The Royal Philharmonic Society is a long-established UK classical music charity that supports performers, composers, ensembles, venues, and festivals through grants, commissions, mentoring, awards, and performance opportunities. Its giving is especially distinctive in championing underperformed repertoire—particularly music by historic women composers and Thea Musgrave—while also recognizing and elevating standout artists and projects across the classical music ecosystem. Nonprofits and presenters that can build programming around these targeted repertoire priorities, with strong audience-development or promotional plans, are the best fit.
Mix of open-application grants and awards-based support, typically targeted to specific projects or repertoire priorities rather than unrestricted funding. Funding appears to be relatively small-to-moderate in size, often split among multiple recipients, and is focused on UK-based performances, programming, and promotional activity.
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Watch the RPS program deadlines closely and apply only when your project clearly centers the specified repertoire or artist focus. For the 2026 Thea Musgrave Performance Grants, applications close at 11:00 on Tuesday 7 July 2026; successful proposals should show how the music will sit at the heart of UK programming and how you will promote the performances. For Ambache-related support, emphasize overlooked historic women composers, concert quality, and audience reach.
Current and upcoming funding from Royal Philharmonic Society that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Open to performers, ensembles, festivals and venues programming Thea Musgrave’s music in the UK. The page does not specify further eligibility details in the scraped text.
Deadline: Applications close at 11am on Tuesday 7 July 2026.
Who can apply: Open to UK-based performers, ensembles, venues and festivals. The scraped text does not include additional eligibility criteria.
Deadline: Apply early October to late March.
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