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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


7pm, Sunday 23rd March



- Inward Places of the Soul -


Catriona Bourne


Catriona Bourne - Baroque Flute

Lucinda Bourne - Bass Viol



Exuberant award-winner Catriona and her sister Lucinda

will play music by Telemann, Quantz and Hotteterre

- and some traditional Scottish airs.



United Reformed Church

294 Banbury Road, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7ED

(opposite South Parade)


Entrance is free. The performance will last one hour.

Concert Flyer

Programme

 

Suite in E Minor Opus 2 No 4 by Hotteterre:

Prelude, Allemande, Sarabande, Air, Gavotte, Branle de Village, Menuet

Sonata in A minor for Bass Viol by Telemann

Sonata in D major for Flute and Basso Continuo, QV1:Anh.15a, by Quantz:

Adagio, Allegro, Largo, Minuetto

Fantasia No. 8 for solo flute by Telemann:

Largo, Spirituoso, Allegro

Roslyn Castle - trad. Scottish; Katherine Ogie - trad. Scottish

Sonata in E minor for Flute and Basso Continuo, TWV41:E2, by Telemann:

Grave, Vivace, Cunando, Vivace

Minuet in D Major A1:7 for Bass Viol by Abel

J. S. Bach - Sonata for viola da gamba and keyboard in G major, BWV 1027




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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Upcoming Concert


6pm, Sunday 27th April

TÊTE à TÊTE


A programme of French music devised by:

Diana Hands - piano and

Coral Lancaster - cello


The Pavilion at The Limes, Standlake


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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!





Trinity A Cappella Choir

Trinity A Cappella Choir



Music at the Limes


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

'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.




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.




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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).






The Exuberant Trust - Registered Charity No. 1095911


2003 - 2025