Radcliffe Trust Classical Music Performance and Training (UK)

Deadline: 31-Jan-25

The Radcliffe Trust supports classical music performance and training, especially chamber music, composition and music education.

Particular interests within music education are music for children and adults with special needs, youth orchestras and projects at secondary and higher levels, including academic research. The Trustees respond to applications and also initiate their own projects.

Categories

• Applications are considered under eight headings:
  • Composition and contemporary music – in the case of commission applications the lead composer must be named
  • Bursaries for courses and summer schools; limited to U.K. based students
  • Music therapy/special needs
  • Academic research/projects
  • Youth orchestras
  • Performance projects
  • Educational projects – excluding applications from individual mainstream primary and secondary schools
  • Miscellaneous

Funding Information

• Grants are generally in the region of £2,500-£7,500.

Ineligible Costs

• The Music scheme does not support:
  • Operating costs – although a reasonable management fee may be included for project administration
  • Competitions
  • Capital projects
  • Projects which mainly involve popular music

Eligibility Criteria

• General Eligibility
  • Applications must be on behalf of a UK Charity, Not-For-Profit, or Exempt organisation
  • Applications must be for a specific project and not for a general appeal, or endowment fund
  • Applicants must be based in the UK
  • Bursaries and other support fees will normally be paid to the training organisation
  • If you have applied before, it must be at least a year since your last successful application
  • If your organisation has received three years of consecutive (not continuous) funding from The Radcliffe Trust, you can apply again, but only after a one-year break

Exclusions

• General Exclusions:
  • No retrospective grants.
  • No general appeals or endowment funds.
  • They do not accept applications from individuals, only from organisations.

Application Requirements

• They will only consider one project for each application, so you must choose which project you think will most closely match the interests of the Trustees.
• You cannot submit more than one application per organisation for each grant round, per scheme.
• You can submit an application to each of the schemes in the same round, however, they do ask you to make it clear on the applications that you have submitted to both schemes.
• There is no restriction on the number of applications accepted within any particular category; this is used to help them assess the variety of applications they receive.
• If you feel photographs would clarify your application please attach no more than two using the accounts upload option.
• If you feel that additional information would help their assessment of your application, for example brochures, programmes or CVs, they will contact you to request it.
• If your application is unsuccessful you are welcome to submit another application in the next grant round. If your application is successful you must not reapply for 12 months, or until the project previously supported has been completed, unless asked to reapply by the Trustees.

For more information, visit The Radcliffe Trust.