an important day in the country’s musical calendar, marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Supported generously by the RVW Trust, the MTA commissioned teaching resources from EYFS to KS5, which you can find on our website at http://www.musicteachers.org/rvw150/. Our thanks to Imelda Shirley, Rebecca Berkley, Karen Marshall,…
New webinars to help music teachers navigate the NPME
Have you discovered our resources to help you understand the National Plan for Music Education? Visit our dedicated page to read the Summary, access webinars and develop your strategy with our Self-Evaluation tools. Whether in Primary or Secondary, there is advice to help you navigate the NPME and what it can mean for your school.…
Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II
The Music Teachers’ Association is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty The Queen. She was a passionate supporter of music in its many forms and it has played a major part in her role as head of state. Millions of children and young people have had the experience of playing music…
Press Release: national plan for music education
PRESS RELEASE: immediate 25th June 2022 Download this press release as a PDF The power of music to change lives: a national plan for music education On Saturday 25th June 2022, the Department for Education launched the policy paper: The power of music to change lives. Don Gillthorpe, President of the Music Teachers’ Association responds:…
Conference 2022 Programme released
Conference 2022 Programme released – YolanDa Brown & Caius Lee are our Keynote Speakers this year.
Cutting music from the school day is ‘short-sighted and inappropriate’
Individually and together (including with the ISM through the #CanDoMusic campaign), Music Mark and the Music Teachers’ Association (MTA) have worked hard to provide training, resources and guidance across the UK for over eighteen months, helping music teachers to find innovative…