The UK is in the midst of a boom time for music, but risks killing the art as it is excluded from school curriculums. Jack Pepper lays out the case - and a plan - for its survival.
'Ahead of the last night of the Proms, we should pause to reflect among the festivities. Wind back a few centuries and Britain was derided abroad as the “land without music”. Since then Britain brought The Beatles, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Adele. Who will be next?
It would be a national tragedy to say no one, but that is increasingly possible.
Music has been drained from our state schools. Slashed budgets, fewer specialist teachers and a growing focus on STEM subjects have relegated music education to the sideline. Research by the University of Sussex in 2018 found that there were 15.4 per cent fewer centres offering A-level music compared to 2016; it found that many schools were abandoning music as a curriculum subject altogether.' ... Keep reading on The Telegraph
'Ahead of the last night of the Proms, we should pause to reflect among the festivities. Wind back a few centuries and Britain was derided abroad as the “land without music”. Since then Britain brought The Beatles, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Adele. Who will be next?
It would be a national tragedy to say no one, but that is increasingly possible.
Music has been drained from our state schools. Slashed budgets, fewer specialist teachers and a growing focus on STEM subjects have relegated music education to the sideline. Research by the University of Sussex in 2018 found that there were 15.4 per cent fewer centres offering A-level music compared to 2016; it found that many schools were abandoning music as a curriculum subject altogether.' ... Keep reading on The Telegraph