Category Archives: NUMU

Turn it Up: Young People, Music, Computers and the Web

How do school pupils use computers and the web in their music making? A recent survey conducting by NUMU, the online music community for schools, reveals some interesting facts and views. Pupils were asked to complete a simple online questionnaire about their musical tastes, how they use computers and what their school is like for [...]

Playing together in changing times

Friday was the Music Education Council AGM. The meeting in Birmingham was an opportunity for many leading organisations in Music education to reflect on the current changes in funding and policy. What was great was the positive attitude everyone had to the changes  – whilst there will be many challenges in the coming months there [...]

….And we’re back in the room

The Synergy blog is back after a break whilst we redecorated and got on with the small job of rebuilding the whole of Radiowaves. There’ll be more changes to come but we hope the new twitter-fied decor appeals. So what’s been happening whilst we’ve been away… A free version of Radiowaves launched, NUMU broke the [...]

NUMU Christmas Crackers

Forget all the hype about RATM and X-Factor – this is the real Christmas hit list. Some great festive music from this weeks Fresh 5 on NUMU.