{"id":624,"date":"2008-06-09T17:58:20","date_gmt":"2008-06-09T17:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2008\/06\/09\/conductor-says-art%e2%80%99s-at-risk-when-funders-call-tune\/"},"modified":"2008-06-09T17:58:20","modified_gmt":"2008-06-09T17:58:20","slug":"conductor-says-art%e2%80%99s-at-risk-when-funders-call-tune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2008\/06\/09\/conductor-says-art%e2%80%99s-at-risk-when-funders-call-tune\/","title":{"rendered":"“Conductor says art\u2019s at risk when funders call tune”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a recent piece from the Western Mail,<\/a> based mostly on an interview I did with them a few weeks ago. Current Arts Council of Wales guidelines only support funding commissions of new music if it is for dance.<\/p>\n

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Keith Griffin, of music umbrella body Ty Cerdd, said: \u201cI don\u2019t think we treat our composers as well as they deserve.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing like the same lauding of individual artists as there is in, say, literature or the graphic arts.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the ACW was covering more artistic activities than in decades past, but its funding had not increased to reflect the greater diversity. That left funding for new music at its lowest since the Second World War.<\/p>\n

An ACW spokeswoman said: \u201cThe ACW\u2019s scheme for commissioning new music is currently conditional on the music accompanying dance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peter Reynolds, artistic director of the Lower Machen Festival, near Caerphilly, said “to have that as the only commissioning scheme seems madness to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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