'If we remove music from higher education in our city, we destroy the connections that exist within our lively creative arts, and take away a lifeline for creative expression and learning from more than one generation'

THE KANNEH-MASON FAMILY ON THE POTENTIAL SCRAPPING OF UNIVERSITY MUSIC EDUCATION

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THE University of Nottingham has been warned its course closures will be a “colossal blow” ahead of a vote that could render the institution’s music education doomed.

The cash-strapped university announced earlier this month that it would stop enrolling students on to 48 degrees, including some nursing degrees and all music and modern language degrees.

UoN plans to permanently end these courses, citing a lack of demand, but this will be subject to a vote by its council tomorrow.

Ahead of this pivotal vote, staff, students and musicians have railed against the planned scrapping of the university's music department.

The Kanneh-Masons, a family of young classical music stars, called the potential cuts a “colossal blow to music provision, education, performance and sustainability in Nottinghamshire”.

“If we remove music from higher education in our city, we destroy the connections that exist within our lively creative arts, and take away a lifeline for creative expression and learning from more than one generation,” the seven instrument-playing brothers and sisters said, explaining they had been devastated by the announcement.

“We must not accept the closure of the music department under any circumstances.”