Music Teacher Awards for Excellence Finalists announced

Classic FM’s Margherita Taylor

Finalists for the Music Teacher Awards for Excellence have just been announced where once again Black Cat Music and MusicPracticeRooms.com are sponsoring the Lifetime Achievement Award category. 

Following a record number of nominations, the 59 finalists for the 2016 Music Teacher Awards for Excellence have been listed. The winners of the 11 award categories will be announced on 25 February 2016 – along with the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Music Teacher Magazine Editor’s Award – in a gala ceremony at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in Kensington. The evening will feature music from the Locke Brass Consort, under the direction of Leslie Lake and a Yamaha music scholar, and will be hosted by Classic FM’s Margherita Taylor.

Alice Dagger, Managing Director of Black Cat Music said, “We are pleased to be again sponsoring the Lifetime Achievement Award at this important annual event.”

Alex Stevens, editor of Music Teacher magazine, says: “We are delighted to announce a very strong selection of shortlists for this year’s awards. It is inspiring to see how much hard work goes into music education in the UK, and we are excited to be able to recognise some of the teachers, schools and initiatives achieving excellence – often in challenging circumstances.” 

Black Cat Music to sponsor Lifetime Achievement Award at Music Education Expo

The Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented at the inaugural Music Teacher Awards & Gala evening, will be sponsored by Black Cat Music and partner company MusicPracticeRooms.com 

Announcing the sponsorship tie in, Black Cat Music’s marketing manager Alice Dagger said, “We are delighted to be involved with this exciting new event and providing the Lifetime Achievement Award, in addition to being Platinum Sponsors of the associated Music Education Expo 2013 event at London’s Barbican venue on 20/21 March 2013.” 

The Music Education Awards & Gala dinner is organized by the publishers of Music Teachermagazine to celebrate excellence within the UK’s music education scene and takes place on the evening of the 20th March in the Barbican’s Conservatory and Garden Room. The event organisers will be seeking award nominations from the national music education sector. A carefully selected and impartial judging panel will manage the judging process for the awards, selecting finalists and winners from all the nominations submitted for the categories that have been identified by the Awards team, with each recognising exceptional achievement within its own particular arena.