17/05/2026
Yes, Sir Andrew!
Cheers to that! 🎻
Composer Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has raised over half a million pounds for music education by selling the final bottles of his wine collection.
The proceeds will go to the Music in Secondary Schools Trust, which oversees Lloyd Webber’s Music in Schools Programme.
The collection raised a total of £517,910, which will be used to provide free instruments, weekly tuition and a classical music curriculum in disadvantaged schools. It is estimated that the money raised will allow a further 4,000 students to participate, in addition to the nearly 30,000 students the programme has supported to date.
Lloyd Webber said: “The beneficial power of music education in schools has long proved to be a no-brainer. Quite simply, music empowers young people. From academic achievement to solving social behaviour and mental health issues, the benefits to the whole community, not just the young students, are demonstrably proven.”
