![]() ![]() ![]() As he pointed out: "You can't get a Starbucks cappuccino for that." In one school he saw, the music budget is £2.20 per child per year. In the three-part series, which is made by Oliver's television production company Fresh One and will air in the autumn, Rhodes spent time in schools where music lessons are viewed as a luxury and children have to use dustbins or laundry baskets as instruments. Launching a campaign to persuade people to donate unused instruments to children unable to afford them, Rhodes said that unless "musical wealth" is redistributed, "the only professional musicians are going to be Etonians, Harrovians" and those rich enough to afford music lessons. ![]() ![]() Rhodes said the "shocking" decline in music in state schools was "because of people like Michael Gove – I'm sorry I swore – and Ofsted" and "their focus on numeracy and literacy". Classical pianist James Rhodes is planning to lobby the government as part of his Channel 4 series called The Great Instrument Amnesty, which aims to do for children's music education what Jamie Oliver did for school dinners. ![]()
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