This is exciting news and will be a great chase to showcase the best of UK creative talent.

📢 HUGE NEWS: Greater Manchester is to become the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for Music and Dementia hosted by Manchester Camerata!

💘 Over £1million raised from The Power of Music Fund (The National Academy for Social Prescribing, Arts Council England, The Utley Foundation) + NHS Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham.

🤝 Working…

Arrived at the Millenium Centre in Cardiff today to glorious sunshine. Great to catch up with our members in BBC NOW. Expecting a few more visits to Cardiff in coming months to support Musicians' Union members in WNO who are threatened with cuts.

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Thanks Musicians' Union for this news story on the #DJoftheyear award Nordoff and Robbins #NorthernMusicAwards

musiciansunion.org.uk/news/mu-member…

Great to be at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama Gold Medal event tonight. What amazing and inspiring talent! A line up of a harp soloist, a clarinet soloist & a double bass soloist… really out of the box playing. The future of music is bright.

With an election just months away, Glastonbury Left Field returns to Glastonbury 2024 with a line-up of musicians and speakers to help recharge your activism.

“with any new tech development….the rightsholders…try to grandfather in their previous agreements…. the creative community should absolutely be consulted…in any scheme that is agreed between tech [&] music industry” ⁦Kevin Brennan MP⁩ 👏 musically.com/2024/05/01/uk-…

🗞The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Music has published a report on the impact of AI on the music industry, and calls for fresh legislation.

We welcome the inquiry into AI, an important topic for music makers and creators.

🔗Read the report: bit.ly/4a0YlBn

Had a lot of fun at the Music Producers Guild awards last week, which Musicians' Union sponsored. A great list of nominees, winners and look at this line up of fabulous women in music. Most of us were rocking the dancefloor until the end of the night. 🪩

Thanks to Chris Bryant for making the case so vividly about ticket touts who rip off the public and the music industry. The next The Labour Party government will end this exploitation. Thanks to Sharon Hodgson MP for her determined campaigning on this - proudly Labour policy.

Thank you to the Music APPG, chaired by Kevin Brennan MP for their report on artificial intelligence and music. I was pleased to talk to BBC World Service about it this morning. There is a serious threat to musicians and the industry we need regulation. musiciansunion.org.uk/news/mu-respon…

@GuildhallSchool is hiring a Senior Library Assistant to manage their library operations. A good, demonstrable knowledge of classical music and/or theatre arts is essential, as is previous academic library experience. 🕓️ ⬇️ Apply by 15th May 2024. bit.ly/4diymbn

Brexit is having an impact on every aspect of work as a musician

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We're looking into the impact of Brexit on touring musicians, from changes in rules to what support is provided and how it's affecting your work

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#JenSmith , interim CEO of #CIISA spoke about the need to ‘future-proof’ the talent pipeline of the music industry against discrimination, bullying and harassment in the wake of GOV.UK’s rejection of the ‘Misogyny in Music Report’ findings.

More ➡️ parliamentlive.tv/event/index/2c…

Is the Leader of the House comfortable with the UK Government rejecting the recommendations made by Women & Equalities Committee in their 'Misogyny in Music' report?

Penny Mordaunt's answer - yes.

This. Is. A. Disgrace.

“The MU are deeply disappointed in the government’s response to the Misogyny In Music report and shocked that the select committee’s recommendations have been rejected in this way,” said Musicians' Union General Secretary Naomi Pohl

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