Page 81 - RPS Awards 2023 Coverage Book
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7 March 2023
Simon Webb, the BBC's Head of
Orchestras and Choirs, comments on
its 2023 Classical Review
The BBC has released a new strategy for classical music, aiming ‘to strengthen the
BBC’s public purpose for classical music, delivering the best music to a wider
audience, with a significant new investment in music education’
By BBC Music Magazine
Simon Webb comments on the BBC's new strategy for classical music, including
a commitment to maintaining the five BBC Orchestras, to broadcasting from more
venues across the country and to doubling the funding for music education and
training initiatives – but also the decision to disband the BBC Singers, and to reduce
salaried posts across its English Orchestras by around 20 per cent:
