Awards for Young Musicians

Giving talent a chance

AYM Annual Awards

Annual Awards programme

Our 2015 Awards applications opens very soon. Check back with us again*

If you are aged between five and seventeen you can apply to our Annual Awards programme. The applications for 2014 closed on 21 March, however you will be able to apply later in the year for the 2015 round.

We give Awards of between £200 and £2,000, totalling up to £100,000 per year; we are in the process of selecting the winners for this year, however in 2013 we supported 130 talented young musicians. We help with all the major costs of a young musician’s training, such as lessons, buying an instrument, travel and specialist courses.

Our key criteria

We support instrumentalists making music in any genre, and our key criteria are:
– Financial need (all applications are means-tested)
– Exceptional musical talent and potential

Awards can help with costs including:

  • 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 your last music exam – or, if you haven’t taken exams, show evidence of this level of ability
  • Be recommended by your music teacher and an organisation, orchestra or group where you play or practise.

How to apply
Next year’s deadline will be Friday 13 March 2015.

For your information, you may read our Guidance Notes for Applicants, which can be downloaded here.

If you have submitted an application to the 2014 Awards, you would have already heard by now whether or not you’ve been successful (we always get back to all applicants) by mid-May 2014.

*Send an email to [email protected] to register your interest to receive news about the 2015 Awards programme.