£1.5m of funding for threatened music projects
The Scottish government says it will provide £1.5m to fund children's orchestras at risk of closure because of squeezed council budgets.
Sistema Scotland provides free music tuition for young people in deprived areas through its Big Noise programme. Councils in Aberdeen and Dundee had axed funding for their Big Noise youth orchestras, with fears raised about the future of other projects.Culture minister Neil Gray said the cash would ensure that young people continue to benefit from the Big Noise projects in Dundee, Aberdeen, Stirling, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Deputy First Minister John Swinney has written to Sistema to give them assurances over next year's funding after lobbying from a number of musicians, community groups and politicians.
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