Music Education

Music Education

At Classic FM we have so many ways for you to learn about the world’s greatest music – from the latest musical education news and round-ups of the best online learning, to exclusive podcasts, worksheets and resources from Classic FM’s Partner in Music Education, ABRSM, including our joint project, Classical 100.

Resources for parents and students

Classical 100 – Free resource for families in lockdown

Classical 100 – Free resource for families in lockdown

David Walliams’ Marvellous Musical Podcast

The Classic FM Family Music Box

Classical music for children

10 best pieces of classical music for kids

Classical music and studying: the 14 greatest pieces for brain power

Classical music for studying: the 14 greatest pieces for brain power

The best online classical music lessons

The best online classical music lessons

David Walliams’ Marvellous Musical Podcast Classroom Quizzes

See more David Walliams’ Marvellous Musical Podcast Classroom Quizzes

Episode 1 - Mozart

Episode 2 – Liszt

Episode 3 – Piano

Episode 4 – Ethel Smyth

Episode 5 – Ballet

Episode 6 – Maverick Musicians

Episode 7 – Beethoven

Episode 8 – Clara Schumann

Episode 9 – Weird Instruments

Episode 10 – John Williams

Exclusive Classic FM Podcasts

Hall of Fame Short Stories

Beethoven: The Man Revealed

Case Notes

David Walliams' Marvellous Musical Podcast

Resources from Classic FM’s partner orchestras

Resources from Classic FM’s partner orchestras
Resources from Classic FM’s Partner in Music Education

Resources from Classic FM’s Partner in Music Education

Music education news

Are you smarter than a musical 18-year-old? Find out below...

Can you answer these A-Level music questions? Find out if you would pass first time...

Lifestyle

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Andrew Lloyd Webber on King Charles: We need ‘someone above government’ who values the arts

Andrew Lloyd Webber on King Charles: We need ‘someone above government’ who values the arts

Lloyd Webber

Sistema Scotland’s Big Noise programme provides free music tuition for young people in deprived areas of the country

Scottish government to give £1.5million to save children’s orchestras at risk of closure

Young flutists during a music lesson Our Lady & St. Werburgh's Catholic Primary School in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire UK

80 percent of schoolchildren say more could be done to engage young people with orchestral music

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The English National Opera’s production of ‘Carmen’, at the London Coliseum in 2020.

Leading UK opera companies have funding slashed in Arts Council announcement

The number of GCSE music entries are the lowest since JCQ records began in 2001

Music GCSE student numbers plummet to lowest this century

A London bus filled with instruments is offering children music lessons and workshops

A London bus filled with instruments is offering children music lessons and workshops

A-level music entries rise in 2022 for the first time in over a decade.

A-level music entries rise by 4 percent, in first uplift in over a decade

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CAYO message in action on the back of cellist Omar Macias, May 2022 Residency

‘With music, political barriers are removed’ – Cuban American Youth Orchestra talks musical diplomacy

The UK experienced its highest ever temperatures on record

How do extreme temperatures affect our musical instruments?

Cody Fry writes orchestral music, makes jokes about adding more French Horns to scores, and has over 200,000 followers on TikTok

Research says orchestral music is more popular on social media than in schools – one TikTok star explains why

This your brain on piano

All the amazing things that playing piano does for your brain and body, in one graphic

A group trumpet lesson at a primary school

Schools should offer at least ‘one hour of music a week’ – new music education plan revealed

A music school was destroyed by Russian forces this weekend

Donbas music school destroyed by Russian shelling in Eastern Ukraine

A girl in a Welsh primary school learns the violin

Disadvantaged children in Wales to receive free access to musical instruments

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan spoke at last night’s concert

‘Learning music should be a right, not a privilege’ says Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan

Discover music

See more Discover music

Prehistoric Planet 2 composers built other-worldly instruments using real dinosaur bones

Prehistoric Planet 2 composers built other-worldly instruments using real dinosaur bones

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Zimmer

Classical dogs

21 pawfect dog names for classical music lovers

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Alan Menken: ‘I knew about Lin-Manuel Miranda as a little boy, who was obsessed with The Little Mermaid!’

Alan Menken: ‘I knew about Lin-Manuel Miranda as a little boy, who was obsessed with The Little Mermaid!’

2 days ago

Alan Menken

Are you smarter than a 16-year-old? Find out below...

Can you answer these GCSE Music questions? Find out if you would pass first time...

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Lifestyle

Pop Gun Florida Orchestra

This orchestra gave their percussionist a pop gun, and his solo stole the show...

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Videos

Danielle de Niese sings 'Habanera' from Bizet's Carmen at Classic FM Live

Operatic soprano Danielle de Niese performs Bizet’s sultry ‘Habanera’ to captivated Royal Albert Hall

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Danielle de Niese

Best classical music

See more Best classical music

The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

Best symphonies: Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak and Florence Price

The 15 greatest symphonies of all time

4 eras of classical music

The 4 eras of classical music: a quick guide

Women composers gallery

21 of the greatest women composers in classical music

Best pianists of all time

The 25 best pianists of all time

Most romantic opera duets (Stacey Alleaume as Violetta and Liparit Avertisyan as Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata in Sydney, 2022)

The 10 most romantic opera duets of all time

Classic FM Live Playlists

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Classic FM Pet Classics

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Celebrating the Coronation playlist

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Gustavo Dudamel

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This week’s on-air highlights – including Album of the Week and Drive Discovery.

This week’s Classic FM radio highlights – including Album of the Week and Drive Discovery

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13 primary school hymns that were 100% certified belters

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10 soothing pieces of classical music in Mental Health Awareness Week

The most soothing pieces of classical music – in Mental Health Awareness Month