Perth and Kinross Music Foundation has been chosen by Tesco to participate in the “Bags of Help” fundraising scheme. It would be great if as many people as possible could support this by getting the blue tokens when they pay for their shopping in Perth or Scone Tesco stores and dropping them into our section of the voting board. Please tell all friends and family about this so the Foundation can raise as much funds as possible to help children access Instrumental Music Tuition.
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Autumn 2018 – Newsletter
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Please download our newsletter here.
Quiz Night – 13th June
COMING EVENTS IN 2018
COMING EVENTS IN 2018
in aid of Perth and Kinross Music Foundation Funds
Tutors’ Concert
3pm, Sunday 30th September
St John the Evangelist’s, Episcopal Church,
Princes St, Perth PH2 8LJ.
Childline Concert
7.30pm, Thursday 6th December
Perth Concert Hall, Horsecross,
Mill Street, Perth, PH1 5HZ.
The ‘Childline Concert’ originally raised funds for the newly established Perth and Kinross Music Foundation. For some years now the event has enjoyed the full support and backing of Perth and Kinross Instrumental Music Service and the pupils and families from PKC Central Groups, including Perth Youth Orchestra.
We are pleased to report that, after a gap of several years, 10% of the proceeds the
Childline Concert will now go to Perth and Kinross Music Foundation
with whom the event will be jointly promoted.
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR
SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS
INCLUDING THE GANNOCHY TRUST
THE GUILDRY INCORPORATION OF PERTH
THE CROSS TRUST
THE JIMMIE CAIRNCROSS TRUST
Fund Raising Concert
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Download a copy of our poster for display in your school here.
On making music tuition statutory – John Swinney
Mr John Swinney’s (Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills) answers very recently in Parliament regarding Instrumental Tuition:
“On the question of instrumental music tuition, Mr Wightman is correct to say that it is a discretionary service—that is the existing position. I am able to give consideration to whether it should be made into a statutory provision.”
“One of the factors that would weigh in that consideration would be the enormous benefits, which I recognise, that come to young people as a consequence of involvement in musical activity. On many visits around the country I have seen the tremendous fulfilment that such activity brings to young people and the transformative change that it can have on young people’s lives.”
The full text is here:
Abseilling for Funds
A massive effort to raise fund for Perth and Kinross Music Foundation led the charity’s chairperson, Mhairi MacKinnon, to form a team of abseilers, to descend from the top of the Forth Rail Bridge raising over £4751.50.
The event was supported by the Rotary Club of South Queensferry and Perth and Kinross music instructors and friends of PKMF, including Lynsey Paterson, Scott Barker, Iona Crosbie, George Annan, Ken Watt, Mark Jenkins, Sandy Warnock and Robert Warnock. Participants were encouraged to raise a minimum of £145 each but all exceeded this amount by a long way!
Schubert – Die Nacht
Fundraising concert
Thanks to Liam Bonthrone and Friends, Sian Voller, Ellen Mawhinney, Charlotte Heslop, Connor James Smith, Craig Douglas, Will Frost, and David Todd for a splendid evening of songs from lieder, opera, Scots Song and the shows.
Welcome Support for Young Musicians
Local tenor, Liam Bonthrone presented Perth and Kinross Music Foundation with a cheque for £1050.
The proceeds came from one of series of concerts that Liam is planning to give in aid of the charity which supports needy families by funding their children’s attendance at weekly orchestras and music groups as well as making it possible for them to attend music camps. Liam, who studied in Perth with Mrs Edna Auld, is now a student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) and is looking forward to furthering his studies with the Dutch tenor Amand Hekkers, in the Netherlands, later this year.
Receiving the cheque on behalf of PKMF, Mr Andrew Mitchell (trustee) said, “It is a great pleasure to see young people supporting other youngsters, not only by allowing them to discover the joys of music, but also to develop their skills to the fullest. Liam is a terrific role model having only recently benefited from the work of the local Music Service he is eager to make it possible for others to do the same.”
Liam’s next concert in support of PKMF will be in St John’s Kirk, Perth on Saturday 25th March, at 7.30pm when he will be joined by six highly talented RCS students for an evening entitled ‘Spring Voices’.
Tickets are £10 (adults) and £5 (children and students).
CAPTION – L-R Liam Bonthrone (tenor) with Andrew Mitchell (Perth and Kinross Music Foundation)