Ben Bottone was last week made an Associate Member, which is a prestigious award given to alumni who have made a significant contribution to the music profession or to society in general.
Ampthill Proms instrumental in showcasing music education
Singing kids star on stage
Climate change the inspiration for music from young, song writing debutants
Children charged with changing the tune in broken orchestra experience
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Inspiring Music’s special needs iPad project nominated for national award
Orchestras live's young person's orchestra guide - The Wish nominated in music teacher awards
Orchestras Live, the partnership organisation whose mission is to ensure that communities across the country have access to world-class orchestral experiences, have been shortlisted along with project partners in Luton, Bedford and Central Bedfordshire for the Outstanding Classical Music Education Initiative Award for their project The Wish.
West End composer returns to call the tune at music centre he joined as a kid
A West End composer has returned to where it all began after he was named the new head of the Leighton-Linslade Music Centre – more than 35 years after he first walked through the doors as a student.
Tim Hammond is back at the Inspiring Music-run Saturday morning centre at Vandyke Upper School, which kick-started and developed his talent and would lead him on to musically directing major productions, such as We Will Rock You, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, Grease and Bugsy Malone.