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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Please help the Exuberant Trust continue to support young people in Oxfordshire, who wish to develop an interest 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. THANK YOU! |
'Sound Walks' Josephine Illingworth |
Music at the Limes Past Concerts 7pm, Sunday 15th September Exuberant award-winner Josephine Illingworth is a singer, guitarist, artist and long-distance hiker. Her recent works use soundscape and the folk tradition to explore specific settings and landscapes - painting pictures with sound. These recent works, ranging from simple folk songs to more ambient sound works, aim to use music as a transportative force. Josephine constructs her sonic works as journeys, weaving stark poetry, folklore, glimmering guitar and field recordings into a soundscape that feels almost tactile. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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. |
Please join this campain for broadening the curriculum: |
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 ... Read more and sign. |
David Horn in Commedia, photographed by Bill Cooper. |
Commedia Read about the Commedia Project, commissioned by The Exuberant Trust in memory of Sebastian Graham-Jones. |
The Exuberant Trust - Registered Charity No. 1095911
2003 - 2024