Help with funding for early music ventures
Do you have an innovative early music* venture that needs some extra funding**? Perhaps a concert of little-known works which might struggle to draw a large enough audience? The preparation of a neglected music score? A specialised event that would benefit from extra publicity? BMEMF may be able to help.
We have a modest financial surplus that we can use to support the promotion of early music in the Border Marches area (Herefordshire, Shropshire, Radnorshire, Monmouthshire and west and south Worcestershire). If you would like to know more about the sort of ventures we have in mind, and how to apply for funding, here are our outreach funding guidelines.
* Early Music – music written up to the middle of the eighteenth century
** Extra Funding – think £100s rather than £1,000s!
We have a modest financial surplus that we can use to support the promotion of early music in the Border Marches area (Herefordshire, Shropshire, Radnorshire, Monmouthshire and west and south Worcestershire). If you would like to know more about the sort of ventures we have in mind, and how to apply for funding, here are our outreach funding guidelines.
* Early Music – music written up to the middle of the eighteenth century
** Extra Funding – think £100s rather than £1,000s!
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2025
Worcestershire Early Music hosted a concert with Sounds Historical who performed a programme of music entitled 600 Years: from Hildegard to Haydn, tracing the development of music and the instruments relevant to each piece played. The concert was a resounding success on many levels; the quality of playing, the engagement of the audience, and not least the size of the audience. We were delighted to support WEM in this enterprise. |
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2024
We gave a grant to Worcestershire Early Music for a concert of sonatas and suites for violin and harpsichord played by Magda Loth-Hill and Nathaniel Mander. This helped with the costs of providing a special harpsichord for the event.
We gave a grant to Worcestershire Early Music for a concert of sonatas and suites for violin and harpsichord played by Magda Loth-Hill and Nathaniel Mander. This helped with the costs of providing a special harpsichord for the event.
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We were very pleased to support a series of lunchtime concerts featuring Baroque music held in St Mary's, Ross-on-Wye, on the first Wednesday of each summer month. This was a new venture for the church and we wanted to help them establish audiences for the concerts. The first concert was on Wednesday 3rd April with music from Chase Baroque.
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The Autumn Term service at St Mary’s Ross-on-Wye, held on Saturday 9th November, was a celebration of local philanthropist John Kyrle (1637 – 24) and was part of the town’s JK300 Festival. Music was be by Henry Purcell: Hear my Prayer, Evening Canticles in G minor and O God, thou art my God. We gave a small donation to contribute to the costs.
In Previous Years
BMEMF gave financial support to the Early Music in the Marches weekend held at Presteigne and Discoed in Radnorshire. A concert by the Marches Baroque Chamber Orchestra, featuring works by Handel and his contemporaries, preceded a two-day workshop on choruses from "Deborah" and "Sampson" - music that is generally less well-known to amateur musicians.
A dance workshop and a free recorder concert for children at Worcester Early Music Festivals, CDs by The Linarol Consort, concerts that have involved specially prepared manuscripts, and events in Leominster celebrating Josquin's 500th anniversary.
BMEMF gave financial support to the Early Music in the Marches weekend held at Presteigne and Discoed in Radnorshire. A concert by the Marches Baroque Chamber Orchestra, featuring works by Handel and his contemporaries, preceded a two-day workshop on choruses from "Deborah" and "Sampson" - music that is generally less well-known to amateur musicians.
A dance workshop and a free recorder concert for children at Worcester Early Music Festivals, CDs by The Linarol Consort, concerts that have involved specially prepared manuscripts, and events in Leominster celebrating Josquin's 500th anniversary.