The platform is intended to support more composers to have more time to focus on composing. Photo credit: Shutterstock
Music Patron will be an online platform which provides new and direct sources of funding for composers, by giving them a platform on which to connect directly with patrons.
Music Patron is motivated by the ambition to support more composers to have more time to focus on composing, as well as to attract new audiences and patrons to engage directly with composers and the music they create.
Funding through Music Patron will complement established funding models for composers in the UK, including commission fees, royalty payments, commercial income, project funding and awards.
Music Patron is the brainchild of philanthropist and composer Anthony Bolton, who is also funding the development through his family trust, the Boltini Trust. Music Patron will be made possible with substantial annual grant funding from the Boltini Trust over the next five years, at the end of which time it is hoped that the platform will be self-sustaining as well as channelling significant donations to hundreds of composers across the UK.
Find out more on the Sound and Music website.