Bursaries 2024/25
'This bursary and residency has been paramount to the progression of our sound'.
Amy Hollinrake
'Cecil Sharp House gave me the time and headspace to fuel this important time of creativity... This experience has been immeasurable in offering me not only time, space and money but invaluable resources and creative inspiration by being in such a historic, iconic place'.
Remorae
'The work done over the past week would not have been possible without this bursary... It is a wonderful opportunity to have a few days paid time to do R&D: it gives us a rare chance to create new work in a focussed way'.
Emily Portman
'This research led me to write a couple of new songs and rehearse new music with some brilliant musicians. At a time when things aren’t easy for musicians, support like this is especially appreciated and I’m grateful to have been able to dedicate some quality time to this new creative project'.
Randolph Matthews
'The bursary gave me the freedom to focus on my creative process without financial pressure, which fostered an environment where I could fully express and experiment with my ideas'.
Bursaries 2023/24
Satnam Galsian and Maddie Morris
‘We used our bursary to fund research time and creative time towards this project. We also used part of the funding for a trip to visit Cecil Sharp House, to use the library and facilities for practice. We’ve talked about working together for a very long time, and it’s been really wonderful to finally get the opportunity thanks to this funding.’
Tarren
‘This residency has afforded us the time to research, immerse and create. We were able to use our time to create the final four tracks to our second album, one of which is a song celebrating gender diversity and the disruption of traditional gender roles.’
The Rheingans Sisters
‘We had a really productive time on our residency-week at Cecil Sharp House and over five days came up with lots of new music arrangements and a new stage layout which feels fresh and fun and is influencing the musical and artistic possibilies of our new album and show.’
Rowan Sawday AKA Dizraeli
‘This funding has been indispensable in the development of this project which I believe could be a really important step in my career.’
Femi Oriogun-Williams
‘The bursary allowed me finances and space to develop my work. I really enjoyed being given the space at Cecil Sharp House.’
Borges Machado
‘We used the money to give ourselves time and space to create a new show (maybe album as well) experimenting new ways of making music. We really appreciate the opportunity to be showing how folk music/culture can have a broad meaning.’
Bursaries 2022/23
Tamsin Elliott & Tarek Elazhary
Bursaries 2021/22
Sophie Crawford and George Sansome: Queer Folk
Bursaries 2020/21
Bursaries 2019/20
Hannah Dunster, Akhila Krishnan and Fernando Machado
Bursaries 2018/19
Bursaries 2017/18
Alex Vann of Three Cane Whale
Emily Askew. John Dipper & Nick Hennessey
