I understand. The world is changing and many people are suffering. But in my opinion it is because change is slow
and painful, not fast enough. Many people have bought into the classical music learning process for a long long time.
Those families who cannot afford it have regardless, put their sons and daughters through it. We are looking at approx.
£30,000 annually for one person to go to one of the well known music schools. In addition to that there are private lessons which cost between £80 and £100 an hour. There is the insurance of the musical instrument and maintenance, string, bridges, setup and bow rehairing. Ordinary schools which have had peripathetic visiting teachers are being forced to choose and ultimately decide music is of the lesser important categories.
On a side note, lots of other jobs have also dissapeared. That has more to do with crap governments over the last decade or more.
Back to music.Many teachers and we are still on the classical format, turn to teaching when they fail at cutting out a career for themselves as soloists. Correct me if that's not true. The way forward is to embrace all styles of music and be creative....
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