Let the brass bands play on
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Let the brass bands play on
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But how representative are these youngsters? Government figures released this week show that only 8 per cent of children receive tuition from local authority music services. And, inevitably, white middle-class pupils - particularly girls - receive much of that tuition.
The Government, to its credit, is tackling this inequality but it is still some way from achieving its 2001 promise to offer music tuition to every primary child. Another direct appeal to our guitar-playing prime minister may therefore be needed: “Music, maestro, please!”
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