# Come on Andy… stop gaslighting us and fund music education

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/come-on-andy-stop-gaslighting-us-and-fund-music-education/
- Published: 2026-11-11T13:00:49+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T13:20:55+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/nov/11/music-for-youth-proms-andy-burnham-julian-lloyd-webber-music-education
- Topics: Culture, Entertainment, Music, UK, World

## Key points

- More than 2,000 young people performed at the Music for Youth Proms.
- Julian Lloyd Webber says UK music education has declined.
- The number of music education hubs has fallen from over 100 to 43.

## Summary

More than 2,000 young musicians performed at the Music for Youth Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, showcasing choirs, bands and orchestras, including a group bringing together disabled and non-disabled players. The event also highlighted concerns about the decline of music education and the gap between political promises and the funding schools receive.

Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber says the UK has lost a music education system once admired around the world, after years of campaigning by musicians and others. The article points to successive governments’ underfunded initiatives, including the 2004 music manifesto and the music education hubs, which have fallen from more than 100 to 43; it argues that free, broad access to lessons and school music-making needs sustained support.

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