USEFUL LINKS
Government Departments and non-Ministerial
Departments
Public Offices
Music
Choirs
Dance
Other Links
Government Departments and non-Ministerial Departments:
Department for Education and Skills
http://www.dfes.gov.uk
Music Services
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/musicservices
Dance and Drama Awards
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/financialhelp/dancedrama/
http://www.direct.gov.uk/danceanddrama
Excellence in Cities
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/excellence
Xcalibre (site for gifted and talented education) (Cambridge
University)
http://www.xcalibre.ac.uk
Independent/State School Partnerships
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/buildingbridges
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
http://www.culture.gov.uk
Culture Online (DCMS)
http://www.cultureonline.gov.uk
Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk
Public Offices:
Arts Council of England
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk
Arts Council of Wales
http://www.ccc-acw.org.uk
Arts Council of Scotland
http://www.sac.org.uk
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
http://www.artscouncil-ni.org
British Council
http://www.britcoun.org
British Council (Music)
http://music.britishcouncil.org
British Council (Dance and Drama)
http://www.britcoun.org/arts/drama/draindex.htm
Music:
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
http://www.abrsm.org
(also see http://www.soundworlds.org and
http://www.musicmedals.org )
Awards for Young Musicians
http://www.a-y-m.org.uk
Chamber Music Courses (South and South West)
http://www.musicworkschambercourses.org
Jazz Services
http://www.jazzservices.org.uk
Music Manifesto
http://www.musicmanifesto.co.uk
Music Masters' and Mistresses' Association
http://www.mma-online.org.uk
International Society of Music Educators
http://www.isme.org
Musicians Benevolent Fund
http://www.mbf.org.uk
Music Education Council
http://www.mec.org.uk
Music for Youth
http://www.mfy.org.uk
National Association of Music and Dance Schools (NAMDS)
http://www.namds.org.uk
National Association of Music Educators
http://www.name2.org.uk
National Youth Strings Academy
http://www.nysastrings.org.uk
National Foundation for Youth Music
http://www.musicleader.net
National Music Council (USA)
http://www.musiccouncil.org
Pro Corda residential chamber music
http://www.procorda.com
So you want to play a musical instrument?
http://www.paythepiper.co.uk
St Mary's Music School, Edinburgh
http://www.st-marys-music-school.co.uk
Choirs:
Choir Schools Association
http://www.choirschools.org.uk
Cornwall Junior Choir
http://www.cornwalljuniorchoir.org.uk
National Singing Programme
http://www.singup.org
The Voices Foundation
http://www.voices.org.uk
Dance:
Ballet
http://www.ballet.co.uk
Council for Dance Education and Training
http://www.cdet.org.uk
DanceUK
http://www.danceuk.org
Dance companies worldwide
http://www.dancer.com/dance-links
Dance Teachers On-Line
http://www.dtol.ndirect.co.uk
DanceXchange - The National Dance Agency for Birmingham
and the West Midlands
http://www.dancexchange.org.uk
National Association of Music and Dance Schools (NAMDS)
http://www.namds.org.uk
National Dance Teachers Association
http://www.ndta.org.uk
Royal Academy of Dance
http://www.rad.org.uk
South Asian Dance
http://www.southasiandance.org.uk
Youth Dance England
http://www. yde .org.uk
Other links:
All things musical
http://www.zonemag.net
Arts alive!
http://www.qca.org.uk/artsalive
Arts Online (ACE)
http://www.artsonline.com
Artsworld
http://www.artsworld.com
BBC Parents' Music Room
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/parents
British Arts (web resource for all arts-related topics)
http://www.britisharts.co.uk/performingarts.htm
Business sponsorship for the arts
http://www.aandb.org.uk
Charities Aid Foundation
http://www.charitynet.org
Classic FM
www.classicfm.com
Directory of Social Change : Publishers of the
Educational Grants Directory http://www.dsc.org.uk
Independent Schools Council Information
Service
http://www.iscis.uk.net
Live Music Now!
http://www.livemusicnow.org
Metier - national training organisation for the
arts
http://www.metier.org.uk
National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/gifted
National Association for Gifted
Children
http://www.nagcbritain.org.uk
National Endowment for Science,
Technology and the Arts (NESTA)
http://www.nesta.org.uk
National Grid for Learning
http://www.ngfl.gov.uk
UK Sponsorship
http://www.uksponsorship.com
