British public backs music in schools
Research conducted by the Incorporated Society of Musicians finds that 91% of adults in Britain want children to have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument at school.
The musicians' professional body commissioned YouGov to survey 2,095 people online in a representative sample of all adults in Great Britain.
The survey’s findings, announced today, reveal that people from all backgrounds were strongly in favour of giving children the chance to learn an instrument, with 90% or more support in all age groups and social grades.
The ISM research also looked at adults' own musical ambitions and found that 19% of respondents already played an instrument or sang in a choir whilst 43% said they would like to do so.
ISM Chief Executive, Deborah Annetts will be discussing the research in her keynote speech at the Music Learning Live conference in Manchester today (26 February 2010). She said:
"These results are overwhelming evidence that people in Britain are hugely supportive of our world-class music education system. Now is the moment for us to speak up loudly and proclaim just how good music education is in this country and how much support it has."
In a time of political and economic uncertainty with the threat of cuts, we need to fight for the importance of music education. We now know that the public is unquestionably behind us."
For more info on the survey check out the ISM website.
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