Making Music recently relaunched its highly successful Philip & Dorothy Green Young Artists (PDGYA) scheme which facilitates collaborative opportunities for Making Music members.
The scheme offers its young talent performance opportunities and makes it more affordable for Making Music's over 4,000 leisure-time music groups to book the artists.
The relaunch is partnered by the Royal Over-Seas League and Brighton Early Music Festival who champion young musicians nationally and globally.
Opportunities
It is hoped the young artists can gain recognition and work opportunities early in their careers and give member organisations more choice for its members. For the first time, young chamber ensembles are also included in the scheme and eligible for subsidies.
Speaking about the re-launch Tina Gandy of Trinity Camerata, said: "The scheme never fails to deliver exceptionally talented delightful musicians.
Experience
In response, Barbara Eifler, CEO of Making Music, added: "Music groups and their audiences benefit from engaging professional music performers and emerging performers need platforms to gain experience and build their audiences.
It is exciting now to relaunch it, with the continued support of the Philip & Dorothy Green Music Trust, so that it can benefit more artists, and give our members a greater variety of future stars to choose from."
Music groups and their audiences benefit from engaging professional music performers and emerging performers need platforms to gain experience and build their audiencesBarbara Eifler, CEO of Making Music
Euphonium star
In 2023 those include Australian euphonium star James Blackford who during this year's annual music competition at the Royal Over-Seas League, won the Lorna Viol Memorial Prize for the most Outstanding Musician from Over-Seas and the Philip Jones Memorial Prize for an Outstanding Brass Player.
Brass performers who benefitted from the initiative include David Childs, Huw Morgan and Matilda Lloyd.
