The letter explains just how wide an audience the UK’s classical music sector reaches, how much employment it provides and how COVID-19 has put it under threat.
Love Record Stores was first launched as a social media campaign in response to COVID-19 and the financial impact it has had on independent record stores.
The generous donation will be made over across a 10 year period.
‘How can we maintain musical continuity when orchestras are silenced? And how do we nurture a generation of young musicians whose prospects look bleak just as they embark on a career in this ever more uncertain world?’
Alongside the grant, successful recipients will also benefit from 1:2:1 resilience sessions with music management mentors, partner accountants and industry leaders.
Results reveal a year-on-year an increase of £25 million from 2018.
PRS for Music share their members’ words in support of #BlackLivesMatter.
The campaign comes as a response to the death of George Floyd and has been described as ‘an urgent step of action to provoke accountability and change’.
The fund has been established through the contributions from HCMF’s audience and supporters.
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