2023-2024

During the 2023/24 Financial Year the following grants were offered:

OrganisationProjectGrant
Aberystwyth UniversityCD recording of composers at Aber Uni since 1872£3,000
Agatha Christie FestivalTo support costs of the staging of a costumed reading of “Towards Zero”, a playscript by Agatha Christie.£8,500
Agatha Christie Trust for ChildrenResearch into Children’s Leukaemia at Blood Cancer UK£65,000
ART UK“Mural” – to support the digitisation of works held in Wales£10,000
ARTES MUNDI 10To assist with the presentation of AM10 across venues in Wales£50,000 (2nd of 2)
Awards for Young MusiciansTo support talented young Welsh musicians.£5,000
Bangor Music FestivalCore funding£5,000
Benedetti FoundationEducation workshops in Bridgend Wales £6,500 (1st of 2)
Buxton FestivalSupport for the 2024 Opera Season£50,000
CHAPTERExperimentica – performance arts Festival in Cardiff£10,000
Cosmic MusicTo assist funding of the “Macbeth Retold” project.£5,000
English National OperaSupport for revival costs of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and semi-staging of Bartok’s “Duke Bluebeard “£25,000
Forget Me Not ChorusTo assist with music costs associated with “Demenstoria” revival 2024£3,096
Garsington Opera To support the development of Garsington Studios at Wormsley£100,000
GO LIVE THEATRE ProjectsTo support the Theatre Openers Programme – for pupils at secondary schools.£25,000 (1st of 2 equal)
Grange Park OperaTo support the expansion of Dressing Rooms and Treetop Studios at West Horsley.£50,000
Hay Castle TrustHidden Gifts – An Exhibition of works by Joseph Herman and refugee artists in Wales£11,275
Horatio’s Garden CardiffSpinal Injury Garden at Llandough Hospital - ongoing costs£10,000 (1st of 2)
Llandeilo Festival of MusicCore support for artistic costs of the 2023 Festival£5,000
Longborough Festival OperaEmerging Artists production of the Fairy Queen£5,000
Mid Wales OperaSmall Wonders tour in Wales of “Beatrice and Benedict”£10,000 (2nd of 3 equal)
National Children’s Orchestras of GBTo support places for talented young musicians from Wales£6,000
National Dance Company WalesCore funding for the artistic activities.£50,000 (1st of 2 equal)
National Manuscripts Conservation TrustFor the conservation of the Burges designs for Cardiff Castle.£7,000
National Museum WalesTo support the restoration of the Glasshouses at St Fagans National History Museum.£115,000
National Youth Orchestra of GBWidening access for young musicians in Wales and support for 3 seats in NYO.£12,000
North Wales International Music FestivalTo assist with core funding of the 2023 Festival in St Asaph.£15,000
OPERA RARASupport for the Donizetti Song Project over 3 years.£15,000 (1 of 3) equal
Opra Cymru CyfCommission of new Welsh language opera from Gareth Glyn based on the Mabinogion legend of “Culhwch and Olwen”£7,200
ORA SingersTo assist with the Graduate Composer’s Showcase, to nurture early career composers with a flair for choral music.£6,000
Peak – Art in the Black Mountains LtdPeak Peers, an arts engagement programme for young people at Platfform 2, Abergavenny train station.£10,000
Penarth Chamber Music FestivalSupport for administration & artistic costs of 2023 Festival.£5,000
Pendyrus Male ChoirSupport for artistic costs of Gala centenary concert.£2,000
Presteigne Festival of Music & the ArtsSupporting the commission and performance of Edward Gregson’s Viola Concerto, “Three Goddesses”.£10,000
Royal Philharmonic SocietyTo assist with costs of the RPS Women Conductors course at the RWCMD in December 2023£3,000
Sinfonia CymruTo assist with funding for the Mainly Village Halls Tour. 20 free performances in rural locations across Wales for two years.£12,500 (1st of 2)
Span ArtsTo assist with funding of Culture Cymraeg Live Arts programming in rural West Wales.£5,000
Taking FlightTo assist with the production and sound design costs of You’ve Got Dragons – an inclusive theatrical work.£5,000
The National Youth Brass Band of GBTo assist with the commissioning and performance costs of a new work from Karl Jenkins for Brass Band themed around the current environmental crisis.£15,000
The TellingTo assist with performances and presentations in Wales aimed at building an audience for Early Music.£6,000
Theatr ClwydIn support of the Theatr Clwyd capital redevelopment project.£100,000
Vale of Glamorgan FestivalCore funding for the 2023 Festival.£5,000
Wales Millennium CentreTo assist with funding the R&D of the “Scenes, Airs & Hidden Figures” project.£7,500
Young Music makers of DyfedTo support the three strands of the music making programme in West Wales.£5,000
TOTAL£886,571