About

EMI Music Sound Foundation is an independent music education charity. We were established by EMI in 1997 to commemorate the centenary of EMI Records.

We are now the single largest sponsor of Specialist Performing Arts Colleges (see Specialist Schools page) and have created vital bursaries at seven music colleges to assist music students in need of financial support (see Awards page). We have also helped hundreds of schools and individual students improve their access to music by/through the purchase or upgrade of instruments (see Awards page).

Patrons

Sir George Martin
Sir Paul McCartney
Yoko Ono
Sir Simon Rattle
Sir Cliff Richard
Diana Ross
Mstislav Rostropovich
Tina Turner

Trustees

Jim Beach
John Deacon CBE
Leslie Hill
Richard Holland
David Hughes
Eric Nicoli (Chairman)
Rupert Perry CBE
Tony Wadsworth

Specialist Schools

EMI Music Sound Foundation is the Largest Sponsor of Specialist Performing Arts Colleges in the UK. With the Specialist Schools Trust, we have successfully sponsored 27 schools to become Performing Arts Colleges. We are the major sponsor in every case and still remain the largest single schools sponsor in this sector. The sponsorship will soon extend to include the recently established Specialist Music Schools.

We are delighted to have helped so many schools achieve this significant change and we maintain a constant interest in all the schools. All enquiries for EMI Music Sound Foundation sponsorship must be made through the Specialist Schools Trust (Bidding Support Department 0207 802 2300) in the first instance, as initial recommendations are taken from them.

Awards

Bursary Awards

Every year EMI MSF awards £5000 bursaries to students at 7 music colleges in the UK and Ireland. These bursaries are distributed at each college's discretion, based on criteria provided by EMI MSF. For more information, please contact the colleges directly.

General Awards

The EMI Music Sound Foundation is dedicated to the improvement of music education with a focus on youth. Preference is given to full-time students under the age of 25.

Who we support:

Non-specialist schools to fund music education
Music students in full time education to fund instrument purchase
Music teachers to fund courses and training

Who we do not support:

Applications from outside the United Kingdom
Non-school based community groups, music therapy centres, etc.
Applications over £2500

Click here to download an application form

BURSARY AWARDS are held at the following; to make an application please contact the colleges directly:

College: Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama, Glasgow
Contact: Isobel Fowler or Alan Smith, 0141 332 4101
www.rsamd.ac.uk

College: Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff
Contact: Nick Beasley, 029 2039 1317
www.rwcmd.ac.uk

College: Royal Academy, London
Contact: Clare Atkinson, 0207 837 7373
www.rac.ac.uk

College: Institute of Popular Music, Liverpool
Contact: Debbie Ellery, 0151 794 3101
www.liv.ac.uk/IPM

College: Birmingham Conservatoire
Contact: Michael Hill 0121 331 5901
www.conservatoire.uce.ac.uk

College: Drumtech/Vocaltech/GuitarX, London
Contact: Lynne Sharp 0208 749 3131
www.drum-tech.co.uk
www.vocal-tech.co.uk
www.guitar-x.co.uk

College: Irish World Music Centre, Limerick
Contact: Jean Downey 00 353 61 213160 / jean.downey@ul.ie
www.ul.ie/~iwmc

Contacts

Janie Orr
Chief Executive
EMI Music Sound Foundation
27 Wrights Lane
London W8 5SW
Tel: 020 7795 7000

Julie Walters
Web Manager
EMI Music Sound Foundation
Wrights Lane
London W8 5SW
Tel: 020 7795 7533

Email: enquiries@EMImusicsoundfoundation.com

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How you can help

Would you like to help us keep music education alive in Britain? You may wish to consider making a one-off or regular donation, recognising EMI MSF in your will, funding a student bursary or undertaking fund-raising activities. Any donation will be acknowledge and passed on in its entirety to our beneficiaries.

How to give:
Send a cheque or postal order, payable to EMI Music Sound Foundation, to:

Janie Orr
Chief Executive
EMI Music Sound Foundation
27 Wrights Lane
London
W8 5SW

We hope to be able to offer you more extensive donation choices (such as Gift Aid and Give As You Earn) in the near future.

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