Previously funded projects by Mary Janet King Fund
The Mary Janet King Memorial Fund supports piano scholarships at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, but it will also make a small number of awards to community-based organisations who are helping young people to learn a musical instrument and play music as part of a group.
Here you can see the variety of some of the community-based organisations that have been previously supported by the fund.
| Group/Project | Offer Statement | Amount Received |
| Variations | To fund costs of the professional musicians for annual event. | £2,000 |
| Givinit Laldie | To fund beginner guitar courses£4,980. | £4,980 |
| musicALL | To fund a school leaver programme and workshops. | £4,960 |
| Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) | To assist in the delivery of their youth project 'RSNO Young Creatives'. | £3,00 |
| Perth Festival Of The Arts Ltd | Towards the Education and Outreach Programme, in 2023 (Scots Opera workshop, bus travel and youth orchestra engagement). | £2,810 |
| Dunblane Cathedral Church of Scotland | Towards tutor fees and venue hire for a handbell summer school. | £3,000 |
| Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | Piano scholarships from the Mary Janet King Fund for 4 students. | £4,000 |
| Lochgelly Band | To purchase a new baritone horn and a new flugel horn. | £4,916 |
| Jhankar Beats SCIO | Towards the 'Music in my Ears' project of weekly music and dance activities for young people. | £4,858 |
| Articulate Cultural Trust | To contribute towards the costs of a new singing group for 8-12 care experienced young who want to sing but have had no previous opportunity to do so formally, so improving both their mental and physical well-being and soft skills development. | £5,000 |
| Forfar Instrumental Band | Towards hall hire, instrument purchase and cleaning, music stands, hoodies and music scores to develop a new cohort of young band members. | £4,500 |
| Girvan Youth Pipe Band Association | To provide ongoing tuition in piping and drumming to children and young people in and around Girvan, keeping alive traditional music and developing participants' skills and confidence through playing and performing. | £4,928 |
| Lyra | To fund 30 weekly after school music sessions for 25-30 children from Niddrie and Craigmiller leading to a performance next May, so increasing their self-esteem and creative skills from the Mary Janer King Fund. | £4,000 |
| East Ayrshire Pipe Band Academy (EPIC) | Towards venue hire in six venues run by East Ayrshire Leisure so the organisation can deliver music tuition to young people living locally with the aim of improving lives through creativity. | £5,000 |
| Scottish Schools Orchestra Trust | A contribution towards your core costs for a summer residential music school at Strathallan School in Perth and Autumn Play Away at St Georges School in Edinburgh. | £2,000 |
| Lyth Arts Centre | To support the development of a Young Music Makers outreach programme to benefit young people residing in the North of Scotland. | £4,464 |
| Irvine and Dreghorn Brass | To contribute towards the costs associated with five community concerts, including music, conductor costs, rehearsal costs, hall costs, and subsidising the concert ticket price. | £2,000 |
| National Youth Choir of Scotland | To fund additional costs for the running of the East Dumbartonshire NYCOS choir for boys by covering choir staff fees. | £3,000 |
| Scottish Baroque Ensemble Ltd | To support young string musician students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland through opportunities to play alongside Scottish Ensemble players, so enhancing their musicianship and providing greater knowledge of how a professional orchestra operates. | £2,000 |
| TRASH Music Projects | Towards musician fees, rehearsal costs and travel to the Mugstock Festival for young people who benefit from inclusive weekly band rehearsals. | £5,000 |
| Variations | A contribution towards the costs of tuition fees for the cost of professional tutoring at the Variations Summer School in Ullapool. | £2,000 |
| Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) | Towards musicians fees and travel bursaries for the RSNO's Young Creatives project. | £3,000 |
| Beith Community Development Trust | To contribute to 'Harmonise' an engaging project which uses music to foster skills development, confidence, and positive mental health and well-being among young people aged 13-25. | £5,000 |
| The Glasgow Barons | To organise a series of music tuition sessions and concerts for local primary school children in Govan. | £4,394 |
| Glasgow Acting Academy SCIO | Towards the Academy's scholarship programme so that young people experiencing financial hardship can access acting and musical theatre classes. | £6,000 |
| B.J.O.Amara Association | To fund additional musical instruments and Piper tuition, to encourage more children and young people to learn to play a music instrument, improving their mental health and well-being. | £5,000 |
| Viewforth High School Parent Council | Toward entry fees for the Fife Festival of Music in 2024 and in future years for pupils at Viewforth High School. | £2,000 |
| Jhankar Beats SCIO | Funds towards the costs of continuing the 'Music in my ears' project for a further 40 weeks in 2024 for the benefit of 50 young people, teaching and developing traditional South Asian music skills to promote joy and self confidence. | £5,000 |
| Kinross-shire Youth Enterprise SCIO | To deliver the KYTHE Composes music project which will support young people, enhancing physical, mental and emotional well-being, confidence and skills. | £5,000 |
| Loud n Proud | To fund free music lessons for children and young people in Renfrewshire, thereby providing an opportunity to learn a musical instrument and gain experience within the music industry. | £5,000 |
| Bothwell Futures | Towards room hire and music tutor costs so that primary school ages young people can take part in music lessons (20 weeks) at Bothwell Community Hub. | £5,000 |
| Love Music | To contribute towards the costs of running one term of the Junior Choir for 8-12 year olds, working with children of all backgrounds and abilities from across Edinburgh. | £3,000 |
| Feis an Tairbeirt | To contribute to the delivery of one to one online music lessons and group workshops to children and young people living in remote, rural areas of Mid Argyll and North Kintyre, helping to develop their music skills. | £2,990 |
| Muiredge Parent Council | Towards the creation of a musical instrument library at Muiredge Primary School which will allow young people to take up music. | £3,000 |
| Sistema Scotland | A contribution towards musician salary costs at Big Noise Raploch. | £3,000 |
| Strathmore Schools Pipe Band | Towards the costs of a professional tenor and bass drum tutor to provide free instrumental tuition to young people. | £2,500 |
| Scottish Schools Orchestra Trust | Towards a summer residential music school at Strathallan School in Perth. | £2,500 |
| National Youth Choir of Scotland | To contribute to the cost of the choir director and staff for NYCOS Dumfries, helping children to build music and choral skills, along with developing self-confidence. | £3,000 |
| The Cooperation Band | Towards monthly 'Music for All' workshops to support brass and percussion players through a Youth Development Programme. | £3,000 |
| 25th Stirling (Dunblane) Boys' Brigade Company | Towards a year long programme of music tuition and music theory learning to support Boy's Brigade participants playing in it's music ensembles to develop their playing skills and confidence and to support them in obtaining certified qualifications. | £2,400 |
| Galashiels Town Band | To contribute to the costs of an instructor for a new percussion training group in the Scottish Borders, providing opportunities for young people to learn percussion. | £4,000 |
| Oi Musica CIC | To contribute to the costs of instruments, helping children to build music skills, along with developing self-confidence. | £1,404 |
| Dundee Sea Cadets | A contribution towards instruments for the Marine Marching Band allowing young people to develop their musical skills. | £3,916 |
| Givinit Laldie | To contribute to the cost of the Tune Room, helping boost young people's self-esteem, confidence and sense of belonging while enhancing their music and life skills. | £5,000 |