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Analysis October 2024: The state of UK national Music Hubs

2024-09-20T08:53:41.223

Photo © Clive Tagg Lewisham Music Massed Voices, Southbank Centre

The UK Government’s decision to reduce the number of national Music Hubs from 114 to 43 has sent shockwaves throughout the music education field

Change is coming to the way music education is organised in England. By the time you read this, the wholesale re-drawing of the nation’s music educational map – and a significant reduction in the number of Music Hubs charged with ensuring access to instrumental learning and support – will already have been enacted. Many question the reasoning behind the change. Some fear for the effectiveness of its implementation…

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