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The 57th Annual Grammy Award Nominee's Announced

What do hit a capella group Pentatonix, dead Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach and Austrailian rapper Iggy Azalea all have in common? They were all nominated for 2015 Grammy Awards!
By Jaime Prisco

  • The Column: When The BBC Turned Teacher, And Got It Right

    So what do we think about this new initiative from the BBC, this idea to create a UK-wide scheme to introduce children to classical music through a proscribed list of "Ten Pieces"?
    By James Inverne

  • BBC Supersize on Classical Music

    It was always likely that the BBC's still-quite-new Director General -- former Royal Opera House chief Tony Hall -- would prioritise music. And today the corporation announced a slew of initiatives designed to put music back at (or close to) the center of the Beeb's world. Most eye-catching of these is a nationwide educational initiative called "Ten Pieces"
    By Classicalite Newsdesk