Our second fundraising concert will take place on the 6 June 2025 in Uley, Gloucestershire. Drinks and canapés will be served from 6pm followed by a presentation on our work and piano recital by Clare Hammond at 7pm. Booking opens on the 21 April and tickets cost £25. Full details available here. Please email on gloucestershirepianotrust@gmail.com to reserve seats.
In May, composer Michael Betteridge and pianist Clare Hammond lead 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 and the Marchus Trust.
We shall be supporting concerts at HMP Bristol and HMP Erlestoke over the summer, while a further 12 school concerts are planned to take place in June.
Since our initial fundraising concert in July 2024, pianist Clare Hammond has performed to 3,380 school children at 18 schools, and 70 prisoners at three prisons. A further 12 school concerts are planned in June 2025.