Arts policy and funding practices in the UK

Question 1

Right Reasons and Right Decisions

Answer 1

Legal vs. Moral position - make the right choice

Question 2

Arts Council

Answer 2

give money to make art more available and accessible to people, promote art to people

Question 3

Plan for concerts in January

Answer 3

new music by living composers (no very popular)
people have less spending money after xmas
save repertoire people are more likely to want to see for a time when people can afford it

Question 4

answer to accessibility?

Answer 4

cheap tickets!

Question 5

education

Answer 5

Arts Council want and encourage people to go to concerts and enjoy instead of relying on families to pass on love of concerts. Use side by side schemes to inspire people to go to concerts and pursue music.

Question 6

Added value = dangerous

Answer 6

when buying a concert ticket, they spend more money on other means (meal, taxi, babysitter) - can’t prove this is just because of concert ticket though - have to prove to get more further

Question 7

Diversity

Answer 7

appeal to everyone! majority + minority
Need role models for equal opportunities but argue that it’s not their fault they have few minorities in orchestra/auditioning or learning instruments to begin with - Equal opportunity (solution) through education

Question 8

Cultural diversity

Answer 8

more diverse - enhance experience and attract larger audience as well as influence the styles of music the orchestra play further attracting larger crowds
BUT people stuck in the way things work - need to break barriers

Question 9

Decisions Arts Council have

Answer 9

• which orchestras should stay

- funding (whether to accept or deny applications for funding)

Question 10

How do Arts Councils decide who to fund?

Answer 10

• Impact - who will be affected? community? what will they benefit?
• Work ethic - what’s different from other organisations?
• Longevity
• Audience numbers - reach? programme sales?
• Evidence - strategic and beneficial plans for future?
• Quality - good standard? audience satisfaction? repeat numbers? repeat visits? other reasons for this? (accessibility, discount, entertaining?)

Question 11

Projects

Answer 11

• Core - subscription (small audience)
• Commercial - money-maker (larger audience)
• Profile - public image
• Experimental - introduce audiences to new composers inbetween well know repertoire to develop interest, add diversity and create new Core for cycle to continue

Question 12

idea

Answer 12

WHY (e.g. diversity)
What
Who
Where
How
How much
BENEFITS

Question 13

Why are some ideas funded and some not?

Answer 13

• audience satisfaction (evidence to support)
• constant improvement (already have long-term funding in place)
• broad support - partnership - community outreach
• established profile ‘too big to fail’
• lost investment
• safe investment
• lack of competiton at the time
• a need for art
• of the place e.g. BBC NOW