On Monday and Tuesday July 4 and 5,1994, a national conference was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, concurrently with the annual National Festival of Music for Youth. Organised jointly by Music for Youth and the newly renamed Music Education Council, and supported by the Times Educational Supplement, it aimed to address questions of support and provision for music education and the maintenance of quality in music education in the light of changing national structural and funding circumstances in the UK. This report outlines the platform speakers' contributions in precis form, together with an overview of the emerging themes and issues identified during both presentations and question/discussion sessions.