Annual Awards Programme

Since 1998, AYM has run an annual Awards programme for young people aged between five and eighteen. We fundraise in order to give awards of between £200 and £2,000, totalling a minimum of £50,000 per year. We support all the major costs of a young musician’s training, such as lessons, buying an instrument, travel and specialist courses.

Our key criteria

Means-testing

During this process, we use income thresholds similar to those of the Music and Dance Scheme(http://www.education.gov.uk/b0068711/mds). Ultimately, however, our adjudication panel makes decisions based on which applicants are most talented and most in need of help.

• Buying or hiring a musical instrument
• Music lessons
• Weekend music schools
• Music courses
• Orchestra fees
• Travel

Applicants will need to:

• Show evidence of financial need
• Have ideally achieved a distinction in their last music exam – or, if they haven’t taken exams, show evidence of this level of ability
• Be recommended by their music teacher

2013 Awards

The deadline for our 2013 Awards has now passed (it was Friday 15 March).  Next year’s deadline will be Friday 22 March 2014.

If you have submitted an application to the 2013 Awards, you will hear whether or not you've been successful (we always get back to all applicants) by mid-May 2013.

For your information, you may read last year's Guidance Notes for Applicants, which can be downloaded here. 

For information about other possible funders, please visit FAQs/Funding.