A fund of €14m is available for the new scheme which will make a contribution to costs in businesses in the live entertainment sector that have been significantly negatively affected by COVID-19 restrictions.
Northern Ireland Opera has commissioned a new teen/young adult opera which is being created in collaboration with campaign groups led by young people experiencing housing stress across Northern Ireland and will be performed by Northern Ireland Opera and the Ulster Youth Orchestra in 2022 with workshop versions of the piece being performed at the Belfast Children’s Festival in 2022.
CMU’s Pathways Into Music Foundation has teamed up with Help Musicians to launch a new professional development initiative for early-career musicians in Northern Ireland.
Ireland Music Week is delighted to announce that it will be going ahead with the international-facing showcase and conference in October 2021, which will take place from 5th-8th.
The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) has made the sessions from its latest conference, Building for the Future, available online for free. The conference focuses on topics affecting musicians, including fitting online work into a portfolio career and touring internationally.
The Music Managers Forum (MMF) has published an updated version of its Guide to Mental Health 2021. This version expands on the original published in 2017 in partnership with Help Musicians and Music Support and is tailored to the wellbeing concerns of the modern day music manager. It includes detailed chapters on Stress Management, Imposter…
The BPI recently published the latest in its series of Insight Sessions reports: 10×10 – Ten trends for the next ten years. It delves into the future of social audio, NFTs, and the direct to fan relationship as well as the attention economy, the evolution of streaming and artificial intelligence.