Join us for an evening of music, dancing, laughter and family fun as we continue Celebrating Simon and fundraise for his Award for Young Violins.

There will be hoppin’ harvest hoe down, jam-packed with music, dancing, laughter and family fun!

With American country music, line dancing, swing jazz, an Irish Ceilidh, and performances from the fantastic Black Velvet Band, with guest appearances by AYM young musicians, and the North Birmingham Suzuki School, there’s something for everyone to enjoy!

Tickets from £13.33 – £53.69.  Click “Read More” to purchase tickets.

AYM Awardees love to perform! AYM is delighted that one of the benefits we provide throughout the year are Recitals where our talented young musicians are thrilled to play for a variety of different audiences. In March, forty of our supporters enjoyed stunning performances in the beautiful and unusual home of our Chairman, Philip Jones.

The Father Teds will be doing a live performance with two sets in concert to raise funds for the Simon Richards Award, a special memorial Award for young violinists, established in the memory of Simon Richards.

The Father Teds are a five-piece contemporary Irish band much admired throughout the Midlands and beyond for their world-class musicianship and their ability to put on a great show.  Join them for a fantastic fun evening.  Your feet will be tapping and before you know it you will be up from your of seats!

Tickets from Bishop Walsh or £6 on the door
Photo by (c) Brian Yeates

Four exceptional young musicians supported by AYM performed at the historic Charterhouse in London, attended by more than 100 of our supporters, new and old, including several AYM Angels.  Patron Charles Hazlewood gave a rousing introduction, emphasizing his commitment to AYM’s ideals and achievements, reiterating the importance of our Donors to our future activities. Four performers, Rob (16) Saxophone, Elodie (16) Violin, Nathan (12) Clarinet, Laura (16) Piano all played at Recital standard, to the very clear delight and appreciation of the audience.

The North Birmingham Suzuki Violin Group performed a special concert in memory of their friend and fellow violinist Simon Richards, who passed away in August aged 12.

Proceeds from the concert went towards the memorial fund for The Simon Richards’s Award for Young Violins, a special memorial Award administered by AYM.

Following a day of masterclasses with top professional instrumentalists from Fitzwilliam Quartet and Opera North three Award winners (Nathan – clarinet, Miranda – violin, Ella – French Horn) performed solo repertoire including music from Poulenc, Weber, Paganini and Serly in an intimate fundraising concert in Rawdon leeds.  We would like to express our sincere thank to Stephan who organised this exciting opportunity for our young musicians.

Wow, what an evening we had on Monday 22 June!  Introduced by AYM patron Julian Lloyd Webber, 18 year old pianist Martin James Bartlett  (AYM Alumnus and winner of the 2014 BBC Young Musician) performed an exciting programme of Mozart, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev in an intimate concert to raise funds for our Ambition 1000‬ campaign.

On 15 May, four of our current Award winners performed alongside AYM Alumna,  violinist Mathilde Milwidsky, in a wonderful concert to raise funds for our Ambition 1000 campaign.  Huge thanks to Stephanie Kulesza, one of our dedicated volunteers, who  arranged this concert and Julia Roth, who curated the programme.  The sold-out event took place in the delightful, tiny 12th Century St Mary’s Church, Perivale

We had our own very special Valentine this February when our Patron Ksenija Sidorova, solo artist Avi Avital and Israeli percussionist Itamar Doari gave a stunning sell out performance at the home of Sir Vernon and Lady Ellis. In a programme which The New York Times has described as “revelatory” this celebrated trio excited the audience with a jubilant musical programme that explored the links between classical and folk-music traditions.   A surprise guest was AYM Alumna Mathilde Milwidsky, now a student at RCM, who having just met the trio that afternoon, joined in to give a wonderfully vibrant encore performance leaving the guests totally captivated.

AYM Patron, the award-winning, international, classical guitarist, Miloš Karadaglić, last summer’s best-selling artist on the Billboard classics chart with his album Aranjuez,  held an intimate concert in Shoreditch to help raise funds for our Ambition 1000 campaign. Joining Miloš on stage was 19 year old Haydn Bateman, an AYM Alumnus and now at the Royal College of Music.