Welcome to the Vaughan Williams Foundation – one of the foremost sources of funding for recent and contemporary music in the UK
The Vaughan Williams Foundation is a new grant-giving charity which upholds the values and vision of the celebrated composer Ralph Vaughan Williams and his wife Ursula Vaughan Williams.
Our principal aims are to honour RVW’s desire to support his fellow composers, and to help make his own work widely accessible to the general public.
VWF was founded in 2022, 150 years after the composer’s birth, and brings together the two charities originally set up by Ralph (RVW Trust) and Ursula (Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust).
Funding
VWF supports the work of British/Irish composers from the last 100 years, as well as projects which further the knowledge and understanding of the life and music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, and of the work of Ursula Vaughan Williams.
Applications for funding are now open. Ensembles, organisations and individuals are invited to apply.
The Foundation also offers annual Vaughan Williams Bursaries for postgraduate composition students.
RVW150
12 October 2022 marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams, and the launch of this Foundation and #RVW150 celebrations continued into the summer of 2023.
Find out more about the composer and explore some of the projects which happened in the anniversary year
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A programme backed by us and produced by the Music Teachers’ Association, has been set up to provide resources for the teaching of various aspects of RVW’s work, from Early Years Foundation Stage through to Key Stage 5.
Find the free resources here: https://bit.ly/3VPrZWQ
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⌛ Funding deadline on Friday!
We are welcoming applications for our VWF bursaries, available to support students accepted on MA courses in composition, and who intend to follow careers as composers.
Find out more here:
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With Vaughan Williams copyrights divided between several different publishing houses, it can be hard to locate scores or set of parts.
Our searchable catalogue lists the publisher of each piece and guides you towards more information.
Find it here 👉 https://bit.ly/3IWtt9T
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One for fans of the Wiltshire Downs (not for those from the Lakes or Scotland though!)
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Explore our beautiful archive of photos, from the collection of Ursula Vaughan Williams, which can be found on our website.
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Vaughan-Williams’s Sea Symphony was written for soprano, baritone, chorus and large orchestra in the early 1900s.
@DavidOwenNorris chooses his favourite version on @BBCRadio4’s Record Review with @andrewCDmcg
📻 listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001xw8r
Vaughan Williams Foundation
@vwfndn
The VWF is a grant-giving charity upholding the values and vision of the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams and his wife Ursula.
Our principal aims are to honour RVW’s desire to support his fellow composers and to help make his own work widely accessible.
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Vaughan Williams in Context is out now from Cambridge University Press. Was delighted to contribute a chapter on the theme of his ‘Personality’. Big congrats to co-editors Julian Onderdonk and Ceri Owen! https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/vaughan-williams-in-context/2A318030ECF1DA9668AE4ED0FB130656#
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In our first year we made 165 grants worth a total of £350K.
We supported festivals, composer career development, composer-led projects, recording projects, commissioning, student bursaries as well as projects celebrating the legacy of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
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A typically direct quote from Sir John Barbirolli, Conductor and Cellist 😅
While we might not complete agree with this (!), we can see why RVW liked him so much…
THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Featured Letter
Get to know the man and his music
RVW’s wide-ranging correspondence – with family, pupils, fellow composers, conductors and performers – paints an intriguing portrait of the man, as well as providing fascinating insights into his major preoccupations: musical, personal and political.
Our searchable database includes over 5000 annotated transcriptions of his correspondence all available to read online.
Letter of the Day
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Rebecca Müller-Hartmann
Letter No.: VWL2917
12 May 1951
Thank you very much for your kind sympathy1
R Vaughan Williams
1. AVW had died on May 10.
