Cathedral Music Trust Award 2024

We are very pleased that we are one of the recipients of an award from the Cathedral Music Trust's 2024 Cathedral Music Support Programme to support the choral and organ scholarship programme here at Hereford Cathedral. 

We are delighted to receive a grant from the Cathedral Music Trust to be able to support our organ and choral scholarships here at Hereford Cathedral. This support will enable us to continue developing scholarships, building on a strong programme, securing and expanding musical and participatory excellence whilst the cathedral moves towards financial sustainability. With the programme secure for two years, music staff and the cathedral's new development department can devise a music fundraising strategy to safeguard scholarships for the future.

The Revd Canon Andrew Piper, Precentor of Hereford Cathedral.

More information from the Cathedral Music Trust:

We are proud to be investing half a million pounds in cathedral music for 2024 through the Trust’s financial support programmes, including the Cathedral Music Support Programme and the Church Choir Award.

These awards will support music departments to continue and further their brilliant work both in their own cathedrals and churches, and in the wider community – across England, Scotland and Wales. At the heart of this vital funding is our commitment to championing excellence in choral and organ music, and providing opportunities for people from all walks of life to thrive and develop.

This investment of £500,000 represents the largest annual sum Cathedral Music Trust has ever distributed through its regular financial support programmes. Our cathedrals and parish churches continue to face financial challenges in sustaining the nation's wonderful heritage of choral and organ music, and this support signals the Trust's ongoing commitment to securing a bright future for this cherished tradition.

Jonathan Macdonald, Chair, Cathedral Music Trust

Read the full press release from Cathedral Music Trust about this year's awards by clicking here

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