Beneficiaries of the Bert Jansch Foundation Award
The Bert Jansch Foundation has already helped several promising young musicians to attend workshops, train in specific genres such as African drumming, purchase instruments, promote live performances and make studio recordings. The Foundation will follow the careers of these artists with interest.
2022
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Chris Brain
Direct: for mixing and releasing his second album Steady Away
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Entropies band
Direct: for HARVEST, a five-part non-stop immersive musical project.
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Pete Shaw
Direct: to install new mic pickup system into his electro-acoustic accordion to enable exploration of acoustic/synthesised accordion fusion
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Nia Clarke
Goldsmiths University: to present her end of year final performance at the Albany theatre
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Stefanos Zafeiriadis
Goldsmiths University: Portrait of an Acoustic Instrument
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Behn Quartet
Direct: Recording and release of a digital album championing lesser-known 20th-century female composers
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Lizabett Russo
Direct: Professional live music videos for Youtube and purchase of new guitar
2021
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Alex Ridout
Direct: for recording her debut album with the Alex Ridout Quintet
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Elisabeth Salverda
Goldsmiths University: to make radio feature about the piano-viole: the process of restoration and reinvention, how it sounds today, and her creative response.
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Roxanna Albayati
Direct: to study and receive training in Iranian music with Faraz Eshghi and record for the Into The Ocean project
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Ceylan Rogers
Goldsmiths University: for loop pedal equipment as part of extended flute techniques project
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Louis Tsiattalou
Goldsmiths University: for musicians’ fees for EP based on Anglo-American acoustic and folk music traditions
2020
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Campbell Baum
Direct: for a compilation featuring arrangements of traditional songs
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Eliott Morris
Direct: for ‘The Lockdown Sessions’ – a recording series of performances made from home
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Dylan Trenouth
Goldsmiths University:
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Cassandra Layton
Goldsmiths University:
2019
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Alice Western
Goldsmiths, University of London: for Working and Waulking Music in the Scottish Outer Hebrides
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Maisie Cowburn-Bannister
Newcastle University: for part-funding of a new instrument, a concertina
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Haringey Young Musicians
Direct: for after school ensembles
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James Creed
2018
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Amy Hollinrake-Tune
Goldsmiths, University of London: Attending special workshops in preparation for final degree show. (Also, Yamaha Voucher)
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Calum Reid
Newcastle University: Purchasing a new bouzouki for live performance of his own material
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Holly Clarke
Newcastle University: Recording First Album of Holly and The Reivers (Also, Yamaha Voucher)
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Najia Bagi
Goldsmiths, University of London: a collective event ‘Voicing the Invisible’
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Sam Grassie
Edinburgh, Direct: Recording the second single for his band Avocet
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Sara Kalina
Kracow, Poland, direct: for Studio recording of original songs and purchase of new guitar
2017
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Anita Okienko
Edinburgh Napier University: Making a Professional music ‘calling card’
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Annie Booth
Edinburgh Napier University: Recording Debut Album ‘In An Unforgiving Light’ (Also Yamaha Voucher)
2016
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Becky Sikasa and David Scobie
Edinburgh Napier University: Lunir, a duo ensemble for live performance
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