{"id":94246,"date":"2025-02-25T16:02:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=94246"},"modified":"2025-02-25T16:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:12:01","slug":"we-are-at-threat-of-losing-everything-hundreds-of-musicians-protest-against-music-school-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/02\/25\/we-are-at-threat-of-losing-everything-hundreds-of-musicians-protest-against-music-school-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"‘We are at threat of losing everything’: Hundreds of musicians protest against music school closure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Students and alumni fear for the future of Welsh music as Cardiff University threatens to axe programmes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

HUNDREDS of musicians took to Cardiff\u2019s streets to protest against the proposed closure of Cardiff University\u2019s School of Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are outraged at Cardiff University\u2019s decision to cut music from the curriculum and call on Vice-Chancellor Wendy Larner to reverse this decision,\u201d said the Committee of Concerned Musicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Protesters marched from Museum Avenue to Cardiff City Hall on Saturday (February 22).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cardiff University has proposed cuts which target several major university departments. If they go ahead, 400 academic positions will be lost, and programmes in music, ancient history, modern language, religion and nursing will be axed.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final decisions are expected by June 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, a petition to save the School of Music has gained more than 25,000 signatures.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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