THERE needs to be an expression that means the opposite of dumbing down. ‘Culturing up’ or ‘skilling up’. It’s an act founded on the certainty that children like to be shown how to create aesthetic beauty and that they can do it. The more you inspire, trust and expect them to give of their best, the more they respond to it.
This truth was on display last month when I entered Westminster Cathedral during the rehearsal for that evening’s concert given by Paul McCreesh’s inspirational choral venture Gabrieli Roar. He directs concerts in a huge range of schools alongside his
