BRITTEN SINFONIA AWARDED £80,000 BY THE COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST FOR ITS SURROUND SOUND PLAYLIST INITIATIVE
We are delighted to have been chosen as one of the recipients of the Colwinston Charitable Trust's 30th Anniversary Fund.
Established in 1995 by its Founder and Chairman, Mathew Prichard CBE, The Colwinston Charitable Trust distributes grants to UK Registered Charities delivering high quality work in the Live Performing Arts and the Visual Arts. The Trust derives its main income from royalties from The Mousetrap, the murder mystery written by Mathew’s grandmother, Agatha Christie.
The £80,000 award will go towards four Surround Sound Playlist concerts throughout Wales, including St Davids Cathedral in Pembrokeshire, and St Asaph Cathedral as part of the North Wales Music Festival.
“We are thrilled that the Colwinston Charitable Trust is Principal Funder of our Surround Sound Playlist programme in Wales. Since performances of this engaging, inclusive, and spectacular concert series in March this year, we have received widespread acclaim and calls for a follow-on series. We are therefore delighted that we will be able to do this and bring the uniquely immersive and accessible Surround Sound Playlist experience to audiences in Wales.”
Mathew Pritchard CBE, Chair of the Colwinston Charitable Trust writes:
"To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Trust and more than 30,000 performances of The Mousetrap since the play opened on the 8th of June 1952, we wanted to celebrate creative expression and the art of storytelling, be it through music, opera, performance, visual arts, exhibitions, or the written word. The Trust launched this special £1,000,000 fund to celebrate innovation and excellence in the Arts, and to support projects designed to achieve ultimate impact and enjoyment for audiences.
My grandmother spent her life being enthralled by the Arts. She wrote to entertain and loved being entertained by so many different art forms. I remain grateful to all the Arts practitioners who continue to bring her work to life and have enabled the Colwinston Trust to be involved with projects that I think would have been close to her heart. It is my ambition that the 30th anniversary fund will continue to encourage this to happen.
The Colwinston Trust is delighted to celebrate 30 years of working with many high quality arts organisations across the UK by awarding a special Anniversary Grant to Britten Sinfonia to support their Surround Sound Playlist concerts in Wales."
