We have just launched a mentorship scheme for school-aged aspiring professional pianists and hold our first masterclass on Sunday 5 October. Read more here.
Further school concerts are planned in September 2025 in the Cirencester area, generously supported by The Arts Society Corinium. Clare will also start a series of prison concerts featuring works from our co-creation project with participants at HMP Featherstone and HMP Oakwood.
Thank you to everyone who attended our second fundraising concert on the 6 June. We raised £2,800 and are extremely grateful for your support!
In May, composer Michael Betteridge and pianist Clare Hammond led co-composition workshops at prisons in Staffordshire, to create pieces with prisoners for Clare to perform in the 2025/26 concert season. The GPT is supporting this work alongside Arts Council England, the Marchus Trust and Leigh Day Solicitors. Read more here.
Since our initial fundraising concert in July 2024, pianist Clare Hammond has performed to 4,700 school children at 26 schools, and 150 prisoners at four prisons.