History

During the 32 years since the Foundation was set up, 1330 grants have been awarded, totalling £1,492,748.
(This amounts to approximately £45,000 per year with an average grant of £1,000).

Throughout this time the majority of awards have been made to subsidise the public performance of works by living composers – these have included performances in standard concert halls, churches, railway stations and other conventional spaces. Awards have also been made to fund scholarships and bursaries at academic institutions and some festivals. In the early years a number of musicological projects were funded, assisting with the publications of a number of books, music scores and three recordings. While grants towards recordings are no longer made, the publication of the results of research continues to be an important though minor part of our funding programme.

In 1994 the first Hinrichsen Composition Bursary was awarded: to date six awards have been made totalling £70,000, the first three direct to composers and the other three in association with institutions.