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Dumfries and Galloway Council consulting on new music strategy for kids
06.10.2021 - 11:15 / dailyrecord.co.uk
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A consultation process is under way across the region to develop a new children and young people’s music strategy.
The council’s education and learning committee is calling on the public to take part in a survey to help develop the key themes.
It follows the region registering the lowest proportion of pupils taking instrumental music lessons in 2019/20 out of all of Scotland’s local authorities.
The council is now
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