Supporting up coming musicians, youth
  • canadashcanadash
    Posts: 1,558
    Does anyone have experience with a church or diocese where there was support for young musicians to get training or go to events such as the CMAA Colloquium, or any other educational opportunities. Is there a diocese that has educational opportunities for young musicians such as subsidized music (organ/cantoring) or theory lessons? Has anyone ever had a youth summer program for musicians that was supported by their diocese or church that you could speak to?

    Thank you.
  • probe
    Posts: 100
    Our parish sponsored four mainly young people on a two year organ scholarship in the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
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  • a_f_hawkins
    Posts: 3,660
    I don't have direct experience, but in England we have a national schools singing programme, e.g. :-
    https://dioceseofleedsmusic.org.uk/ *
    https://www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk/ministries/schools-singing-programme
    https://portsmouthdiocese.org.uk/caso/national-schools-singing-programme/
    * "Choir school" set up by +Arthur Roche when he was Bishop of Leeds, it is an ordinary parochial school but emphasising music for all pupils.
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  • AbbysmumAbbysmum
    Posts: 152
    Where I live (in Canada), there are scholarships available for prospective organ students through local chapters of the RCCO (similar to the AGO). They have 4 times as many available for under-30's than over 30's. I won an over-30 one last year (I am WAAAAY over 30 lol). Maybe AGO has similar? I know it's not Catholic per se, but it does support developing church musicianship.
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