Criteria For Music Grants

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.

1.  Applicant must be a registered charity or an exempt charity

2.  Applicant must be based in the UK.

3.  Bursaries and other support for fees are normally paid to the education organisation.

4.  Applications are considered under eight headings;

    i.    composition and contemporary music
    ii.   bursaries for courses and summer schools; limited to U.K. based students
    iii.  music therapy / special needs
    iv.  academic research / projects
    v.   youth orchestras
    vi.  performance projects
    vii. educational projects
    viii. miscellaneous

Exclusions

    i.    no retrospective grants
    ii.   no deficit funding
    iii.  no general appeals or endowment funds
    iv.  no operating costs
    v.   no competitions
    vi.  no capital projects