Imminent demise of the European Union Youth Orchestra..

[MrGongGong]

No - the number of people who would be affected if we had no access to money from the EU’s ‘Creative Europe’ cultural funding programme of which the orchestra was or is a part.
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Thinking about one project i'm working on at the moment
it's something between 1,000 and 2,000 (depending on how you count participants)
but about 1,000 active participants (in the UK) and many more in audiences

It's a huge deal
but some folks think it's an opportnity
which I guess it is if you are looking for a chance to stop doing music with people and get a job picking sprouts

[Lat-Literal]

Thinking about one project i'm working on at the moment
it's something between 1,000 and 2,000 (depending on how you count participants)
but about 1,000 active participants (in the UK) and many more in audiences

It's a huge deal
but some folks think it's an opportnity
which I guess it is if you are looking for a chance to stop doing music with people and get a job picking sprouts

EU funded?

Re the orchestra there is the small matter of how John Tusa will retain his role.

Perhaps he has a Czech passport as well as a British one in line with his place of birth?

Perhaps some of the 13 will also be among the privileged who can obtain two passports?

I am only entitled to one passport, not that I wish to have one.

[MrGongGong]

EU funded?

Yes
In 7 EU countries including the UK
But it's the end for our participation once this is done
One thing that people miss (but suprisingly not the Raymond Gubbay's of this world) is that without funded projects there won't be a community of people to take part in the non funded projects.
So the number of freelance musicians (particularly young ones and ones with specialisms like HIPP or New Music) who choose to live in the UK whilst having international careers will be less, which will be a great loss to musical life in the UK.

But you don't have to belive a word of what I say.

[Lat-Literal]

Yes
In 7 EU countries including the UK
But it's the end for our participation once this is done
One thing that people miss (but suprisingly not the Raymond Gubbay's of this world) is that without funded projects there won't be a community of people to take part in the non funded projects.
So the number of freelance musicians (particularly young ones and ones with specialisms like HIPP or New Music) who choose to live in the UK whilst having international careers will be less, which will be a great loss to musical life in the UK.

But you don't have to belive a word of what I say.

I am happy to accept what you say.

It is the first sign of any transparency.

As a proportion that takes the number up to over 100.

[MrGongGong]

I am happy to accept what you say.

It is the first sign of any transparency.

As a proportion that takes the number up to over 100.

Proportion of what?
The EU project i'm doing at the moment isn't connected to the EUYO
and it's only one of many similar projects