Joby Burgess is a recipient of the RPS Enterprise Fund at Trailblazer level - the award was made to exceptional candidates who already proved themselves to be remarkably inventive and entrepreneurial in lockdown.
The Royal Philharmonic Society is pleased to announce the musicians receiving over £200,000 of grants from the RPS Enterprise Fund, made possible with kind support from Harriet’s Trust.
Classical musicians’ response to the pandemic has been extraordinary. Against all odds, musicians nationwide have resiliently and generously found ways to keep sharing what they do, turning bedrooms into makeshift studios, taking their instruments out onto the streets, becoming amateur film-makers, putting themselves forward in all sorts of ways they never had before, for the benefit of others. New forms of creativity and connectivity have been forged which, if taken forward, could represent a positive legacy from this difficult year.
‘Between them, the 87 recipients represent the sheer resilience, strength and invention of classical musicians nationally, finding ways forward to uplift and inspire the nation with their creativity,’ says RPS Chief Executive James Murphy.