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NEWS Music Mark campaigns to raise awareness of the climate crisis IGN / APPLEDES STOCK ADOBE As the climate crisis continues to escalate at an alarming rate, Music Mark has announced a new campaign to help protect the Earth for future generations. Launched on Earth Day, 22 April, ‘This Is Not A Rehearsal’ encourages individuals and organisations within the sector to play their part, through accessing training, events and resources designed to reduce our carbon footprint and promote environmental sustainability. The campaign comes after 2023 was declared the warmest year since records began, and one of 10 consecutive years with dangerously high temperatures, according to the United Nations. As part of the campaign, Music Mark commissioned research into ‘where things stand’ in relation to music education and sustainability. It’s hoped that this research ‘will identify working practices and educational approaches that not only enhance environmental sustainability but also contribute to improved financial sustainability and perhaps even highlight innovative forms of creative practice.’ The campaign’s Steering Group includes Dan Somogyi (SoundStorm), Sharon Jagdev Powell (Leicestershire Music), Hannah Mears-Young (National Youth Folk Ensemble), Helen Mead (Portsmouth Music Hub), David Francis (Music Partnership North), Ruth Roberts (Kent Music), Pili Araujo Lopez (Dorset Music Hub), and Helen Cordina (Orchestras for All). Music Mark is encouraging individuals and organisations to get involved by signing up to ‘This Is Not A Rehearsal’ and implementing sustainable practices. The organisation says is ‘at the beginning of its own sustainable journey’ and hopes ‘to inspire others to join them’. musicmark.org.uk/this-is-not-a-rehearsal Music for All announces Learn to Play weekend Registration is now open for the next instalment of Music for All’s nationwide music-making event, set for 11–13 October 2024. Hailed as ‘the biggest free music-making weekend of the year’, Learn to Play ‘24 welcomes people of all ages and abilities to experience free taster sessions and the joys and benefits of music-making. Open to all, Learn to Play provides opportunities for participants to experience free music lessons across the UK. The lessons can be in singing or on an instrument. This year, Music for All welcomes as wide a range of providers to the event as possible, from schools and teachers to community groups and music retailers. The charity recognises that Learn to Play comes at a time when music education is severely impacted by cuts to public funding. In a statement, it said: ‘the government has imposed a 50% funding cut to art subjects, which will impact the future of the UK arts, the creative potential of the next generation and the people who deliver quality arts education in the UK’. Sonali Banerjee, general manager of Music for All, continued: ‘The Learn to Play weekend is needed now more than ever, and through our regional music-making events, we aim to connect and support vital UK music providers, as well as inspire and support as many people as possible. The arts enrich our lives, our community and economy, as well as improving our mental health. At Music for All we make it our mission to support disadvantaged music-makers with limited financial resources to access music-making.’ To find out more and submit a registration form, visit the Learn to Play providers web page. Those registered will receive a Promo Pack and access to a resource page providing guidance and support with running Learn to Play events. musicforall.org.uk/learn-to-playproviders M U S I C F O R A L L / L E A R N T O P L A Y 6 June 2024 MUSIC TEACHER www.musicteachermagazine.co.uk www.musicteachermagazine.co.uk
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ILLER MIN COL NEWS NEWS Surrey Hills Young Composer Competition names prizewinners Borimir Ivanov has been announced as winner of the Surrey Hills International Music Festival’s 2024 Young Composer Competition. To mark the Festival’s 15th season, composers aged 18 and under were invited to submit works for piano (solo or four hands, and between 2.5 and 5 minutes long) on the theme of ‘Celebration’. Borimir Ivanov, 16, from Ti‰ n School (Kingston upon Thames), was awarded first prize for his piano duo Festival of the Hills, described by the competition jury as ‘lively, joyful, and rhythmically exciting’. The second prizewinner was Jamaal Kashim, 16, homeschooled and attendee of the Royal College of Music Junior Department, and the third prizewinner was Oscar Trott, 17, a student at Royal Grammar School, Guildford. All three prizewinners submitted piano duos. Entries were assessed anonymously by the SHIMF judges, which included pianist and SHIMF artistic director Wu Qian, composer Huw Watkins, head of composition at the University of Surrey Steven Goss, and violinist and composer Natalie Klouda. First prizewinner Ivanov, who was a runner-up in the 2022 competition, said: ‘I am very happy to have been selected and am particularly excited to hear my piece performed live by the wonderful Wu Qian and Juho Pohjohen.’ The premiere be given by the pianists on 16 May, as part of SHIMF’s yearly May festival fortnight. The Competition launched in 2022 as part of SHIMF’s celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams, with whom the county has strong links. shimf.co.uk Borimir Ivanov, winning composer IONS REL AT IA MED IUM ART Staff from School 21, winners of Outstanding School Music Staff from School 21, winners of Outstanding School Music Department at the 2024 awards, with host Cerrie Burnell (left) Music & Drama Education Awards nominations open for 2025 Nominations are now open for the Music & Drama Education Awards 2025, which celebrate the achievements of teachers, school departments, individuals, resources, organisations and charities. This year, nominations will be submitted through a new form-based system, which streamlines the submission and selection process. The 2025 awards ceremony will be held on Thursday 30 January at the Royal National Hotel, London. The host and expert judging panel will be announced closer to the event. Nominations can be submitted in the following categories: Outstanding Musical Initiative Outstanding Drama Initiative Outstanding Music Education Resource Outstanding Music Education Print Resource Outstanding Drama Education Resource Excellence in SEND (Music & Drama) Excellence in Musical Theatre (Music & Drama) Excellence in Primary/Early Years (Music & Drama) The Rocksteady Award for Progressive and Inclusive Music Education Outstanding School Music Department Outstanding School Drama Department Instrumental or Vocal Teacher of the Year Music Inspiration Award Drama Inspiration Award Lifetime Achievement Award – Music Lifetime Achievement Award – Drama The Music Teacher and Drama & Theatre Editors’ Awards will also be presented at the ceremony. The deadline for nominations is 16 August 2024. Find out more about each category and submit a nomination online on the awards website: musicdramaedawards.com www.musicteachermagazine.co.uk MUSIC TEACHER June 2024 7

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Surrey Hills Young Composer Competition names prizewinners

Borimir Ivanov has been announced as winner of the Surrey Hills International Music Festival’s 2024 Young Composer Competition.

To mark the Festival’s 15th season, composers aged 18 and under were invited to submit works for piano (solo or four hands, and between 2.5 and 5 minutes long) on the theme of ‘Celebration’.

Borimir Ivanov, 16, from Ti‰ n School (Kingston upon Thames), was awarded first prize for his piano duo Festival of the Hills, described by the competition jury as ‘lively, joyful, and rhythmically exciting’. The second prizewinner was Jamaal Kashim, 16, homeschooled and attendee of the Royal College of Music Junior Department, and the third prizewinner was Oscar Trott, 17, a student at Royal Grammar School, Guildford. All three prizewinners submitted piano duos.

Entries were assessed anonymously by the SHIMF judges, which included pianist and SHIMF artistic director Wu Qian, composer Huw Watkins, head of composition at the University of Surrey Steven Goss, and violinist and composer Natalie Klouda.

First prizewinner Ivanov, who was a runner-up in the 2022 competition, said: ‘I am very happy to have been selected and am particularly excited to hear my piece performed live by the wonderful Wu Qian and Juho Pohjohen.’ The premiere be given by the pianists on 16 May, as part of SHIMF’s yearly May festival fortnight.

The Competition launched in 2022 as part of SHIMF’s celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams, with whom the county has strong links.

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Borimir Ivanov, winning composer

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Staff from School 21, winners of Outstanding School Music

Staff from School 21, winners of Outstanding School Music Department at the 2024 awards, with host Cerrie Burnell (left)

Music & Drama Education Awards nominations open for 2025

Nominations are now open for the Music & Drama Education Awards 2025, which celebrate the achievements of teachers, school departments, individuals, resources, organisations and charities.

This year, nominations will be submitted through a new form-based system, which streamlines the submission and selection process.

The 2025 awards ceremony will be held on Thursday 30 January at the Royal National Hotel, London. The host and expert judging panel will be announced closer to the event.

Nominations can be submitted in the following categories:

Outstanding Musical Initiative Outstanding Drama Initiative Outstanding Music Education Resource Outstanding Music Education Print Resource Outstanding Drama Education Resource Excellence in SEND (Music & Drama) Excellence in Musical Theatre (Music & Drama) Excellence in Primary/Early Years (Music & Drama) The Rocksteady Award for Progressive and Inclusive Music Education Outstanding School Music Department Outstanding School Drama Department Instrumental or Vocal Teacher of the Year Music Inspiration Award Drama Inspiration Award Lifetime Achievement Award – Music Lifetime Achievement Award – Drama The Music Teacher and Drama & Theatre Editors’ Awards will also be presented at the ceremony.

The deadline for nominations is 16 August 2024. Find out more about each category and submit a nomination online on the awards website: musicdramaedawards.com www.musicteachermagazine.co.uk

MUSIC TEACHER June 2024 7

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