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Re: A Controversial Subject

Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2021-11-08 22:59

One of my friends runs a scheme where they take promising African-Carribean ethnicity kids (sorry if that is the wrong way of saying it) from state schools and bring them to Cambridge University for a taster course before they are due to apply for University. Experience has shown that once these kids have come and seen that it is a nice place to be, and then they are more likely to apply. A large part of the problem of getting ethnic minorities into the top flight Universities has been that those kids don't apply in the first place, so my friend's course is really making a big impact.

I wonder if this is something that would translate well to orchestras? For example, could there be a subsidised programme to bring ethnic minority school kids to be audience members in a symphony orchestra performance? Even if they don't become musicians, they might become regular audience members, and that would be a step in the right direction. It could even be all kids from state schools, because I think that would be positive for everybody.

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