Category Archives: Blogs

Let’s Talk About Menopause on International Women’s Day

On International Women’s Day, we commemorate the fight for women’s rights and the struggle against the social oppression and inequality historically forced upon women. One of the actions that can benefit the situation of women in society is the spreading of awareness in regards of what affects most of us in our workplaces and lives. For example, menopause!

3 Ways To Convince Rishi Sunak To #InvestInMusicians

The Musician’s Union is doing everything in their power to get Chancellor Rishi Sunak to invest in musicians. We must hurry to take action as well, because the budget speech will be delivered on Wednesday! Learn about what you can do to help.

What Does It Mean To Be A Menopausal Musician?

October 18th was established as World Menopause Day to raise awareness about the issues, experiences and challenges that this natural stage of life brings to a bit more than half the population of the world, yet is hardly spoken about and even considered a bit “taboo”. To contribute to this campaign, Millicent wrote an article for the Musician’s Union to shed some light over life as a menopausal musician. We invite you to read the full article on the MU website and share it with fellow musicians, no matter their gender: even if you don’t experience something yourself, it is always positive to be informed about it to know how to better support your peers and create good working environments!

Indoor Performances Delayed

Towards the end of July, it was said that indoor performances that could comply with the sanitary requeriments would be allowed to happen again starting August 1st. However, right before the date came, the PM retracted the decision because of a spike in COVID-19 cases and announced the decision would be revised on August 15th.

All About Your Electronic Press Kit With ‘Success Beyond The Score’

What to include in your EPK, how it should look, what are the most important parts, what it is all about… all the answers, here.