Money for music – BBC announces music scheme as part of the Performing Arts Fund

This year the will be giving £450,000 to the development of new music and new musicians through two new schemes – Community Music and Music Fellowships.

BBC Performing Arts Fund has already funded plenty of musicians and music projects in our time. They have given money to Adele when she was just fifteen to pay for her first home recording equipment, and look where she’s ended up! Okay, so they can’t guarantee that kind of success but you never know where talent, some help, and a bit of old fashioned hard work will take you.

Launching in May, the Community Music scheme will support grassroots music groups from across the UK. Grants awarded will allow groups to carry out training, attract new audiences, encourage new members and raise their profile in their community.

Groups can apply for up to £5,000 for a distinct development project. Furthermore, grants of up to £10,000 will be awarded to groups wishing to commission new music.

The Music Fellowships scheme will open for applications in August and is designed to support individuals through the early stages of their music careers; helping them to establish themselves in the industry through bespoke placements within existing music organisations. Grants will be awarded to music companies, organisations, venues and agencies in order to host a BBC Performing Arts Fund Music fellow.

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