Bristol Music Consortium - Bristol Music Trust, the independent charity responsible for Colston Hall, and St George’s Bristol - has been awarded £1.3 million in regular funding from Arts Council England (ACE) to boost their music programmes in the city.
The money will be awarded over four years, from 2018 to 2022, and will be used to bring ‘world-class’ artists to the city and provide more opportunities for people of Bristol to experience music and music making.
A wide range of activities will be supported by the programme, including working with partners such as Ujima, Bristol Reggae Orchestra, BCFM and the Asian Arts Agency to reach all of Bristol’s communities, and securing more performances from black and minority ethnic artists and those with special educational needs and disabilities.
Louise Mitchell, chief executive of Bristol Music Trust, said: “We are delighted with this award from Arts Council England, which we see as real recognition of the work we have been doing with our partners, St George’s Bristol, over the last three years. Together we are committed to leading and delivering an inspiring, wide-ranging music programme that brings benefits to every person in the city, and this award will enable us to be even more ambitious and reach even further into communities.”
Suzanne Rolt, chief executive of St George’s Bristol, added: “Arts Council England continues to invest in music and Bristol’s cultural landscape, supporting the city’s leading venues. It is thanks to funding that we can bring an extraordinary range of world-class artists to the southwest, and to our unique creative space, as well as nurturing new composers and locally-based young musicians."
By Alex Pearson
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