Watch our brand new video, taken at the masterclass ran by ambassador Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Future Talent and Create Music are uniting to support disadvantaged young musicians in Sussex

Please join us in wishing Katharine, Duchess of Kent a very happy birthday!

Our new award for brass players is live and you can apply now. In partnership with teamArchie

Future Talent's young musicians are spending their week recording tracks for the upcoming 20th Anniversary Album.

Tune in to hear Future Talent's feature on the BBC Radio 4 Appeal!

Our recent masterclass with ambassador and cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason.

Our first event of 2023/24 took place at the Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) in Birmingham last Sunday, where we were excited to meet lots of our new young musicians for the first time!

We are delighted to share our Impact Report for 2023, which highlights some key statistics and quotes from our young musicians about the different ways in which our support has impacted them.

In July, we spent the day at Far Heath Recording Studio in the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside filming and recording some original arrangements by our young musicians...

Our supporters were delighted by a special evening of performances from a host of the talented young musicians supported by Future Talent.

We’re proud to announce that to mark our 20th Anniversary as a charity in 2024, our current crop of amazing young musicians will have the chance to compose and record their own album of original material, and to perform it live on the stage of London’s Roundhouse in 2025.

While many are aware of our work in supporting instrumentalists, not everyone is aware that we also provide support to young singers...

Join us in celebrating Katharine's birthday with our new video which captures memories of her work with Future Talent since our foundation in 2004, featuring music from one of our young composers, Maddy.

Apply for support for the 2023/24 academic year from Tuesday 14 February until 11 April 2023.

It was a day to remember for some of our young cellists as Ambassador Sheku Kanneh-Mason delivered a Future Talent Masterclass at the Royal Academy of Music.

Clare Cook joins Future Talent bringing a wealth of experience in the music education sector and expertise in strategic leadership, fundraising and communications.

Since our foundation in 2004, our vision has been to achieve an equal reality for young musicians across the UK, regardless of their financial background. We continue to strive towards this goal today.

We are delighted to announce pianist and composer Rekesh Chauhan has joined the Future Talent family.

Starting in 2022/23, the Harvey Parker Award for Woodwind will be awarded to one young musician each year, in remembrance of Harvey.

Take a look at our programme activities and opportunities so far this year...

Supporters were enchanted by performances from six of our gifted young musicians at a special event at Lancaster House.

Applications for our Development Programme and Junior Programme are open until 1 July 2022.

We have relocated to a new office for the remainder of 2022 and beyond...

We are delighted to share that our three-day Virtual Residential will be delivered for the second time in February 2022.

We are delighted to share news of the latest Ambassador to join Future Talent – renowned sitar player and composer, Ustad Nishat Khan.

On 26 October 2021, we hosted our first gala in two years at The Charterhouse, featuring a world prèmiere from Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Nishat Khan, including performances from a variety of our talented young musicians.

Providing support to eight young singers, the VOCES8 Future Talent awards are open until 11 October

Applications for our Coombs Scholarship are open until 16 September.

We are thrilled to announce that our third Virtual Workshop Series will launch this week, featuring a diverse range of opportunities for our young musicians.

Join us in celebrating the life of Katharine Kent, Co-Founder of Future Talent, with this special programme broadcasted by Channel 5.

We are committing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals along with governments, businesses and individuals globally to help reach crucial targets by 2030.

Applications for our Development Programme and Junior Programme are now open until Thursday 15 July 2021.

Following an extraordinary year, many of our musicians have let us know the impact our support has had on their lives. We want to pass on that message of thanks to you, our supporters.

We are seeking an outstanding individual to join our Relationships Team ahead of our Liverpool office opening later this year.

Taking place over three days, our Virtual Residential will comprise a range of workshops, classes and lectures, open to all of our young musicians

We are excited to work closely with D'Addario, a global manufacturer of music accessories

We are very excited to be starting 2021 by delivering over 40 hours of one-to-one mentoring throughout January.

Join us for our Virtual Christmas Concert on 17 December to celebrate an extraordinary year of achievement and impact, sponsored by Mishcon de Reya.

Join us for our annual Big Give campaign as we share stories from across our community and prepare to double our impact in the build-up to December 1st.

Our new Virtual Masterclass Series will provide our 90 young musicians with exciting, unique and interactive opportunities to learn from leading music practitioners across a range of instruments, styles and musical disciplines.

We are delighted to announce our second Virtual Workshop Series will launch next week, featuring Guy Johnston, VOCES8 and Soothsayers!

Our Virtual Workshop Series implemented at the beginning of lockdown proved to be a universal success.

Our #StayHomeTogether Virtual Concert was an opportunity for our musicians and supporters to celebrate in music bringing us together from our respective homes, when we couldn't be together in person.

Our new Junior Programme 2020/21 will support musicians under 13 at an earlier stage of their musical development with financial bursaries and a range of development opportunities.

On 18 June, we will be hosting the #StayHomeTogether Virtual Concert featuring some of our talented young musicians.

With social distancing likely to continue for a while, we have been developing an exciting series of Virtual Workshops for our musicians to participate in at home.

Earlier this week, Future Talent held its first ever virtual workshop for 6 of its supported musicians, led by percussionist Jez Wiles.

During these troubling times, we must all come together as one. In our belief, music is one of the most powerful tools for achieving that.

We are proud to announce our partnership with Music for Life, beginning our shared journey towards supporting more young musicians from low-income families.

Our applications for 2020/21 are open! Over the next few months, we will be looking for gifted young musician from a low-income background to support.

We are proud to announce our partnership with the VOCES8 Foundation, launching our programme for a select number of gifted young musicians.

Sibling stars Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Masion played an exclusive concert for the charity.

2019 ends with a bang at Future Talent's Christmas Concert at St George's, Hanover Square.

Thanks to many generous donors, we managed to smash our target in the Big Give Christmas Challenge.

We celebrated our 15th birthday with a concert at the Lansdowne Club with performances from current musicians and alumni.

Willard, supported by Future Talent since 2012, was selected from five exceptional candidates.

Classic FM to broadcast a programme about our work this bank holiday Monday.

Mixed ensemble composition and electronics project culminates in four fascinating performances.

Buckingham Palace concert leaves performers and audience beaming as Chloë Hanslip appointed ambassador for charity.

We are delighted to be able to share news of the latest Ambassador to join the team at Future Talent - cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason.