Funders and supporters

Without the support of trusts and foundations, Brighton Early Music Festival could not continue to support outstanding young performers and undertake community work.

The Festival gratefully acknowledges financial support from the following organisations:

Our Early Music Live! scheme for young ensembles is supported by a 3 year grant from lead funder The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (2010 – 2012), with further support from The Stanley Picker Charitable Trust.

Our Primary School Singing Project in the summer term 2010 will be led by Scott Stroman, Rachel Coward and the OAE will be funded by D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, Mazars Charitable Trust, The Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation and The Ernest Cook Trust.

The 2010 Festival will be supported by the PRS for Music Foundation, The Fidelio Charitable Trust, and The Leche Trust . We are awaiting the outcome of further applications towards the 2010 festival.

The 2009 festival was supported by The Foyle Foundation, The Fidelio Charitable Trust, The Stanley Picker Charitable Trust and Brighton & Hove Council.

Sing Brighton! - a 3 year project to promote singing all over the city - is supported by:
The National Lottery through Arts Council England Brighton & Hove Council


Supporters of the 2008 festival;
The Early Music Live! scheme for young ensembles was supported by lead funder The Foyle Foundation and also by The Stanley Picker Charitable Trust, The Fenton Arts Trust, The Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation, The Mazars Charitable Trust and Tom Clemens New Audiences for Classical Music.

Our night time concert by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for younger audiences was supported by The Golden Trust and Ronald Power, MBE

We would also like to thank our Friends, Supporters, Contributors, Premium Contributors, BREMF Circle Members and Event Donors. Without your support, Brighton Early Music Festival simply could not continue to bring top quality artists to Brighton.In addition, Brighton Early Music Festival acknowledges support for past projects from the following organisations:

Arts Council England Brighton & Hove City Council
The Arts Trust of Brighton & Hove The Leche Trust
The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust The Radcliffe Trust
The Garfield Weston Foundation Awards for All
The Ernest Cook Charitable Trust The Idlewild Trust
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation The Early Music Network
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Culture Ireland

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

“Brighton Early Music Festival works hard at attracting the locals…. Not only were the concerts full (to bursting in some cases) but the audience represented as wide a section of ages as I have seen at recent early music festivals.”

Early Music Today, December 2008