Ask Alice - Classical Music Agony Aunt Alice McVeigh on whether classical music is just for the elite

Classical Music Agony Aunt ALICE McVEIGH
on whether classical music is just for the elite

Dear Alice, The Economist magazine (though it annoyingly refers to itself as a newspaper) recently highlighted the fact that classical musicians outrank even judges as being likely to have been privately educated. As it pointed out, private schools teach just 7% of UK kids, but such varied positions as Cabinet members, top journalists and major actor places are all wildly dominated by the privately educated...

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