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Join the Friends of Baroque Music in Yorkshire to support Baroque Performance and the next generation of period instrument performers.
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 occasionally given individual grants to students and aspiring professionals who pursue a performing interest in Baroque music. The Charity owns two 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 occasionally given individual grants to students and aspiring professionals who pursue a performing interest in Baroque music. The Charity owns two Baroque violins, a Baroque viola, and Baroque cello, all for short-term loan to promising students.
Exciting News:
FBMY launch Prize for Student Performance of
Baroque Instrumental Music
2024
The Friends of Baroque Music in Yorkshire (FBMY) propose to offer an annual Prize of £250 for performance by students of Baroque instrumental music. Competitors must currently be enrolled, or have been enrolled during 2022-23, at a Higher Education College or University in West Yorkshire. There are no restrictions regarding the age of the competitors.
Further details to be announced.
To encourage participation in the competition leader of the period instrument orchestra Leeds Baroque, Asuka Sumi, will be offering free workshops for student string players to develop their Baroque technique and repertoire knowledge.
Join her for a “taster session on Monday 24 May 2023 in the School Of Music, University of Leeds.
Details and booking on the LEEDS BAROQUE website
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