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Featured Exuberant Event

7.30pm, Saturday 11th May

Thom Conroy - woodwind

Reuben Stobel - piano

Preview performance of upcoming concerts.

On the Door/Advance: £7/£5

Witney Congregational Church,

4 Welch Way, Witney

Thom Conroy is an Exuberant Trust award winner. Read more about his incredible achievements on our Award Winners page.

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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 ...

Commedia

Read about the Commedia Project, commissioned by The Exuberant Trust in memory of Sebastian Graham-Jones.

David Horn in Commedia,

photographed by Bill Cooper.

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.

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THANK YOU!

The Exuberant Trust is a local charity which supports young people in 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.

Celebrating 21 years of supporting young people in Oxfordshire

with their development in the creative arts since 2023.

Next Concert:

3pm, Sunday 7th July

Victoria De Melo

Piano Recital

Programme

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 "Tempest" Chopin Ballade No. 3

Schumann Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

Liszt Paganini etudes, S. 141 No. 2 in E flat major

Liszt Trois etudes de concert, S. 144 No. 2, La leggierezza

Now 15 years old, Victoria has already passed important milestones as a pianist - she 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.

Concert Flyer

The Pavilion at The Limes

87 High Street, Standlake OX29 7RH

(next to the Black Horse Pub)

Directions/Parking

Please book your free tickets via Eventbrite

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Entrance is free and the performance will last one hour.

Donations to the Exuberant Trust are gratefully accepted,

or you can donate securely online here.

Victoria De Melo

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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

generosityof our many supporters who have donated to our grant fund

or performed at our fundraising concerts over the years ... Read more here.

We hope that the Exuberant Trust will continue to support young people

with their creative development for many more years to come,

especially due to the difficulties faced by many as a result of the Covid Pandemic and the current economic climate.

The Exuberant Trust 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 are always welcome.

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Upcoming Concerts

The Pavilion at The Limes

Standlake OX29

Sunday 25th August

Pavlova Piano Trio

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Sunday 15th September

Karen Kay

Roost

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Sunday 3rd November

Sarah Verney & Eric Clarke

Mozart, Bach and R Clarke Sonatas for violin/viola & piano

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Sunday 24th November

Brookes A Capella group

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Further details to follow.

Showcase 2024	Music at the Limes Past Concerts 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.
Pavlova Winds	7pm, Sunday 16th July This well-known local wind ensemble will play trios and quintets by Mozart, Taffanel, Ibert and Zemlinsky. With Chris Britton ~ flute, Alison Street ~ oboe, Barbara Stuart ~ clarinet, Jenny Morgan ~ horn and Simon Payne bassoon. United Reformed Church, Banbury Road, Oxford.

CAMPAIGNS

The Exuberant Trust fully supports the following campaigns for the arts:

Campaign for the Arts

Please sign and share these two petitions:

Rishi Sunak keep your promises to fund arts activities for young people.

Say no to 50% funding cuts in Arts subjects in HE petition

Education Secretary – reverse the 50% funding cut to arts subjects in Higher Education.

Save our Subjects campaign

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. #SaveOurSubjects