CFAs: Norfolk Youth Music Award (UK)

The grant will help the development of highly-talented Norfolk-based young musicians (up to 25 years old) to pursue careers as professionals, offering annual grants and occasional public-performing opportunities.

Funding Information 

• Applicants can apply for up to £500.

Eligible Activities

• Your application for a grant can only be considered for:
  • assistance in meeting tuition fees whilst attending a college, school or university for further education in music, including travelling expenses;
  • assistance in meeting the cost of promoting yourself as a solo performer in a public recital;
  • assistance in meeting tuition fees whilst attending a course of advanced music tuition, including travelling expenses; and
  • assistance in meeting the cost of attending a masterclass or summer school, including travelling expenses.

Geographical Focus 

• Breckland, Broadland, Great Yarmouth, King’s Lynn & West Norfolk, North Norfolk, Norwich, and South Norfolk.

Eligibility Criteria

• Successful applicants will:
  • Be Norfolk based young musicians.
  • Already be highly skilled in one or more of the six disciplines (strings, brass, keyboard, percussion, voice and woodwinds).
  • Be either undergoing a period of study at a music college or specialist school, or have made plans to do so.

Ineligibility Criteria

• Your application cannot be considered:
  • If you are over 25 years of age;
  • If, as a performer, you fall outside one of the six main disciplines (Brass, Keyboard, Percussion, Strings, Voice and Woodwind);
  • If your home is outside the county of Norfolk, notwithstanding that your music studies may be taken within the county; and
  • for either the purchase of a new instrument, or the cost of repairing your instrument, or the cost of music scores.

For more information, visit Norfolk Community Foundation.