Current Recipients
In June 2018, the RPS Young Musicians Programme awarded £22,500 to 16 students from eight colleges around the UK.
RPS Instrument Purchase Grants 2018
Archie Auger - Bassoon
Tyrel Charles-Murphy - Cymbal Set
Fresca David - Bb Clarinet
Ken Fairbrother - Violin bow
Carmen Farfan - Guitar
Connor Gingell - Tuba
Louise Hayden - Bassoon
Alexander Henshaw - Percussion
Chloe Hillman - Alto Saxophone
Jessica Hughes - Harp
William King - Trombone
Ashby Mayes - Bassoon
Samuel Middleton - French Horn
Jessica Muir - Violin
Samuel Ng - Cello
Abigail Pettican - Bb Clarinet
Isabella Ann Pincombe - Oboe
Megan Swift - Flute
William Whitehouse - Tuba
The Instrument Purchase Grants were funded by the RPS Young Musicians Programme with kind support from: Allianz Musical Insurance, Andor Charitable Trust, the Sir John Barbirolli Memorial Foundation; Kirby Laing Foundation; Prince of Wales Charitable Foundation; The Thistle Trust; donors of the RPS Annual Appeal and individual donors.
OUR MEMBERS
George Benjamin, composer, conductor, teacher, programmer: awarded RPS Honorary Membership in 2011.
DID YOU KNOW?
Bex Burch was able to spend a year in Ghana studying the gyil - an African xylophone - with Thomas Sekgura, a master musician thanks to funding from the RPS Isserlis Scholarship.