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2003 - 2024

Celebrating 21 years of supporting young people in Oxfordshire with

their development in the

creative arts since 2023.

2024 marks the Exuberant Trust's 21st year of supporting young people in Oxfordshire with funding towards their development in the creative arts.

Over that time, the Exuberant Trust has awarded a total of £75,000 in the form of 170 individual grants. Grants have been given for a wide range of items and purposes: from the purchase of musical instruments, art materials & singing lessons to exhibition fees, travel costs & dance classes!

This achievement has only been made possible by the kind generosity of our many supporters who have donated to our grant fund or performed at our fundraising concerts over the years ... Read more here.

Award Winners News

The latest news, updates and events listings for Exuberant Trust grant award-winners.

Find out more about the Multi Story Orchestra here, including the latest news and upcoming events.

The Multi Story Orchestra was started in 2011 by composer Kate Whitley (former Exuberant Trust award winner) and conductor Christopher Stark, who wanted to find new ways to play orchestral music that would escape formal concert halls and be more exciting.

The Orchestra started playing in Bold Tendencies in Peckham and broadcast the first ever BBC Proms performance from a car park in 2016, followed by performances in other car parks around the UK.

Their performances bring together amassed choirs and instrumentalists to give incredibly moving, musical experiences that celebrate the local community. They also work with local schools to encourage creativity for all.

BBC Young Musician 2020

Ewan Millar wins the woodwind finals.

18-year-old oboist Ewan Millar, from Reading, has won the woodwind category final of the BBC Young Musician 2020 competition. Ewan will now go on to the semi-final with the other category winners to compete for a place in the grand final later this year.

Congratulations to Ewan and we wish him good luck in the next stage of the competition.

BBC Young Musician 2020 links:

Ewan Millar - profile.

Ewan Millar - woodwind finals performance.

Woodwind Finals highlights.

Emily Stapleton Jefferis

Ceramics Artist - Update

Read an update from former Exuberant Trust award-winner and artist, Emily Stapleton-Jefferis who is studying an MA in Ceramics and Glass at the Royal College of Art, London.

Award-winners Fiona McAlear and Rachel Wood are both jewellers/silversmiths.

Contemporary Jewellery & Hair Accesories

Read about Fiona's latest jewellery collections and news here.

Rachel specialises in handmade bespoke pieces for all sporting and country enthusiasts. Read more about her new collections and news here.

2003 - 2013

Officially formed as a charity in April 2003, The Exuberant Trust celebrated it's 10th Anniversary in 2013, culminating in the Showcase Exuberant Oxford! in September 2013 at the Pegasus Theatre, Oxford. Read More ...

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.

Next Concert:

Music at The Limes

in Standlake, West Oxfordshire

6pm, Sunday 27th April

- TÊTE à TÊTE -

Diana Hinds, piano

Coral Lancaster, cello

Come and listen in to a French musical conversation

between piano and cello, including sonatas

by Debussy and Fauré and Poulenc’s Mélancolie.

Concert Flyer

The Pavilion at The Limes

87 High Street, Standlake OX29 7RH

(The Limes driveway is next to the car park of the Black Horse Pub)

Directions/Parking

Music at The Limes concerts are free and informal.

Refreshments will be served before and after the performance.

We welcome Donations to the Exuberant Trust awards programme.

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

adding Gift Aid if possible. Registered Charity no. 1095911

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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).

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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!

Catriona Bourne Lucinda Bourne	Past Concerts 2025 7pm, Sunday 23rd March Inward Places of the Soul at the United Reformed Church, Summertown, will be a spellbinding performance of music for Baroque Flute and Bass Viol by Catriona Bourne and Lucinda Bourne. The talented duo who are sisters will play music by Telemann, Quantz, Hotteterre and some traditional Scottish airs. Catriona Bourne is an Exuberant Trust award winner
Trinity A Cappella Choir	Past Concerts 2024 6pm, Sunday 24th November Trinity A Cappella choir from Oxford Brookes University transform Pop music hits with intricate harmonies and vibrant energy. From chart-topping anthems to nostalgic favourites, Trinity A Cappella choir brings creativity and heart to each performance. With arrangements of songs from Coldplay, Elvis Presley, Billy Joel and many others.
'Strings Attached'	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.
'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	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	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.

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Commedia

David Horn in Commedia,

photographed by Bill Cooper.

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).