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Enabling All Young People To Make Music
Our aim is that no young person in Surrey should be prevented from learning a musical instrument because their parents can’t afford it. We achieve this by providing bursaries for instrument lessons and grants for music ensembles.
Funding Lessons for All: We help fund music lessons for financially disadvantaged children and young people at all levels of musical development.
Funding Developing Musicians: We fund bursaries for talented young musicians through Awards for Young Musicians and Future Talent.
Funding Music Ensembles: We recognise how being a part of a music ensemble can greatly increase the enjoyment and commitment to persevere with a musical instrument..
Upcoming events in aid of the Cheryl King Trust
Upcoming concerts in aid of the Cheryl King Trust
2 Nov 24 Guildford Chamber Choir Messiah at Holy Trinity Church in Guildford
6 Nov 24 HHH Concert series at St Christopher’s Church in Haslemere
24 Nov 24 Woking Symphony Orchestra at St Catherines School in Bramley
30 Nov 24 Godalming Choral Society at St John’s Church in Farncombe
5 Dec 24 Emma Johnson with the National Youth Chamber Choir at G Live
6 Dec 24 Guildford Jazz Christmas Concert at St John’s Church in Farncombe
9 Dec 24 Bookham Choral Society at St Nicholas Church in Bookham
15 Mar 25 Redhill Symphonia at Reigate Park Church
26 Apr 25 HHH concert series at St Bartholomew’s Church in Haslemere
7 Jun 25 Farnbough Symphony at the Princes Hall in Aldershot
G Live International Concert Season
+ Lunchtime concerts on
25 Jan 25 14 Mar 25 25 Apr 25 21 May 25
New Ensemble Project at Christs College
We are delighted to announce that we will be funding individual bursaries and a new brass ensemble project at Christs College on the Bellfields estate in Guildford this term. This is part of a joined-up strategy by the new head of music to revitalise music at the school which has very high pupil premium ratios. We are hoping to expand the project and discussing with potential partner funders how we might do this. Again watch this space!
New Music Ambassador: Sophie Kauer
Sophie Kauer has agreed to become our newest and youngest music ambassador. An ex-Guildford High School pupil, Sophie came to international attention when she was selected from hundreds of cellists worldwide for a leading role in the film TÁR, starring Cate Blanchett. Her debut album Unsung was recently released by Deutsche Grammophon when she became the youngest artist ever to reach no 1 on the Classical On-Demand Audio Streaming Chart. She is a Classic FM ‘Rising Star,’ and was chosen by the Times as the Classical Breakthrough nominee for the 2023 South Bank Sky Arts Awards.
New Partnership with HHH Concerts
We are delighted to announce that we have concluded a long-term partnership with Hindhead HHH Concerts who will help raise funds for CKT. Click above to hear more about their forthcoming chamber music and choral concerts.
CKT are the G Live Charity partner again!
We are delighted that, once again, the Cheryl King Trust has been chosen as the G Live Charity partner for the 2024/25 International Concert Series showcasing the best in classical music from around the world. To find out more about these fantastic concerts visit https://trafalgartickets.com/g-live-guildford/en-GB/guildford-international-concert-series-2024-25
20 Oct 23
And a big Thank You to all our supporters who’ve raised money for us …
St Catherine's School donated £62 from an organ recital on the 4th October 2024
Charterhouse School raised £127 from a lunchtime concert on the 3rd October 2024
The XY Strings Community Orchestra raised £300 at their Summer Concert on the 13th July 2024
Waverley Singers raised £1124 after their Faure Requiem on 22nd June 2024, sufficient for three or four young persons' music lessons
Egham Choral raised £459 at their performance of Brahm's Requiem on 20th April 2024, enough to fund a year's bursary for a young person's music lessons
Guildford Chamber Choir raised £748 from a retiring colection after their amazing performance of Chiara Cozzolani’s Vespers at Holy Trinity church Guildford on 2nd March
Tilford Bach Society donated £1700, the entire proceedings from Dinara Klinton's 7th January 2024 concert
Guildford Jazz raised £523 at the Claire Martin Christmas Cracker concert on the 15th December 2023
St Catherine's School raised £300 at their Woodwind and Brass concert on 16th November 2023
GLive raised £1,764 at the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra concert on 10th November 2023
Guildford High School raised £146 through a collection at the end of their Autumn concert on 19th October 2023
r Guildford Music Society raised £190 at their concert on 6th October 2023
Heathfield School Music Captains Concert on 12th October 2023 raised £131
Guildford Music Society raised £300 at their concert on 12 July 2023.
Guildford Jazz raised £3,223 at their Wonder of Stevie concert in the Castle grounds on 12 July 2023.
Charterhouse School raised £160 at their concert on 16 June 2023.
Guildford Music Society raised £215 at their concert on 20 May 2023.
Hennessey-Brown Music raised £447 at their concert on 17 May 2023.
Egham Choral raised £662 at their concert on 22 April 2023.
The Vivace Chorus raised a record breaking £1,494 at their concert on 18 March 2023.
“Still Crazy” raised £680 at their gig held on 3 March 2023 at The Star pub in Guildford.
Bramley Music raised £412 at their concert on 4 February 2023.
Epsom Choral who raised an amazing £615 at their Christmas concert on 17 December 2022
Horsley Choral Society who raised £512 at their concert on 10 December 2022.
The Chantry Singers who once again sang in Guildford High Street on 6 December 2022 and raised £360.
Woking Symphony Orchestra who raised an amazing £228 at their concert on 20 November 2022.
Redhill Symphonia https://www.redhillsinfonia.org.uk/ who raised £552 at their concert on 19 November 2022.
Surrey Mozart Players raised £261 at their concert on 18 June 2022.
Guildford Music Society raised £561 at their concert on 8 June 2022.
Southern Pro Musica who raised £189.20 at their concert on 20 March 2022.
Godalming Choral who allowed us to take up a bucket collection at the end of one of their concerts, raising £280.
Guildford Choral raised £270 at their concert on 21 December 2021.
The Chantry Singers who sang in Guildford High Street on 3 December 2021 and raised £245.
Guildford Spring Music Festival has been a major financial supporter of Cheryl King Trust.
Guildford Jazz consistently raises funds to support us.
How we help with bursaries and inspirational performances…
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Ivan
Ivan is the latest of the promising young musicians we are funding through Future Talent's Fledgling programme.
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Noah & Rhys
This year's AYM award has been given to Rhys aged 14 playing the guitar and to Noah aged 16 who plays the French horn. We are very much looking forward to hearing how they have got on at the end of the award year.
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Stepan
The trust has been supporting Stepan since September 2018. You can read his story in our blog - click here.
Why support us?
Music tuition from a young age improves young people’s literacy, problem-solving skills, confidence, resilience and creativity. Many schools are struggling to resist the pressure to sacrifice music for other priorities. Children with families earning £48,000 or more are twice as likely to learn an instrument as those whose parents earn £28,000 or less.
CKT is a registered charity staffed by volunteers with no overheads. Therefore 100% of your donation goes to help or inspire local young people to make music. At present we are only able to help a limited number of young musicians. With your help we could help and inspire many more young people across Surrey to experience the joy of making music .
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