http://www.tomacton.org Helping young musicians fulfil their potential Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:19:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are delighted to announce the 5 winners of our awards for 2007 made last month. Anthony Camillo an 18 year old pianist from Waltham Abbey is about to start his undergraduate studies at the Royal Northern School of Music. Oliver Farrant is a 13 year old cellist from Brentwood ... http://www.tomacton.org/news/2007-award-winners-announced In July we auditioned six very talented young musicians who had applied for financial help from the trust. This is always a great delight and privilege to us to hear such excellent performances and we only wish we could support all six of them. However in the event we chose the ... http://www.tomacton.org/news/2006-award-winners I recently had the pleasure of attending a concert given by the four winners of the 2005 Tom Acton Memorial Trust bursaries, which was held at the King Edward VI Grammar School. In a world where children are constantly bombarded by pop music, it was an uplifting and heart-warming experience. These ... http://www.tomacton.org/news/letter-from-the-essex-chronicle We are excited to announce that Penelope Cave will be performing at Ingatestone on June 24th, extending her association with the Trust. Penelope Cave studied at the Purcell School and the Royal Academy of Music. She won the Raymond Russell prize, the National Harpsichord Competition at Southport and was a laureate ... http://www.tomacton.org/news/penelopy-cave-to-perform-at-inglestone Welcome to our new site! We are excited to launch our new design, complete with a new newsletter so you can keep in touch. More features will be arriving in the next few days. http://www.tomacton.org/news/hello-world