Save Aberdeen Music Centre Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/save-aberdeen-music-centre.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 9 Apr 2026 07:35 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Anonymous [Signature #1448] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22008313?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Jan 2018 07:16:50 UTC 22008313 John Fox [Signature #1447] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21934211?utm_medium=rss There is ample evidence of the benefits of the arts in general and music in particular in the lives of young people. These benefits far outweigh the relatively small investment required to maintain music provision. Please don't allow the pursuit of short-term savings to jeopardise the development of this and future generations.

]]> Sun, 10 Dec 2017 09:47:30 UTC 21934211 Neill Renton [Signature #1446] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21898271?utm_medium=rss Let’s children from all backgrounds and areas across the city do something great together and develop themselves. Get the centre back open as promised.

]]> Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:27:04 UTC 21898271 June Smith [Signature #1445] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21894096?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Nov 2017 03:18:19 UTC 21894096 Anne Boylan [Signature #1444] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21879146?utm_medium=rss Please do not close the Aberdeen Music Centre. The young people of Aberdeen City are being deprived of the chance to practice and perform music in the numerous bands and orchestras.

]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2017 08:48:27 UTC 21879146 Anonymous [Signature #1443] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21876433?utm_medium=rss Music is so important for young people! Please don't close down the funding!

]]> Mon, 13 Nov 2017 11:24:13 UTC 21876433 Nigel Durno [Signature #1442] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21822662?utm_medium=rss Aberdeen City Council - you simply do not know or appreciate what you have lost.
Mismanagement and poor decision making on an unbelievable scale.

]]> Wed, 8 Nov 2017 09:18:01 UTC 21822662 Anonymous [Signature #1441] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21814664?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Nov 2017 12:32:33 UTC 21814664 Kay Stephen [Signature #1440] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21801846?utm_medium=rss School tuition alone is not nearly enough to get young people really playing classical music. I am a professional musician and would never have got into music college without my experiences at Aberdeen Music Centre. My friends who did not choose a career in music still had their lives enriched by it, not to mention all of us honing skills like self discipline, concentration, dexterity, awareness, empathy, social skills, confidence...

]]> Wed, 8 Nov 2017 12:31:34 UTC 21801846 Anonymous [Signature #1439] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21753094?utm_medium=rss Encouraging the cultural life of this city, in particular the musical cuture, is very important to me. I would like to see the reinstatement of musical groups and orchestras, with fair pay to the teachers.

]]> Wed, 1 Nov 2017 08:04:10 UTC 21753094 Joshua Edwards [Signature #1438] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21732836?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Oct 2017 06:07:22 UTC 21732836 Olga Siddons [Signature #1437] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21718096?utm_medium=rss I urge you to keep this precious facility alive. Music is a lifeblood and also a gift for life...Learning with others promotes empathy, emotional intelligence, teamwork, accomplishment and joy...and the feeling of unity...which are invaluable for the duration. Please, I urge you, keep his centre open for a new generation and their children's children...Thank you for reading this and heeding the heart.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2017 09:00:57 UTC 21718096 Susan Jensen [Signature #1436] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21707079?utm_medium=rss Removing access to music - especially making it harder for people to participate in making music - will increase mental health problems in the community. That is much more expensive for the Council to deal with.

]]> Fri, 6 Oct 2017 05:17:58 UTC 21707079 Cecily BS [Signature #1435] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21690440?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Sep 2017 01:00:23 UTC 21690440 Julia Strickland [Signature #1434] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21690245?utm_medium=rss Our daughter played in the Aberdeen Youth Orchestra for years and has just gone to Conservatoire. Without the experience provided by Aberdeen Music Centre, this would not have happened. The Music Centre has been a cultural treasure for Aberdeen for 50 years, bringing students, teachers and parents together in support of a highly successful community project. That the Council is prepared to let this go is a disgrace.

]]> Sat, 30 Sep 2017 07:45:25 UTC 21690245 Jack Burnett-Stuart [Signature #1433] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21690238?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Sep 2017 07:26:26 UTC 21690238 Jennifer Ritchie [Signature #1432] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21672209?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:14:29 UTC 21672209 Anonymous [Signature #1431] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21653795?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Sep 2017 04:02:19 UTC 21653795 Ian Broadbent [Signature #1430] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21647873?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Sep 2017 02:11:39 UTC 21647873 Louise Robertson [Signature #1429] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21646324?utm_medium=rss Words cannot express my disappointment with regard to this matter. I am a private tutor NOT connected with any of the schools in Aberdeen. A lot of my pupils have been able to not only study with me but also through school tuition and attending Aberdeen Music Centre take up an additional instrument therefore increasing their musical knowledge and ability. I too enjoyed attending AMC the experience of meeting different people and receiving tuition from exceptional tutors was life enhancing. Aberdeen City Council please rethink this shortsighted policy.

]]> Sun, 10 Sep 2017 11:48:03 UTC 21646324 Zoe Ashby [Signature #1428] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21644659?utm_medium=rss All 3 of my children attending the Music Centre at Stonehaven and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. It can be their only chance to experience working as an orchestra or band. One of my daughters has gone on to make a career in music, setting up her own music academy.
It has been proven that music tuition increases the ability to learn and absorb.
Keep these Centres open

]]> Sat, 9 Sep 2017 12:39:49 UTC 21644659 Anonymous [Signature #1427] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21640918?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Sep 2017 03:04:52 UTC 21640918 Alec Thompson-Miller [Signature #1426] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21636768?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Sep 2017 07:24:52 UTC 21636768 John Saunders [Signature #1425] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21636487?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Sep 2017 02:54:00 UTC 21636487 Anna Pryde-smith [Signature #1424] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21634000?utm_medium=rss Music has been proven to help integrate the left and right sides of the brain, help with mathematics and has many other benefits.

Please recognise it's fundamental importance to our children

]]> Tue, 5 Sep 2017 03:02:04 UTC 21634000 Kathryn Masterson [Signature #1423] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21633897?utm_medium=rss Please don't limit our children's opportunities by closing this invaluable programme. I benefited in many different ways from attending as a youngster and would be devastated if my two young children didn't have the same chance.

]]> Tue, 5 Sep 2017 02:31:55 UTC 21633897 July Laguna [Signature #1422] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21632103?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Sep 2017 07:28:46 UTC 21632103 Kyrene Paine [Signature #1421] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21631212?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Sep 2017 10:56:59 UTC 21631212 Anonymous [Signature #1420] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21630767?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Sep 2017 07:02:19 UTC 21630767 Anonymous [Signature #1419] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21630748?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Sep 2017 06:46:18 UTC 21630748 Craig Ramsay [Signature #1418] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21630739?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Sep 2017 06:39:16 UTC 21630739 Anonymous [Signature #1417] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21630707?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Sep 2017 06:23:34 UTC 21630707 Alison Bain [Signature #1416] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21630691?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Sep 2017 06:14:41 UTC 21630691 Anonymous [Signature #1415] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21630578?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Sep 2017 05:17:44 UTC 21630578 Anonymous [Signature #1414] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21630567?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Sep 2017 05:10:17 UTC 21630567 Georgina Adie [Signature #1413] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21630562?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Sep 2017 05:08:05 UTC 21630562 Karen Baxter [Signature #1412] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21630559?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Sep 2017 05:06:20 UTC 21630559 Lesley Barrie [Signature #1411] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21630555?utm_medium=rss Please do not cut music services - they are so important for young people. I remember many happy years & experiences at Aberdeen Music Centre myself as a child

]]> Mon, 4 Sep 2017 05:03:50 UTC 21630555 Lisa Turner [Signature #1410] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21630539?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Sep 2017 04:56:43 UTC 21630539 Anonymous [Signature #1409] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21624728?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 Sep 2017 08:40:15 UTC 21624728 Anonymous [Signature #1408] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21624627?utm_medium=rss Get music centre up and running again.

]]> Fri, 1 Sep 2017 06:58:23 UTC 21624627 carolyn carr [Signature #1407] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21622728?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:32:40 UTC 21622728 Nicole Litherland-Payne [Signature #1406] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21621230?utm_medium=rss Please follow the link to my Facebook post about it. Please share and write your experience

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10211621378422965&id=1021253790

]]> Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:20:03 UTC 21621230 Senga Vang [Signature #1405] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21611433?utm_medium=rss Being involved in music is so beneficial to children's wellbeing, in the short and long term. Keep access to music for all!

]]> Tue, 29 Aug 2017 01:22:45 UTC 21611433 tim conner [Signature #1404] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21611012?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Aug 2017 09:21:44 UTC 21611012 Kate Anderson [Signature #1403] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21609511?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Aug 2017 04:15:26 UTC 21609511 Anonymous [Signature #1402] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21609210?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Aug 2017 12:53:04 UTC 21609210 Audrey Sheal [Signature #1401] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21609014?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Aug 2017 09:11:22 UTC 21609014 Anonymous [Signature #1400] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21608993?utm_medium=rss If it weren't for Aberdeen music centre I would not have had such an enriched school life and would not have made music my career

]]> Mon, 28 Aug 2017 08:57:38 UTC 21608993 Esther Miller [Signature #1399] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21608730?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Aug 2017 03:11:07 UTC 21608730 Fern Hamson [Signature #1398] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21608192?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Aug 2017 08:08:56 UTC 21608192 Grant Cooper [Signature #1397] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21607654?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Aug 2017 02:23:32 UTC 21607654 Barbara-Ann Hawkey [Signature #1396] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21607387?utm_medium=rss Music provision is an essential component of the curriculum and should be supported by the council.

]]> Sun, 27 Aug 2017 08:38:13 UTC 21607387 Alasdair Freeman [Signature #1395] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21606891?utm_medium=rss It's an essential part of playing music to be able to play with others - in the same way as in sport you need to play with others.

]]> Sat, 26 Aug 2017 09:53:57 UTC 21606891 Anonymous [Signature #1394] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21606675?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Aug 2017 07:13:31 UTC 21606675 Ceri Williams [Signature #1393] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21606649?utm_medium=rss Extremely disappointed that we learned of this issue on the last week of term, just before the summer holidays. My children have participated in the Aberdeen Music Centre bands for over 9 years and we are tired of hearing of repeated threats to the service. This latest blow has left my daughter (just starting S2) very upset that she won't be able to see her friends from different schools at band rehearsal let alone the performance and learning opportunities being denied her. Shame on you Aberdeen City Council.

]]> Sat, 26 Aug 2017 06:56:20 UTC 21606649 Anonymous [Signature #1392] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21606648?utm_medium=rss We were very disappointed in this decision to cut the provision of bands/orchestras for children in Aberdeen. Our daughter, who is partially sighted, gets a lot out of playing in the junior wind band. There is no alternative activity that fulfills this niche. We would be prepared to pay extra to save the service - is there any way that this could be considered. My daughter struggles with many extra curricular activities so she feels that it is unfair for this service to be cut.

]]> Sat, 26 Aug 2017 06:55:55 UTC 21606648 Chris Brown [Signature #1391] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21606595?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Aug 2017 06:13:13 UTC 21606595 Anonymous [Signature #1390] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21606587?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Aug 2017 06:07:28 UTC 21606587 Alasdair Turnbull [Signature #1389] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21606499?utm_medium=rss I don't live in Aberdeen but support this petition as I feel that live music is important for youngsters.

]]> Sat, 26 Aug 2017 04:45:21 UTC 21606499 Matthew Smith [Signature #1388] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21606431?utm_medium=rss I wholly support this effort!

]]> Sat, 26 Aug 2017 03:48:46 UTC 21606431 Ruth Atherton [Signature #1387] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21606303?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Aug 2017 02:08:27 UTC 21606303 Simon Lambert [Signature #1386] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605977?utm_medium=rss It's crucial that music remains an option for all children for the development of their minds and social skills. Without sports, kids get fat. Without the arts, kids get stupid and boring,

]]> Sat, 26 Aug 2017 10:00:45 UTC 21605977 Anonymous [Signature #1385] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605869?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Aug 2017 08:11:55 UTC 21605869 Anonymous [Signature #1384] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605858?utm_medium=rss Music is so important and young people should be encouraged not discouraged

]]> Sat, 26 Aug 2017 08:02:36 UTC 21605858 Adrian Slassor [Signature #1383] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605832?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Aug 2017 07:43:07 UTC 21605832 Anonymous [Signature #1382] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605808?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Aug 2017 07:21:32 UTC 21605808 Anonymous [Signature #1381] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605805?utm_medium=rss Music gives so much to someone's education. It needs to be maintained in schools.

]]> Sat, 26 Aug 2017 07:17:53 UTC 21605805 Gemma Copeland [Signature #1380] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605793?utm_medium=rss It will be a sad day if this is to happen. Again, Aberdeen losing any form of culture and arts available to youth. We must keep it open and functioning for the musicians of tomorrow. Many who have studied in London and other wonderful Music Colleges which are the best in the world, start at home, playing after school.

]]> Sat, 26 Aug 2017 07:07:04 UTC 21605793 Anonymous [Signature #1379] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605790?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Aug 2017 06:59:09 UTC 21605790 Carolyn Marshall [Signature #1378] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605751?utm_medium=rss We all need music to keep us alive/happy/focused. Cutting out such services may save a tiny bit of money-but takes away from so many people.

]]> Sat, 26 Aug 2017 06:12:03 UTC 21605751 Anonymous [Signature #1377] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605675?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Aug 2017 03:16:32 UTC 21605675 Mary-Lucille Hindmarch [Signature #1376] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605592?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Aug 2017 01:36:16 UTC 21605592 Anonymous [Signature #1375] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605390?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Aug 2017 10:35:51 UTC 21605390 Roisin Halfar [Signature #1374] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605378?utm_medium=rss Save Aberdeen Music Centre! Communities thrive and have a cultural focus and enhanced well being and happiness where music is promoted by the provision of paid teachers and stable organisation.

]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2017 10:27:16 UTC 21605378 Matt Seattle [Signature #1373] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605375?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Aug 2017 10:25:09 UTC 21605375 Laura McIntosh [Signature #1372] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605356?utm_medium=rss If Aberdeen Music Centre and instrumental provision hadn't been available to me throughout primary and secondary school in the 1980s, I would not be a professional musician today. I would not have pursued a career in music, and would not be working in education and communities across the country to pass that training on. I would, in fact, be a completely different person.

]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2017 10:14:40 UTC 21605356 Elaine Johnston [Signature #1371] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605336?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Aug 2017 10:00:06 UTC 21605336 Patricia Irvine [Signature #1370] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605331?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Aug 2017 09:54:18 UTC 21605331 Anonymous [Signature #1369] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605327?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Aug 2017 09:51:23 UTC 21605327 Derek Poxton [Signature #1368] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605312?utm_medium=rss Think what the students will loose

]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2017 09:44:16 UTC 21605312 Elizabeth Swainson [Signature #1367] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605310?utm_medium=rss It beggars belief that the council would be so short sighted as to consider dispensing with the Aberdeen Music Centre bands and orchestras.

]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2017 09:42:33 UTC 21605310 Claire Mctaggart [Signature #1366] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605287?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Aug 2017 09:30:50 UTC 21605287 Morag Clark [Signature #1365] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605269?utm_medium=rss Music is vital to our lives - it must be cherished and shared !!!

]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2017 09:19:50 UTC 21605269 Anonymous [Signature #1364] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605018?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Aug 2017 06:49:11 UTC 21605018 Anonymous [Signature #1363] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21605006?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Aug 2017 06:42:14 UTC 21605006 Claire Pearson [Signature #1362] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21604948?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Aug 2017 06:15:44 UTC 21604948 Anonymous [Signature #1361] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21604938?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Aug 2017 06:13:20 UTC 21604938 Elizabeth Brown [Signature #1360] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21604908?utm_medium=rss Both my children have played in Music Centre groups. They're a wonderful opportunity for kids to start playing with other people and also a gentle introduction to playing to an audience. It would be a great loss to musically minded children across the city.

]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2017 06:01:32 UTC 21604908 Luke Halliday [Signature #1359] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21604906?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Aug 2017 06:00:33 UTC 21604906 Wendy Craig [Signature #1358] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21604899?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Aug 2017 05:57:57 UTC 21604899 Laura Kain [Signature #1357] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21604846?utm_medium=rss After paying for a year of violin lessons for my daughter I had no idea that there would be no more orchestra! No comment notation from Aberdeen city council to parents at all!

]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2017 05:33:03 UTC 21604846 Emma Mair [Signature #1356] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21604812?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Aug 2017 05:12:07 UTC 21604812 Fiona Gray [Signature #1355] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21604761?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Aug 2017 04:46:31 UTC 21604761 Donna MacRae [Signature #1354] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21604755?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Aug 2017 04:43:28 UTC 21604755 Helena Ziegler [Signature #1353] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21604717?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Aug 2017 04:27:37 UTC 21604717 Anonymous [Signature #1352] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21604357?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Aug 2017 02:46:22 UTC 21604357 Ronald Jones [Signature #1351] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21604321?utm_medium=rss Plato, that old fogey who will be remembered long after the local pollies that want to pull the plug on Aberdeen, once said.....in Greek, of course:

"I would teach children music, physics and philosophy; but most importantly music, for in the patterns of music and all arts are the keys to learning."

For heaven's sake, do not hand the keys to learning to the receptionist at Aberdeen City Council. Simply plug the hole, plug Aberdeen back into the arts and maybe you, dear Mr & Mrs Local Politician, will have a chance to be remembered like Plato.

]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2017 02:36:04 UTC 21604321 Satin Chousmer [Signature #1350] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21603698?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Aug 2017 10:33:08 UTC 21603698 John Boore [Signature #1349] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21603424?utm_medium=rss Only to happy to sign. God bless.

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