Over 40 years the VWF has supported 270 postgraduate students in the study of composition.

This year, funding was extended to PhD students, and we're now pleased to announce 4 new scholarships, totalling £32K, for the 25-6 academic year 🎉

Details here: vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org/news/2025-va...

No physical contact occurred thankfully

R: Interloper tuxedo cat L: Original tuxedo cat

Returning classical music to South Melbourne Town Hall The Australian National Academy of Music’s bid to return to its home in the South Melbourne Town Hall is a dual mission to save both the building and the power of live classical music.

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20521/...

I’ve just been on LBC to talk about the Ed Sheeran Foundations letter calling on the government for £250M of funding and 5-key points. Essentially, I said the letter presents a very good outline of what is needed by the music education sector. See below.
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The Australian National Academy of Music is calling for the revitalisation of South Melbourne Town Hall, joined by hundreds of artists, organisations and businesses.

Read more: vist.ly/3mxr9tm

#anam #southmelbourne #townhall #australianarts #melbournearts #arts #music #performingarts

Andras Schiff is a highly-regarded figure in the classical music world. So thus a major news story.

Opinion | The View Inside Trump’s Assault on Universities (Gift Article) The Trump administration’s attacks on universities will lead to the permanent diminishment of vital American institutions.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...

Does it have to be either/or?

How does that busker even get his instrument down the escalator?

‘This is censorship’: Palestinian flags covered up in major exhibition at National Gallery of Australia Exclusive: Pacific Indigenous art collective claims NGA cited ‘high level’ security risk in direction to remove Palestinian flag from tapestry

'In a response on Thursday, the gallery did not answer specific questions about the incident but sent a general statement noting that more than 200,000 people have engaged with the exhibition, which they said has “had an overwhelmingly positive response”.'

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

3-year study finds MacKenzie Scott’s $19 billion in charitable giving has been ‘transformational’ for nonprofits A new report analyzes data from over 1,000 organizations that have received grants from the billionaire philanthropist.

MacKenzie Scott does give us a little hope with her philanthropy.

www.yahoo.com/news/3-study...

Minneapolis theater group doubles down on DEI initiatives as federal funding is threatened The theater organization says it recently received orders from the National Endowment for the Arts to stop promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion or be denied federal funding.

Minneapolis theater group doubles down on DEI initiatives as federal funding is threatened

Postgraduate funding - Vaughan Williams Foundation Find out about scholarships for postgraduate composers offered by the Vaughan Williams Foundation.

Budding composers do look at the bursary opportunities @vwfndn.bsky.social for 25/26: vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org/funding/post...

Once again: tomorrow is the deadline for registration as a Democrat in NYC, so as to be able to vote in the mayoral primary on June 24th. There's not a lot we can do in this moment, but please join me in kicking Eric Adams to the curb.

Trump Orders a Review of Federal Support to ‘Nongovernmental Organizations’ The memo has already drawn opposition and concerns about potential First Amendment conflicts.

Trump Orders a Review of Federal Support to ‘Nongovernmental Organizations’ www.philanthropy.com/article/trum... - @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social

How Funders Can Respond to an Unprecedented Threat to Nonprofits | The Center for Effective Philanthropy The Trump administration’s hostility for and threat to the nonprofit sector is clear; how should funders respond?

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If you care about nonprofit organizations, read this blog from the Center for Effective Philanthropy.

Director of Edinburgh international festival warns cuts put its status at risk Nicola Benedetti calls for significant rise in public and philanthropic support to maintain its global reputation

The same story for just about everyone working in the arts.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

167. How to defend philanthropy, with Dr Beth Breeze Podcast Episode · Fundraising Bright Spots · 18/12/2024 · 38m

How to defend philanthropy. A fascinating chat with Professor Beth Breeze. Discussing both sides of Philanthropy, with one of the world’s most knowledgeable people on the topic. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...

Shouldn’t everyone if they have enough?

Amazingly philosophical keynote speech today from Stan Grant at opening of ANZTSR conference, referencing Iris Murdoch, Heisenberg, Descartes, Simone Weill, Hegel, David Foster Wallace etc. so much to take in.

I’m not in the US but this looks pretty serious. Friends in the nonprofit sector take note pls.

Going to the Australia New Zealand Third Sector Research #ANZTSR conference this week to hear what’s new in the charitable/nonprofit sector.

Lovely to get so many new followers after being absent from here for a while. Will resume #ArtsPhilanthropy posting shortly.

A quick overview of philanthropy and the arts in Australia For your reading pleasure here's a link to a short piece I wrote recently for PhiLab (the Canadian Philanthropy Partnership Research Network), with some reflections on where to now for the arts and ph...

A short piece on #arts #philanthropy ozphilanthropy.com/2023/10/05/a...

The original Alone (with cat).

I’ll be writing to the Vice-Chancellor, not that I expect any change in policy.