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With opportunities for young people to compose becoming increasingly scarce, alongside the negative impact of the pandemic on music education, our annual Summer School for Young Composers is more vital than ever.

Your support would help us to provide outstanding composition tuition to all young people regardless of their socioeconomic background, by enabling us to subsidise all places on the course and offer full and partial bursaries to those that need them.

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Every penny raised will go directly towards making this life-changing course accessible to all, regardless of their personal circumstances. Hear firsthand about the impact of the Summer School from some of our alumni here.

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"I learnt so much in such a short space of time and achieved things I never thought possible: creating a film score in a couple of days was an incredible feat and the feedback from the tutors was invaluable. None of this would have been possible without receiving a bursary. The Summer School is such a unique opportunity, and it has given me memories that I will treasure for the rest of my life." - Summer School Student, 2020

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