Feeling Like Budi, Ed Sheeran Creates A Music Education Foundation In The UK

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JAKARTA - Ed Sheeran shows his concern for music education in the United Kingdom. He feels this is important to support extraordinary talents that will shine in the future.

He also launched The Ed Sheeran Foundation, which aims to provide high-quality music education. In addition, the musician also emphasized the importance of inclusiveness, including reaching out to children with diverse backgrounds and locations that are rather difficult to reach.

Ed Sheeran prepared this music education program in various cities from England to Ireland. Some of them are Cardiff, Coventry, Edinburgh and Belfast.

"Music education has shaped me now," he said, quoted from NME, January 10. "I've always enjoyed playing music, and it brought me to the best moments of my life," he added.

This initiative emerged from data released in 2019 by the BPI survey, related to the uneven education in the UK. Some schools do not even teach music education at all, so it is necessary for other parties to intervene.

The main goal of the Ed Sheeran foundation is to recognize the transformative power of music that can change the lives of children and adolescents. In addition, they also have a mission to increase music teachers in schools.

Ed Sheeran has been doing music activists for years. He has been involved in several activities, including the 2022 Owner Our Venues campaign.

Now by launching his own foundation, he hopes to have a greater impact on the progress of music. He, who feels a debt of gratitude for music education, is now giving back in a great way.