Friends of Baroque Music in Yorkshire is a Charity which provides financial and practical support to Baroque ensembles, enabling Yorkshire audiences to share in the musicians’ enthusiasm for Baroque music. We help professional, non-professional and student players in our region to perform the Baroque choral and orchestral repertory at a high level of practice and scholarship, working with some of the country’s leading exponents of early music.
The Friends are currently one of the major sources of funding for Leeds Baroque Choir and Orchestra (the city’s only period instrument orchestra). We give a vital boost to LB’s income, ensuring they maintain and develop their acclaimed standards. In pursuit of this, the Friends have purchased a chamber organ for the use of the choir, and supported a crowd funding campaign for historically appropriate timpani.
The Friends have also provide small individual grants to students and aspiring professionals who pursue a performing interest in Baroque music. They now also support a series of workshops to encourage the performance of Historicaly Informed Performance Practice (HIPP).
The Charity owns three Baroque violins, a Baroque viola, and Baroque cello, all for short-term loan to promising students.
The Friends are currently one of the major sources of funding for Leeds Baroque Choir and Orchestra (the city’s only period instrument orchestra). We give a vital boost to LB’s income, ensuring they maintain and develop their acclaimed standards. In pursuit of this, the Friends have purchased a chamber organ for the use of the choir, and supported a crowd funding campaign for historically appropriate timpani.
The Friends have also provide small individual grants to students and aspiring professionals who pursue a performing interest in Baroque music. They now also support a series of workshops to encourage the performance of Historicaly Informed Performance Practice (HIPP).
The Charity owns three Baroque violins, a Baroque viola, and Baroque cello, all for short-term loan to promising students.
Are you interested in Baroque music as a performer or an audience member?
Would you like to help promote its live performance throughout Yorkshire and support up-and- coming young musicians achieve their potential?
Have you time and organisational skills to support an important organisation with these aims?
If so consider joining our team. Click HERE for more details
Would you like to help promote its live performance throughout Yorkshire and support up-and- coming young musicians achieve their potential?
Have you time and organisational skills to support an important organisation with these aims?
If so consider joining our team. Click HERE for more details
NEWS: the latest from the Friends
Programme, A masterclass with Asuka Sumi 23rd March 2025
FBMY, as part of their Baroque performance education programme are funding a masterclass with leader of Leeds Baroque, Asuka Sumi at the University of York. Further details HERE
1/10/2024: Friends of Baroque Music in Yorkshire launch the 2024/25 Funding round
In addition to the annual Student Baroque Chamber Music competition FBMY give up to four small grants (maximum £250) per year to students and aspiring professionals, based for study or perfomance in Yorkshire, who pursue a performing interest in Baroque music. If you think we can help you can find an application HERE
In addition to the annual Student Baroque Chamber Music competition FBMY give up to four small grants (maximum £250) per year to students and aspiring professionals, based for study or perfomance in Yorkshire, who pursue a performing interest in Baroque music. If you think we can help you can find an application HERE
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Workshop Success!
A colaboration between Friends of Baroque Music in Yorkshire, Fulneck School and members of Leeds Baroque orchestra culminated in a half-day workshop introcucing new players to the repertoire and techniques of Italian Baroque Music. Hosted by Fulneck School and directed by Asuka Sumi participants worked on some basics of Baroque bowing techniques and accommodating the diferences in tempered tuning in repertoire by Mancini: concerto for recorder and strings (1725), Brescianello: Sinfonia in D major (c1740) and Pergolesi: soprano solo from the Stabat Mater. We were joined for the recorder concerto and the Pergolesi by students from Fulneck school.
A colaboration between Friends of Baroque Music in Yorkshire, Fulneck School and members of Leeds Baroque orchestra culminated in a half-day workshop introcucing new players to the repertoire and techniques of Italian Baroque Music. Hosted by Fulneck School and directed by Asuka Sumi participants worked on some basics of Baroque bowing techniques and accommodating the diferences in tempered tuning in repertoire by Mancini: concerto for recorder and strings (1725), Brescianello: Sinfonia in D major (c1740) and Pergolesi: soprano solo from the Stabat Mater. We were joined for the recorder concerto and the Pergolesi by students from Fulneck school.
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