Celebrating Global Musical Initiatives
ABRSM Play On Funding Recipients Announced
ABRSM unveils the 2025 Play On funding recipients, supporting innovative projects worldwide.
ABRSM Play On Funding Recipients Announced
ABRSM unveils the 2025 Play On funding recipients, supporting innovative projects worldwide.
Empowering Music Education Across the Globe
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) has proudly announced the recipients of this year’s Play On funding, marking a significant milestone in global music education. This initiative underscores ABRSM’s dedication to fostering musical talent through support of diverse projects. By empowering twelve exceptional initiatives, the Play On fund aims to extend the reach and impact of music education, ensuring that young musicians from all backgrounds can access transformative learning opportunities.
Each selected project exemplifies innovation and dedication to community enrichment. As these initiatives unfold, they promise to inspire and uplift communities, creating lasting legacies in the world of music education.
2025 Play On Funding Recipients
Among the exciting initiatives are:
- India: The Sunshine Orchestra expands free music tuition for disadvantaged children from an 8-week pilot into a full-year programme.
- Malaysia: Penang Jazz Society will host intensive jazz education workshops focusing on improvisation, theory, and instrumental studies.
- Tanzania: Action Music Academy’s “Discovering Brass Tanzania” project will expand, enhancing brass education in partnership with the University of St Andrews.
- Italy: Artipelago launches “The Immaterial Piazza Choir,” providing free, high-quality choral experiences over ten months.
- South Africa: Education Africa’s Marimba Hub initiative will extend its impactful music education activities, reaching even more disadvantaged communities.
- Mozambique: CACEFU’s marching band project gains renewed support, bolstering extracurricular musical opportunities.
- Hong Kong: SAR Philharmonic Orchestra expands its community outreach through side-by-side workshops and performances.
- USA: Minnesota’s Itasca Orchestra Strings Programme (IOSP) extends free orchestral music education opportunities to rural youth.
- Kenya: Scholarships at the Kenya Conservatoire of Music’s Prelude Orchestra will provide accessible instrumental learning and performance opportunities.
- Haiti: Music Fund ensures musical instruments reach young people in impoverished and conflict-affected areas.
- South Africa: MusicWorks’ marimba programme offers safe spaces for music-making to marginalised young people.
- South Pacific: SolFa Music Samoa initiates a collaborative musical partnership with Fiji, enhancing regional cultural exchange.
