Project Funding 2023 / 2024
The Garage (£2,000)
Granted to the summer programme including the 2023 Summer Production Treasure Island. The programme worked with 114 participants and their families, 54 of whom were in challenging circumstances. There were five live performances which reached an audience of 374 people.
Britten Sinfonia (2,000)
Granted for a participatory concert experience for KS1 children, Izzy Gismo by Paul Rissmann, delivered in Norwich School’s Blake Studio (October 2023) in partnership with local primaries and Norfolk Music Hub.
Into Opera (2,000)
Granted for the Celebration collaboration with Britten Sinfonia, involving Barford Primary, Bawburgh Primary, St Francis Assisi and Sprowston Junior schools. Choirs from the schools prepared and performed a piece of music and performed two concerts. 900 children from the schools learned Christmas music for the schools concert.
London Chamber Orchestra (£2,000)
Granted towards introducing their outreach programme to Norfolk, working with disadvantaged children and young people from Swaffham and Kings Lynn in collaboration with Norfolk Music Hub to create ‘a real musical legacy’ amongst pupils and partner schools. Students from Churchill Park School (a SEND school), Springwood High School, South Wootton Junior School and Necton VA Primary worked with LCO and local professional musicians on a programme of workshops.
Orchestras Live (£2,000)
Granted to support 41 deaf students from King Edward Primary School and Westgate Primary School in creating a piece of music inspired by the life of a local deaf photographer who documented the Home Front in WWl, culminating in a performance with a professional orchestra and a legacy film.
Sistema Norwich (£2,000)
Granted to support Sistema’s Orchestral Masterclass Project. This aims to engage young people in a positive and enriching culture of music, learning and participation.
Britten Pears Arts (£4,000)
Granted to support two programmes: Group A (£2000) and a Celebration of Suffolk Schools Music (£2000), which involved 1190 young musicians.
INK Festival (£2,000)
Granted in support of Miss Adventures workshops for 8 to 11 year olds, and the creation of a radio play project for 12 to 16 year olds.
The Common Lot (£2,000)
Granted to Rosie’s Plaques towards project to ‘rename the streets’ in Norwich to celebrate the heritage of Norwich women.
Triorca (£1,000)
Granted for an orchestral concert in Norwich at St Peter Mancroft after work with young people from three twinned cities – Norwich, Novi Sad in Serbia and Koblenz in Germany – at the Triorca International Summer School.
Black Shuck Festival (£2,000)
Granted towards a community focussed festival of arts and performance based in Bungay, Suffolk. It included three days of puppet-making workshops and performance rehearsals with 25 local KS2 children.
First Light Festival (£2,000)
Granted for the opening performance of this festival “Rising Sun” an inter-generational celebration with over 200 performers including 120 Lowestoft High School students and Group A students from Britten Pears Arts.
Total Ensemble (£2,000)
Granted towards their new programme “Equinox” which comprises three arts initiatives: Dance into the Fall – live performance as part of The Autumn Festival of Norfolk; Ground Up & Grass Roots 0.3 series of inclusive workshops and sharing; Move into the Spring planned for March 2025.
Photo credit – Anita Staff
Frozen Light (£2,000)
Granted towards their next production “A Bar at the Edge of Time” which was performed at the Garage in Autumn 2023.
Young Norfolk Arts Festival (£2,000)
Granted towards Springwood High School’s opera project “Birdsong”, composed by Bob Chilcott, libretto Charles Bennett. We funded the Workshop facilitator.
