Registered Charity No. 228089
Incorporating the Scottish Musicians Benevolent Fund
Registered as a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales
No. 252783
Musicians Benevolent Fund
7-11 Britannia Street, London
WC1X 9JS
Tel: 020 7239 9100
Fax: 020 7713 8942
Email: info@mbf.org.uk
Useful Links
Musical Organisations
The Academy of Contemporary Music
Offers courses covering guitar, bass, drums, vocals and music production.
Access to Music
Provider of popular music education, training and consultancy.
Association of British Orchestras (ABO)
The national body representing the collective interests of professional orchestras throughout the UK
Benevolence Today
Help for people in need. Benevolence Today is a campaign aiming to raise awareness of benevolent charities.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Choir of Kings College, Cambridge
Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland
Ireland's national archive and resource centre for new music
Co-Opera Co.
A training opera company aimed at professional opera singers in the early stages of their careers, undergraduates nearing the conclusion of their course, budding conductors, directors, répétiteurs, stage managers and lighting designers.
Incorporated Society of Musicians
The UK‘s professional body for musicians, offering essential backup for today’s musician
Incorporated Society of Organists
A major site for the organ and its music in the UK
Independents Day 08
Independents Day 08 is a worldwide event, taking place on the weekend of 4th July to raise money for the independent music community and their chosen charities. Starting in New Zealand and ending in the US, activities include the largest ever auction of independent music memorabilia (via eBay) and limited edition albums featuring the cream of independent talent from all over the globe, all supported by a comprehensive retail campaign and a series of one-off music shows and retrospectives across TV and radio. The Musicians Benevolent Fund will benefit from 50% of the net profits from the UK Ebay auction and 50% of any royalties donated by artists performing on the UK CD.
Led Bib
Winners of the 2005 Peter Whittingham Award for Jazz
MCPS-PRS Alliance
The Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) and The Performing Right Society (PRS)
The Music Publishers Association
Music Industries Association (MIA)
UK trade association servicing and representing the interests of all UK businesses selling musical instruments and associated products.
MusicLeader
MusicLeader is a UK-wide Youth Music initiative and aims to provide access to training and professional development for music leaders at every stage of their career.
National Association of Music Educators
Resources, News, Discussions aimed at Music Education Professionals.
National Youth Orchestras of Scotland
NUMU
NUMU is a safe community for young people to showcase their music; collaborate, compete and develop their talent.
Opera North
Information about the company, based in Leeds.
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
The Sage, Gateshead
Music Centre housing two concert halls, a rehearsal hall, bars, restaurants and educational facilities. Also the home of the orchestra, Northern Sinfonia
Serlo Consort
Chamber choir
The Sixteen
Vocal ensemble
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Society for the Promotion of New Music
Vasari Singers
Choral group who have performed at both the Musicians Benevolent Fund Summer Serenade and several Musicians Benevolent Fund Carol Concerts
Welsh Music Foundation
Provides support, advice, information and contacts to the Welsh music industry
Charities and Funding
Arts Council England
The national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery.
Benslow Music Trust
Offers instrument loan schemes for promising students, residential courses for adult amateur musicians, and a programme of concerts in Hertfordshire
British Association of Performing Arts Medicine
Deals with specialist health care for professional and student performing artists
EMI Sound Foundation
Independent music education charity, established in 1997 to celebrate the centenary of EMI Records and to improve young peoples' access to music education in the UK & Ireland
PRS Members’ Fund
Assists members of the Performing Right Society and their dependants who are in need of financial support because of illness, accident or old age.
The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain
Provides assistance to those working in the music profession and their dependants, when in need, because of accident, illness, or old age
The Tillett Trust
The Tillett Trust offers financial support to young classical musicians at the start of their professional solo careers.
The UK Insolvency Helpline
The UK Insolvency Helpline Debt Advice Service provides confidential advice on how to deal with debt problems. Helpline 0800 074 6918
Young Concert Artists Trust
The Young Concert Artists Trust identifies, nurtures and promotes outstanding young classical soloists and chamber ensembles trained in the UK. As a classical musicians agency YCAT liaises with event promoters in the UK and abroad providing performance opportunities and engagements for its artists.
Young Singers’ Welfare Foundation
A charitable trust that supports UK-based self-employed professional classical singers under the age of 40 who suffer financial hardship as a result of a serious medical condition or illness
Conservatoires, universities, and teachers
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Royal Northern College of Music
The Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
UK Guitar Teachers
An online directory of guitar and bass teachers
Musical Publications
Songlink International
The leading creative resource for music publishers, songwriters, A&R, producers, artists and managers- anyone in the business of pitching or seeking songs
Other
Jackie Morris
Website of Jackie Morris, the highly acclaimed illustrator of Ted Hughes‘s How the whale became and many other children’s books. This is the seventh year in which the Musicians Benevolent Fund has commissioned a Christmas card design from Jackie, and this year‘s commission is entitled City of Music. It will be available to buy online along with the Fund’s other cards from 1st September 2006.
Xavier Pick
Website of the London artist Xavier Pick, who has also designed an Musicians Benevolent Fund Christmas card for 2006. A lecturer at the Royal College of Art with an extensive interest in music, particularly live performance, Xavier‘s design is called Trumpet over London. It will be available to buy online along with the Fund’s other cards from 1st September 2006.
Sounding Art
Website of the artist Jane Mackay, who specialises in creating ‘synaesthetic’ images; the images she visualises when listening to music. In 2005 the Musicians Benevolent Fund commissioned a Christmas card from Jane; a painting based on a 1962 recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams‘s ’Fantasia on Christmas Carols'.
Face the Music
Website of the musical giftware shop in Burley, Hants offering a variety of products including books, stationery, kitchenware, musical toys, model instruments, greetings cards as well as a whole variety of musical gift ideas. Friends of the Musicians Benevolent Fund are currently entitled to a 10% discount on products. Purchases must be made at the shop in Burley and discounts will only be available on production of a valid Friends membership card.