Music Elevation

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This morning

Music education programme MusicGeneration, funded in part by U2’s philanthropic activities, announced phase two of its long-term plan for the rollout of music education today, in an open call for local music education partnerships and outlets to partake.

€5.5m of new funding, €3m of which is drawn from U2 and the remainder from the Department of Education, is expected to aid the programme’s continued expansion across communities in Ireland, allowing non-mainstream access to vocal and instrument tuition to children and young people.

Writes Aoife Lucey of MusicGeneration:

For Phase 2, local Music Education Partnerships are eligible to apply for 50% seed funding, up to a maximum of €200,000 per year for an initial three year period.

Partnerships selected for participation will raise the other 50% locally to establish the programme in their area.

From 2020, the Department of Education and Skills will replace the philanthropic donations to ensure programmes are sustained on a long-term and lasting basis, alongside ongoing local funding.

Said U2’s Adam Clayton this morning:

“We’re so proud of Music Generation’s great achievement – and the government’s commitment is so important – in bringing this programme to 38,000+ children across the country. The sky is the limit over the next five years.”

Music Generation is currently part of 11 Music Education Partnerships across Ireland. It offers more than 100 different programmes across all genres and styles of music, reaching 38,000 children and young people annually and creating over 330 employment opportunities.

The programme includes tutors like, for one example, Limerick’s Andy Connolly, known to beat nerds as Naive Ted, whose work via the programme and its facilities, with young hip-hop creatives like Jonen Dekay and Mankyy, have already had a positive effect on the Irish scene.

Educators must register their interest in applying to Music Generation by Friday 17 February. The closing date for applications is Wednesday, May 31.

Full details for educators, and application forms.

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20 thoughts on “Music Elevation

  1. Cot.

    In fairness to U2, they may avoid paying tax, but they do great stuff like this. Really warms the cockles of the heart.

    1. Daisy Chainsaw

      So €3 million assuages a guilty conscience these days. Think of how much more would be in the exchequer if U2 members paid their fair share, rather than what their accountants can’t loophole them out of.

      1. ReproBertie

        Do you work for revenue DC? Do you have access to the U2 members’ tax accounts? Can you offer anything to back up the allegation that they don’t pay “their fair share”? If you could, legally, reduce the tax you pay would you do so or would you decide to pay more than you needed?

        1. Daisy Chainsaw

          Bertie, they don’t allow PAYE plebs like me to pick and choose what allowances I get and loopholes I get to take advantage of. They need PAYE workers to pay the max tax so the likes of Apple can reduce their rate to 0.005%

      2. Cot.

        Don’t be a begrudger. U2 do their very best to help many different communities in Ireland. Without their donations, many wouldn’t have a tuba or a violin. They may avoid tax, but then, it’s not up to us plebs to question that. Otherwise they may take our tubas back off us. And have you considered what a tuba-less society would be like?

        1. ReproBertie

          Same question to you Cot. Would you pay more tax than you are legally required? Do you decline the tax credits you are entitled to or do you legally avoid tax like the rest of us?

          1. Cot.

            I don’t apply for any allowances I’m entitled to in regards writing off tax. It just seems wrong to me, a tacky, weasly decision. Even Michael O’Leary pays his tax in Ireland. But, I agree with you in relation to Bono and the Edge and Larry and Adam. They’ve hardly two pennies to rub together. Most of the money they do earn they give away. Rumour has it they actually borrow money against future earnings just so they can give it away sooner. As far as I’m concerned, they’re the good Christians they proclaim themselves to be, and if anyone will get into heaven, it’ll be U2. And, in case we forget, they never blow their own trumpet regarding their charitable givings, and millions of people are alive now because of their generosity. Millions.

          2. ReproBertie

            Just like Michael O’Leary, Bono and the Edge and Larry and Adam all pay their taxes in Ireland.

          3. Cot.

            Exactly Repro. U2 pay all their taxes in Ireland. None of their royalties are declared in Holland. That’s just a lie invented by those who don’t want the Irish to be given tubas. U2 give us tubas. But Bono and Larry and Adam and the Edge know that we don’t believe the lies about Holland. So they’ll continue to give us tubas. God bless ’em.

          4. ReproBertie

            Oh that’s right. Moving a business for tax purposes is only acceptable when it’s US multinationals moving to Ireland and creating employment. That said, business taxes and the personal taxes of the members of U2 are not the same thing and their personal taxes are paid in Ireland, just like Michael O’Leary’s.

          5. Cot

            Exactly. U2 love the people of Holland too. Bono and Larry and Adam and the Edge want to help them. They pay their royalty taxes in Holland. The people of Holland can then buy tubas. And with the tubas the people of Holland make music and the poor people of the 3rd world feel happy when they hear the music. And God feels happy too.

          6. Hank

            All four members of U2 pay taxes in Ireland. U2 as a business has moved it’s tax affairs to Holland but Hobnob, Larry, Edge and Adam are all Irish residents and pay their taxes here. Lots of people seem to have a problem understanding that

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