Projects that we have supported in prisons have been featured on BBC Radio 4's PM, in the Big Issue, the Autumn 2025 edition of Classical Music Magazine, and on the Thoroughly Good podcast.
Clare will soon start a series of prison concerts featuring works from our co-creation project with participants at HMP Featherstone and HMP Oakwood. Clare was joined by composer Michael Betteridge in workshops at prisons in Staffordshire in May, to co-create pieces for solo piano with prisoners. She will perform these in public recitals 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.
We have just launched a mentorship scheme for school-aged aspiring professional pianists and held our first masterclass in October 2025. Read more here.
In September 2025, Clare completed twelve concerts in schools in the Cirencester area, reaching 1,225 children. These were generously supported by The Arts Society Corinium.
Since our initial fundraising concert in July 2024, pianist Clare Hammond has performed to over 5,900 school children at 38 schools, and 217 prisoners at 6 prisons.