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Inspirational projects

Since 2011 we have supported more than 80 inspirational projects reaching over 13,000 young people.

These ambitious music education projects across a diverse range of genres provide 7-18 year olds with outstanding opportunities to perform alongside top professional musicians in iconic venues. You can read about the Partnership projects we have funded, and their legacies, below.

Please watch this space for further announcements regarding Partnership Project funding 2025/26!

We welcome applications from London Music Hubs, for inspiring partnership projects in collaboration with professional arts organisations. Grants are awarded for up to £15,000 per project, and must be led by one London music service with at least one other professional partner.

For more information on how to apply please email kate@londonmusicfund.org for an application form and guidelines.

Our Partnership projects are supported by The Karlsson Játiva Charitable Foundation’s Signatur Programme.

Partnership Projects 2025/26

We are delighted to support the following partnership projects in 2025/26:

Bromley Youth Music Trust: Strike Up The Band

Merton Music Foundation: Resonance Ensemble

Tri-Borough Music Hub: A Musical Rebellion

Camden Music: Folk in Camden Schools

We would like to thank The Karlsson Játiva Charitable Foundation for their generosity in funding these exciting partnerships, which have such a lasting impact on their participants and communities.

Bromley Youth Music Trust: Strike Up The Band

Partners: The Royal Corps of Army Music, The Music Hub

BYMT will run a beginner wind band programme, introducing 64 Year 4 children to the joys of learning a brass or wind instrument in partnership with The Royal Corps of Army Music and The Music Hub. Starting with an Inspire concert delivered by The Royal Corps of Army Music and BYMT musicians – performing to the selected children in Year 4, this concert will be followed by intensive training in small group and full ensemble settings. Further into the project, the students will have the opportunity to see the Army musicians they saw at school on the inside of Buckingham Palace grounds (The King’s eye view) during the Changing of the Guard ceremony. Finally, the children will take part in a Gala Performance with the new musicians now as part of a whole larger band performing side-by-side with The Royal Corps of Army Music and BYMT musicians in November 2025.

Merton Music Foundation: Resonance Ensemble

Partners: Crown Lane Studio, Amber Trust, TiME

Resonance Ensemble will deliver fortnightly sessions at South Wimbledon Music Centre in which participants will explore stimuli inspired by sound system culture and electronic dance music, collaboratively creating through-composed pieces. Sessions will incorporate live instrumentation, adaptive instruments and music technology, including novel and commissioned equipment, ensuring inclusive access for students at various stages of their musical development. Through partnership with TiME, there will be opportunity explore a wide range of adaptive instruments, empowering participants to compose and perform on the instruments best suited to their individual needs. Young people will compose and perform original pieces, with opportunities to collaborate with other MMF ensembles, such as string and percussion groups, at key points in the project, enriching the overall sound world and fostering cross-ensemble creativity. The ensemble rehearsals will culminate in the creation of a film produced by a professional videographer and the completed film will be premiered in July 2026 at Crown Lane Studio. Embedding Resonance within MMF’s regular ensemble provision will enable them to reach a broader cohort of pupils with additional needs, enhancing inclusivity and accessibility across all musical styles and ability levels, while also increasing staff confidence and capability in supporting SEND learners in ensemble environments. 

Tri-Borough Music Hub: A Musical Rebellion 

Partners: Royal Albert Hall, Royal College of Music, English National Opera, New Generation Steel Orchestra, Revere Arts

This transformative multi-year project will provide an intensive, high-quality progression opportunity for young instrumentalists who are often excluded from elite-level ensemble experiences. A centralised instrumental ensemble of 100–120 young musicians will be formed through a borough-wide recruitment process, reflecting the diverse makeup of the three boroughs. Rehearsing regularly over the course of 20 months and supported by a team of professionals from the Tri-borough Music Hub, mentors from the Royal College of Music, and musicians affiliated with the Royal Albert Hall, the participants will focus on ensemble development, sectional training, and repertoire exploration. The group will work with a composer to give their creative ideas for a new piece, culminating in a final performance at the Royal Albert Hall in 2027 where they will perform alongside vocalists and other performers in an original work co-created with young people around themes of protest, identity, and global justice.

Camden Music Service: Folk in Camden Schools 

Partners: Folk Dance and Song Society, Royal Academy of Music

This project will highlight folk as an aural, creative, and flexible form of music – a ‘living tradition’ that constantly evolves and embraces new musical and cultural influences. It aims to build on students’ experience of playing instruments in primary school (including via Camden’s Whole Class Ensemble Tuition programme) and will involve instrumental playing at all levels of competency from beginner to more advanced players. The project will involve elements of composition such as improvising and writing material using folk music structures in the context of a folk ensemble, whilst exploring creativity with instrumental playing and enhancing instrumental learning in the classroom.