National music plan reveals ensemble of cuts

Gove announces reshuffle in the musical education of children - at greatly reduced level of funding

a national plan for teaching music in England - with a little inspiration drawn from the Venezuela of Hugo Chavez -. It will extend from the summer of next year

The National Music Plan, prepared jointly by the Education Secretary Michael Gove and Ed Vaizey Minister of Culture, aims to give every child, regardless of where they live or how they are the opportunity to learn to play an instrument. "Hubs" was created to provide music education at the local level.

But they are very limited in funding. For now, 77.5 million pounds is allocated for music education by the Ministry of Education, by local authorities. The money will be reduced to 75 million pounds from April 2012, 63 million pounds per year and up to 58 million pounds in 2014-15.

part of the plan, an extra £ 1 million to go toward the expansion of In Harmony, a plan for music education in Norwich, Liverpool and Lambeth inspired by the Venezuelan system, a radical project the social inclusion in the children of the poor and disadvantaged are given intensive musical education to help them escape the poverty trap.

But the most significant change is the decision to replace local music services authority, a recent report commissioned by the government describes as irregular - excellent in some areas, but with huge differences in quality across the country

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existing services and other qualified organizations or places that you can apply to become centers. May cover one or more local authorities and is expected to orchestras and professional ensembles in the area will be involved in your local.

The restructuring means that most children who learn instruments, whether within or outside the classroom, you do so through your local music. It will support the music teachers of the school, subject to providing individual instrumental tuition and provide opportunities for children to play on games and the opportunity to learn locally based professional musicians.

The funding scheme has been renovated and now decided on a "per pupil" basis, with the weighting for disadvantaged areas. It aims to be a fairer system, although some areas such as Manchester, will decrease funding for music education as a result. Applications to become centers will be evaluated by the Arts Council England, the funding agency for the arts, which so far has not been involved in administration of funds from the Department of Education.

• applications to create centers close on February 17, with the announcements of successful applicants in April. It provides music education from the fall 2012 semester.

Gove said: "All students should have the opportunity to enjoy and listen to music, however, for too long, music education has been uneven across the country students are poor and disadvantaged suffered most from this situation .., creating a division of music.

"The national plan for music provide a system of music education that encourages everyone, whatever their origin, to enjoy the music and help people with real talent of s' flourish as brilliant musicians. "

plan in principle has been widely adopted by the world of music, but there remain serious concerns about the sharp drop in funding. According to John Summers, CEO of the Hallé in Manchester, "The aspirations are great, and feels like a step in the right direction. But most disappointing is money.
"There is a 20% reduction by 2014, without even taking inflation into account. It's huge. All very good to have high aspirations, but if you n 'not have the money to comply, that's the point?

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