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2020-03-02	BBC Young Composers Competition 2020	The BBC is launching a Young Composers competition for anyone between the ages of 12-18. They will be required to submit an "original composition and recording".	https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/young-composer-launch
2018-09-28	Prof Brian Cox presents Holst's Planets on BBC Radio 3	Professor Brian Cox presents Holst's The Planets on BBC Radio 3 on Saturday night 7:30pm September 29th	https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2018/40/radio-3-in-concert
2018-09-16	Music Funding in the UK declining	funding for arts such as Music has seen a steady decline in UK schools - read the full article in the FT	https://www.ft.com/content/bb914bfe-b82f-11e8-b3ef-799c8613f4a1
2018-09-14	Leeds Piano Festival Finals This Weekend	the 5 finalists have now been chosen and they will compete this weekend in the Leeds International Piano Festival Finals
2018-07-03	Noise pollution is affecting Ocean Life	Dr Steve Simpson is studying how man-made noise pollution is affecting marine life - read the BBC article here	https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44668519
2018-06-23	Splinters Opening DAD (Disability Awareness Day)	The Splinters Band will be opening the show at this year's Disability Awareness Day on Sunday 15th July at Walton Gardens, Warrington @10am	N/A
2018-06-14	Fine article in 4BarsRest on Alex and Lucy	A great article on Alex's book has appeared in 4BarsRest - have a look at the link	https://www.4barsrest.com/news/detail.asp?id=33376
2018-06-11	Cuddle Up To A Trumpet	organisations are starting to see the benefit of giving children physical access to musical instruments, even if they have not shown any interest in the past - it appears to be of great therapeutic value. Liverpool Philharmonic are running a session next week (20th June 2018) - check out their page	http://www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/musical-opportunities-open-evening-2018/
2018-05-08	Saving the School Band	Fox Hill Primary School in Queensbury (home of the Black Dyke Mills Band) is struggling to keep the music playing - read the details on the BBC	http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-43871069
2018-04-28	BBC Young Musician 2018	Brass finals were held on Friday - see the performances on the BBC Young Musician website	https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bb3wt

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