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Dateline: 23rd November, 2007
£332m for Primary Music Primary schools are to get an additional £332m over three years to "renew the country's musical traditions, creating a musical culture in schools for all to embrace, not just the few," schools minister Ed Balls has announced. £40m of this will be to provide musical instruments. "Every child from all backgrounds should have the chance to perform, play an instrument or sing," Balls added. Welcoming the minister's initiative, Andrew Lloyd Webber said, "Whether you want to take up music professionally or just to make music for fun, never has it been more important to learn to play a musical instrument than now. "The music business as we know it is virtually dead. The day of lip-sync manufactured pop is dying. Now everything is about live performance. That is one of the reasons that I am thrilled by the Government‘s initiative." Composer Howard Goodall, National Singing Ambassador, said, “Research has shown that young people who are lucky enough to learn music and sing from an early age develop better social skills, memory, ability to listen and have more confidence. It can be used to improve motor-skills and language development, as well as cognitive abilities in maths. The skills needed for singing, including coordination and listening also help develop the brain. “Singing also builds a child’s self-esteem, promotes team-work irrespective of age, gender, and background, celebrates diversity, facilitates self-expression – and is just plain fun." How the money will be spent:
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