NEWS SOUND BITES I-GUITAR
Henley Review splits trade and union opinion
THE HENLEY Review: Music Education in England, was published on February 7th and presented the Government with 36 recommendations for improving the quality of music education in England. The main thrust of the report is that more professional or graduate musicians should be utilised in the implementation of music education around the
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country and that there is a need to spread the quality of music education more evenly across the country and across the wealthy/poor divide. The review also touched on the issue of buying musical instruments, with Henley recommending that the Government approach instrument purchases through the sort of central procurement office championed by Sir Phillip Green in his Efficiency Review of August 2010.
The immediate response of
Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Education, was to confirm a continuation of the £82.5 million ring-fenced for music education for the 2011/12 financial year. The trade pretty much unanimously hailed the review and the Government’s response, with many, including the MIA, highlighting the assurances for the continuation of music in the National Curriculum, the need for schools’ investment in modern technology and the maintenance of the music education spend.
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support to both Government and the educational sector to realise the aspirations of the report,” said the MIA’s Paul McManus. “In particular, we note the specific recommendation concerning the future purchase of instruments and we stand ready to assist in ensuring that children have access to appropriate, quality musical instruments.” Some were
more cautious in their response, taking a ‘wait- and-see’ approach
to find out exactly how adopting Green’s procurement recommendations might be applied to a specialist area such as MI. Countering the positivity from the trade were the
Musicians Union and the National Union of Teachers, which have formed a ‘partnership’ to “ensure a stronger voice for the promotion of music education in England and Wales”. While
acknowledging the “glowing terms” used to describe music education by Henley and Gove, the combined statement said that “freezing music funding for the next year does not ‘protect’ music services as the Government claims. With inflation running at
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near five per cent, this is a real- term cut, which will be compounded by the possibility of Local Authorities losing up to ten per cent of their music budgets as the Government moves towards a national funding formula.”
secretary of the NUT said his union and the MU need “to ensure that our schools do not lose their music services” and the MU’s Diane Widdison added: “While we were pleased to see the recommendations made by the Henley Review last week, we are concerned that these pro-music teaching proposals may have come too late for some music services. Over a third of music services have already issued redundancy notices because of cuts in Local Authority funding.”
MP launches Rock The House
THE MP for Hove and Portslade, Mike Weatherley, has introduced Rock The House, a national music competition aimed at finding talented new artists and venues from across the country and bringing them to the attention of their local MPs. As well as supporting unsigned bands and artists, Rock The House’s other intention is to raise awareness of the issues surrounding music copyright and
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why it is so important that artists protect their intellectual property. An official launch event took place last month at the Sanctum Soho Hotel in London and saw the competition officially unveiled in front of an audience of music industry professionals and politicians. For the full story, see News
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