If your parenting goal is to raise a little Renaissance Person, you’ll need to make sure your child receives a well-rounded arts education, including learning how to play a musical instrument. This ...

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Are you one of the millions of people in the UK who first tried out an instrument during a school music lesson? Well a new survey suggests the choice and range of musical instruments taught at schools ...

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford and Education Minister Jeremy Miles announce new music education plans All children in Wales will have free access to a musical instrument from September as part of ...

Learning to play an instrument as a child can help you focus for longer and remember more throughout your life, a study has concluded. Neuroscientists from Chile conducted tests with musically-trained ...

What's the secret to getting little (and not-so-little) ones interested in playing an instrument like the piano, violin or clarinet? Composer Gavin Higgins and the team at music charity London Music ...

The electric guitar has overtaken the violin in a list of most popular musical instruments for children to play, says a music exam board. Some 13% of five- to 17-year-olds play the electric guitar, ...

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