Policy, Research & Politics
Why Don’t We Appreciate Local Music, And Why We Should
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- Tuesday, 07 January 2020
Examined across a lifespan, music is an ecosystem that can improve all our lives. Exposing infants, toddlers and children to music has many benefits. Music in school demands cognitive, organizational and management skills; children in bands and choirs must work well with others, and showing up is a prerequisite.
The Equivocal Business Of Women In The Music Industry
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- Tuesday, 07 January 2020
Do you recognise the woman on Germany’s 100 Deutsche Mark bill? It’s Clara Schumann, one of the few known female composers and pianists of classical music. Few women in the 19th century made it to fame in music-related professions.
Brexit: le blues du rock britannique
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- Tuesday, 07 January 2020
Si certains comme John Lydon ou Morrissey défendent la sortie de l’UE, dans son immense majorité, le rock britannique reste classé à gauche, compagnon de route historique du Labour. Mais la large mobilisation des musiciens pour Corbyn n’a en rien évité la défaite des travaillistes. Le soutien des rockeurs serait-il devenu contre-productif ?
Vienna opera house stages first opera by woman
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- Tuesday, 10 December 2019
For the first time in its 150-year history, the Vienna State Opera is staging an opera by a woman.
Top 10 times metal musicians got involved in politics
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- Monday, 09 December 2019
Metal is inherently political, but some musicians go a step further than just writing songs.
Taylor Swift Will Receive First-Ever Woman of the Decade Honor at Billboard's Women in Music
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- Monday, 09 December 2019
The singer-songwriter is also being honored for her commitment to protecting creative rights, music education, literacy programs, cancer research, disaster relief and the Time's Up initiative.
Who’s Fighting for Racial Equity in Classical Music?
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- Monday, 09 December 2019
In his award-winning book, “The Rest Is Noise,” Alex Ross asserts that “many pioneers of black music might have had major classical careers if the stage door of Carnegie Hall had been open to them but, with few exceptions, it was not.
UNESCO launches Culture|2030 Indicators publication
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- Monday, 09 December 2019
The Culture|2030 indicators is a framework of thematic indicators whose purpose is to measure and monitor the progress of culture’s enabling contribution to the national and local implementation of the Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, both as a sector of activity, and transversally across other sectors.
Comment les 12-18 ans écoutent-ils de la musique ?
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- Monday, 09 December 2019
Agi-Son publie la baromètre annuel Jeunes, musique et risques auditifs qui détaillent les habitudes d’écoutes et de consommation musicales des adolescents.
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