categories
education
development & funding
professional bodies & development
services & networking
venues
education
Creative Genertation
Strengthening the support given to teachers specifically in their work with pupils
who are Gifted and Talented in the Arts.
CYMAZ
Cornwall Youth Music Action Zone.
DAISI (Devon Arts in Schools Initiative)
Supports and encourages creativity through the arts within the school community.
Dartington College of Arts
One of very few specialist arts colleges in the world to offer undergraduate and postgraduate degrees through distinctive practice-led learning methods across contemporary arts practices.
Department for Education and Skills
Established with the purpose of creating opportunity, releasing potential and achieving excellence for all.
Departure (Dorset Arts Education Agency)
Exists to improve links between schools, artists and arts organisations in order to encourage exciting arts experiences for pupils, teachers, governors and parents both within and beyond the curriculum.
GLOSS
Gloucestershire Arts in Education Agency.
Inclusion
A catalogue of resources to support individual learning needs for teaching professionals, parents, carers and learners. Resources include publications, software, equipment and online information.
Jackdaws Educational Trust
Jackdaws runs a range of residential courses
for people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds.
KEAP (Kernow Education Arts Partnership)
We aim to inform and inspire. KEAP is a bridge between the arts and the education sectors.
King Edward VI Community College
King Edward VI Community College (KEVICC) is situated in Totnes, South Devon and has specialist performing arts college status.
Music Education Council
The Umbrella body for all organisations connected with music education in the United Kingdom.
Music Education Directory
The object of this directory is to allow those considering a career in the music industry a single point of reference for all relevant education.
NAME
National Association of Music Educators.
Plymouth Music Zone
The new Plymouth Youth Music Action Zone is based on several activity strands and partnerships which co-ordinate a range of out-of-school hours activities.
Remix
Remix is the Bristol Youth Music Action Zone. We co-ordinate a range of projects for young people in Bristol, from DJ-ing to Jazz and Singing.
ROCKON
The RockOn project will provide access to over 2000 young people for active music making and young band gig events.
Schools Music Association
The Schools Music Association is recognised as a national voice for music in education.
SPAEDA
Somerset Partnership Arts Education Agency.
Youth Music
Youth Music works alongside the formal and community-based sectors to support music-making and training.
professional bodies and development
ABO
The Association of British Orchestras is the national body representing the collective interests of professional orchestras throughout the UK.
British Academy of Composers and Songwriters
BACS is the largest composer/songwriter membership organisation in the world, representing the interests of 3,000 UK music writers.
British Music Rights (BMR)
Promoting the interests of Britain’s composers, songwriters and music publishers.
British Phonographic Industry
Trade body representing hundreds of British labels, large and small.
Creative & Cultural Skills
Creative & Cultural Skills is the Sector Skills Council for music.
Dartington Creative Enterprise
DCE provide high quality, specialist knowledge to the creative industries in the South West.
MCPS
The Mechanical Copyright Protection Society collects and distributes royalties generated from the recording of music onto many different formats for writers and publishers of music.
Music Leader
Whether you're starting out or looking to update your current skills, MusicLeader offers information on courses, training providers and networking events to support your professional development.
Music Managers Forum
The MMF was formed in 1992 to represent the interests of Managers in the music industry.
Music Manifesto
Website detailing the 2004 Government Music Manifesto.
Musicians Union
The M.U. was founded in 1893, and has a proud history of service to musicians of all types.
South West Music Managers Forum
A forum for professional and semi-professional South West based music managers run by Dartington Plus.
development and funding
Arts Council England
Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery.
Bristol Music Foundation
The Bristol Music Foundation was established in July 2005 as a not for profit limited company with a board of 11 directors; all music industry professionals living and / or working in Bristol.
Brit Trust
Charitable arm of the BPI with a mission to give all young people the chance to express their musical creativity.
Creative Partnerships
Developing creativity in learning in English schools.
Folk Arts Network
Folk Arts Network (FAN) is a powerful networking organisation for all those involved with folk development projects across the country.
Folk Arts England
FolkArts England is a national development agency for Folk, Roots, Traditional and Acoustic Music in England.
Folk South West
The folk arts development agency for the South West. Tel: 01935 822911.
Government Office South West
Government Office for the South West (GOSW) aims to make the South West a better place to live and work, now and in the future.
PRSF
PRS Foundation is a funding body for new music.
Rural Touring Networks
The National Rural Touring Forum represents a number of rural touring schemes and rural arts development agencies across England and Wales.
SPNM
The Society For the Promotion of New Music. spnm aims to serve, educate, inspire and bring together composers, performers and audiences of new music.
Sonic Arts Network
Supporting British artists through new commissions & performance and exhibition opportunities.
Sound Sense
Sound Sense is the UK development agency for community music.
South West Regional Development Agency
Our goal is to improve the economy of South West England. This involves giving people the skills they need, encouraging enterprise and improving communications.
Wren Trust
The defining feature of Wren's programme is the locally distinctive community project.
services & networking
African and Caribean Music Circuit
Exists to raise standards in the quality and awareness of music from African, Caribbean and Latin American people. Contact details: 5 Ellerslie Square, Lyham Road, London, SW2 5DZ. 020 7733 8897.
Art Earth
A network created to unify artists and landowners across the UK, to provide artists the opportunity to find work and landowners the opportunity to diversify.
Arts & Business
A&B aspires to be the world's most successful & widespread creative network.
Arts Matrix
a network of arts organisations that provide information, advice and guidance on skills development to arts practitioners across the South West of England.
Asian Music Circuit
The Asian Music Circuit aims to bring the best of traditional and contemporary music reflecting living traditions from Asia to the widest public possible.
biz-R
biz-R is a progressive design company, combining substance concept and style for print and digital communication.
British Music Information Centre
The British Music Information Centre is a leading resource for everyone interested in 20th and 21st century new music in the UK.
Contemporary Music-making for Amateurs
COMA promotes participation, for musicians of all abilities, in contemporary music.
Deep Blue Sound Studio
Recording studio & music technology education.
Department of Trade and Industry
Working to create the conditions for business success and help the UK respond to the challenge of globalisation.
Devon Artsculture
Devon Artsculture is a dynamic and creative arts development programme offering visibility, opportunity and growth for creative practitioners working throughout the rural areas of Devon.
Eastern Orchestral Board
Involving people from all sectors of the community in the pleasures of high quality live orchestral music.
Generator
Generator is the support organisation for workers in rock, pop, dance, indie and experimental musics in the UK. Includes a fully searchable music industry database.
Government Office South West
Government Office for the South West (GOSW) aims to make the South West a better place to live and work, now and in the future.
Jazz Services
Jazz Services exists to promote and support the development of jazz in the UK and offers services in information, education, touring support, communications, marketing and publishing.
Keynote Unsigned
Providing promotion services to unsigned music of all genres. Labels, venues etc.
Live Music Now!
Helping people access the joy of live music in venues such as schools for children with special needs, centres for adults with physical and learning disabilities, homes for older people, young offenders institutions, prisons, hospitals and hospices.
Making Music
Information on amateur music groups throughout the UK.
NMC recordings
A record label specialising in new classical music.
Plymouth Classical Music Concert Diary
Comprehensive listings of all types of classical concerts in and around Plymouth - includes events in South East Cornwall, South & West Devon (including Exeter) Anyone can submit concert information for inclusion.
Plymouth Music Co-operative
PMC supports bands in the community with studio, publishing and rehearsal facilities.
Sawmills Studio
Recording studio in Fowey, Cornwall.
SWAM
South West Arts Marketing is for anyone looking to learn more about arts marketing and audience development initiatives taking place in the South West.
South West Music Industry Forum
A permanent music industry forum for the South West region.
venues
Folk and Roots
A guide to the folk and acoustic scene, with information about UK folk venues, gigs and festivals.
Lemon Rock
Lemonrock is the only UK gig guide that lets bands, artists and venues DIRECTLY UPDATE their own gigs, info, pictures, music and news on the web!
National Gig Guide
The National Gig Guide for live music gigs and events covering England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, find live music gigs by artists and bands across the UK.
Real UK Music
South West UK Music Clubs, Concert Venues, Concerts and Concert Halls.
Dartington Plus is a partnership between The Dartington Hall Trust, King Edward VI Community College and University College Falmouth – incorporating Dartington College of Arts. Funded by Arts Council England