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Larne Music Festival

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £3.9K

  • Spending

    £0.9K

Charity no. 107267 Date registered. 13/02/2019

Public benefits

The first overarching direct benefits flowing from Larne Music Festival are encouraging high standards in the arts and specifically music. The second benefit is to allow young musicians to hear each other perform within a formal setting but within the public arena. The third benefit is to receive expert independent adjudication from an expert

within a formal setting but within the public arena. Benefit one can be demonstrated through analysis of the range of classes and numbers of entrants each year and demonstrating an increase in standards through increased entrants though Graded music categories. Benefit two can be demonstrated through the feedback received from entrants/students themselves. Benefit three can be demonstrated through feedback received from: students/entrants; parents; music tutors; Larne Music Festival committee members and adjudicators themselves. No harm has been raised or identified. Our beneficiaries are children and young people who wish to develop their musical talents. There is no private benefit flowing from the purposes of Larne Music Festival.

What your organisation does

Larne Music Festival is held annually to promote the study and cultivation of music. Preparing for and performing at Larne Music Festival involves young people in group activity and individual achievement across a range of musical instruments. They gain a deeper appreciation of their repertoire and of the work and performance of others. Each

performance receives an adjudication from an expert in the genre entered. The inspiration gained from skilled adjudicators raises standards of amateur musicianship locally. Today’s Festival has moved a long way from its beginnings in 1925, and its revival in 1999, but the ethos remains the same: to promote and encourage young people to participate in music. Our Festival is aimed at children and young people and is tailored to encourage all entrants, from the rawest beginner, to the student about to step into the higher echelons of their musical studies. All are treated with respect, are put at ease, and benefit greatly from the comments made by our expert and sensitive Adjudicators. Larne Music Festival will be held from 3rd - 6th April 2019 with categories in: Strings; Brass; Woodwind; Traditional; Vocal; Guitar and Pianoforte. Each year the festival is rounded off by a Charity Concert with all proceeds being donated to the NI Hospice (2017) and Larne Food Bank (2018) in recent years.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science

Who the charity helps

  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Arts
  • Youth development

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 October 2023

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 December 2021

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 December 2020

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Charitable purposes

The Association shall be a non-profit making organisation whose prime aims are: • To promote music • To encourage the participation in music of people from all walks of life, all ages, all backgrounds - religious, social and political. • To promote good cross-community relations through music • To encourage young people in particular to enjoy the confidence and self-esteem which partaking in music ensures • To collaborate and co-operate with any other body or organisation in promoting the same aims

Governing document

Constitution

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  • 13 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mr George Mccluskey, 1 Buchanan Court, Larne, BT40 2NY

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr George Charles Mccluskey
Mr Richard Barnes
Mrs Marie Barnes
Mrs Anna Hill
Mrs Pamela Alexandra Madden
Mrs Joanne Mulvenna
Mrs Margaret Allen
Harry Allen
Mrs Etta Wilson
Miss Katherine Hill
Mr Mark Mckinty
Miss Katie Mccluskey
Miss Becca Mcilroy

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland