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The Exuberant Trust is a local charity which supports young people with a strong connection to Oxfordshire, who are developing their interest in the arts: music, drama, dance, art & crafts, multi-media, etc. and who are in need of a small one-off grant (maximum £500) for a specific project or activity.


The Exuberant Trust raises funds by organising concerts throughout the year and from donations received from its supporters. Successful applicants are encouraged to take part in concerts and other activities in support of the Trust.


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Next Concert:





Exuberant Music in Summertown



6pm, Sunday 24th November





TRINITY A CAPPELLA CHOIR



Trinity A Cappella Choir



United Reformed Church

294 Banbury Road, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7ED

(opposite South Parade)


Entrance is free. The performance will last one hour.

Concert Flyer

Come and hear this exciting vocal group from

Oxford Brookes University singing in aid of the Exuberant Trust charity.


Pop music hits are transformed by this choir with intricate harmonies

and vibrant energy. From chart-topping anthems to nostalgic favourites,

Trinity A Cappella brings creativity and heart to each performance.

Expect arrangements of songs from Coldplay, Elvis Presley,

Billy Joel and many others.


Email: Trinity A Cappella



Donations to the Exuberant Trust awards programme are welcome.

You can donate to the Trust securely online (via NowDonate) or on the day,

adding Gift Aid if possible. Registered Charity no. 1095911




The Exuberant Trust charity supports creative young people in Oxfordshire. Our small grants are awarded for individual projects in any of the arts. Applications from people under 30 years of age who have a

strong link to Oxfordshire are always welcome.



The Exuberant Trust - Registered Charity No. 1095911





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We would like to thank all of the kind and generous people who have

supported us over the years: the concert artists who have entertained and delighted our audiences without a fee and to all those who have attended our fundraising concerts or donated to the Exuberant Trust.


All donations received directly fund our small grants programme,

which exists to support young people (under 30 years) in Oxfordshire with

individual projects, related to any of the arts. All of our Trustees and

other helpers work on a voluntary basis, so that all of our funds are

available for grants (less any minimal expenses).





Autumn Leaves





Please help the Exuberant Trust continue to support young people in Oxfordshire with their development in the creative arts, by making a donation to our grant-award fund.



You can donate securely online, via our Donation page at NowDonate. Alternatively find out how you can donate to the Exuberant Trust

in other ways by clicking the link below.


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THANK YOU!






Strings Attached

'Strings Attached'


Eric Clarke & Sarah Verney



Music at the Limes


Past Concerts


3.30pm, Sunday 3rd November

The Strings Attached duo are Eric Clarke (violin, viola) and Sarah Verney (piano). They performed a delightful programme of music with sonatas by Mozart, JS Bach and Rebecca Clarke's Four pieces for viola and piano.




Camilla Seale mezzo-soprano

'Humans, nature and human nature'


Camilla Seale


4.30pm, Sunday 20th October

Camilla Seale, mezzo-soprano and Alex Norton perform Humans, nature and human nature, a song recital with music by Poulenc, Ravel, Schumann, Clarke, Debussy & Delibes


Camilla Seale graduated with Distinction from the Royal Northern College of Music. Her voice has been described as a ‘velvety mezzo’, and she has won a string of awards. Her operatic debut was at Buxton International Festival, followed by a season in the chorus at Glyndebourne. In 2023-4 she was a Young Artist on the Global Talent Programme at the National Opera Studio, with support from the Exuberant Trust and the David Willcocks Music Trust. www.camillaseale.com


Victoria De Melo

Victoria De Melo

Victoria de Melo

3pm, Sunday 7th July

Piano recital by Victoria de Melo. Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op. 31 No. 2, Chopin Ballade No. 3, Schumann and Liszt.


Now 15 years old, Victoria gained her Licentiate of Royal School of Music in 2021, having studied in the Junior Departments of both Guildhall and Royal College of Music. This year she has already played in the Sheldonian Theatre and in the Holywell Music Room. Victoria has been to masterclasses with Dmitri Alexeev in Austria and Stephen Kovacevich in Cambridge and she is currently studying under Jianing Kong.


Showcase 2024

Showcase 2024


2-4pm, Saturday 15th June

The Exuberant Trust celebrated 21 years of supporting young creative artists in Oxfordshire, with some of our past award winners giving some amazing and varied performances to Showcase their talents. The Showcase was held in the beautiful setting of the Turrill Scultpture Garden, Summertown, as part of their Summer Music Festival.


Piano à Deux

Piano à Deux


2023


7.30pm, Sunday 26th November

The Oxford Horn Ensemble played a Thanksgiving cornucopia of music: from Mozart & Schubert to Scott Joplin & Glenn Miller. The performance included a history of the horn as an instrument over the ages, with some interesting facts, stories and real-life examples!


Piano à Deux

Piano à Deux


5pm, Sunday 29th October

Vivacious duo Piano à Deux (Robert and Linda Stoodley) continue our season at The Limes, with their concert programme From Mistresses to Manhattan, featuring piano duets by Fauré, Liszt and Gershwin.



The Dance of Four Hands

The Dance of Four Hands


5pm, Sunday 24th September

Diana Hinds and Emma Lowe will play duets on our 1910 Bechstein piano, with music by Debussy, Warlock, Poulenc and Rachmaninov. This concert returns to the Pavilion at The Limes, Standlake.



Safari Boots

Safari Boots


4pm, Sunday 30th July

Safari Boots are back! Our favourite street band are back to play at this extra special garden party fundraiser in Standlake, with a sunshine packed and family-friendly SAFARI BOOTS gig. There will be tea, soft drinks, wine and beer.





save our subjects


Please join this campain for broadening

the curriculum in secondary schools


Arts and technology subjects are in serious decline in English secondary schools.


School accountability measures have devalued arts and technology subjects in our secondary schools - the English Baccalaureate (EBacc)excludes all arts subjects and Progress 8 heavily weights league tables towards EBacc subjects ... Get involved!







David Horn in Commedia,

photographed by Bill Cooper.



Commedia


Read about the Commedia Project, which was commissioned by the Exuberant Trust and funded entirely by donations specifically for this purpose, in memory of Sebastian Graham-Jones.


Sebastian had been working on the idea at the time of his death in 2004, for a choreographed work using characters and images from fantasy paintings by Claude Harrison, with their allusions to the Commedia dell'Arte, to be set to Robin Holloway's haunting, quizzical Serenade in C (1979).


The project was finally realised in 2011 with the Commedia Ballet, developed and choreographed by Susie Crow, Ballet in Small Spaces, with costume and set-design by Ellen Nabarro (née Stewart).






The Exuberant Trust - Registered Charity No. 1095911


2003 - 2024