The Agar Trust supports young people
(8-21) resident in rural Scotland who demonstrate exceptional musical
ability and potential and wish to further their musical education beyond
their local area.
While 90% of Scotland’s land mass is rural, a fifth of Scotland’s
population lives there. There has, not surprisingly, been a
concentration of services in the urban areas, but this brings challenges
for young rurally-based people who wish to further their education or
develop a career in music. Our award holders have to travel considerable
distances to play with national orchestras, bands or choirs; or attend
short courses, private tuition or auditions.
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Your help … has enabled me attend the following:
NYOS courses; National Youth Wind Ensemble of Scotland course; RCS
summer course for brass players; work experience with the RSNO. I
auditioned at the RCS and was delighted to be offered an unconditional
place for the next academic year. I am certain that without your
support I would not have been able to achieve this.
Antony, Fort William
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To see the award holders for the last year, and a map of where they
live, click
here. Do follow our
Facebook page. We use it to advertise educational opportunities and news of concerts our award holders have played in.
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Agar Trust news and reports:
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Newsletter, December 2018 (.pdf file).
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What roles for charitable Trusts in Scottish music education? (.pptx
file, Nov
2017).
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Online music tuition in rural Scotland (.pdf file, Feb 2017).
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