Arts Council England (ACE) has today (11 November) published a nine-point plan in response to its major research report investigating the barriers to the classical music sector.
The significant new report commissioned by ACE found that young people from lower socio-economic backgrounds struggle to access a full range of learning and employment opportunities.
Entitled Creating a fairer and more inclusive classical music sector for England, the report looked at several key demographics within classical music education and workforce settings, including gender, ethnicity, disability and long-term health conditions, and socio-economic indicators.
At 41 pages long, the executive summary outlines a number of key findings, but ACE’s response highlights that ‘cutting across all other factors’ is evidence that people from lower socio-economic backgrounds struggle to access learning and employment opportunities in the sector.
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