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The Yorke Trust

Developing high quality music education in the community...
Welcome to the Yorke Trust!

Music can make an enormous contribution to a happy life. It is something which should be available to all young people, above all to those who have musical talent which might otherwise remain unfulfilled.  

Our aim at the Yorke Trust is provide opportunities for students and children from all walks of life to study and to perform in the un-pressurised atmosphere of the North Norfolk countryside, away from the competitive environment of university and school.  We have been doing this to the highest possible standards since the foundation of the Trust in 1984, and we have been doing it virtually free of charge.  
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Our work began with the Yorke Mini-Bass Project, an innovative scheme to enable children to play the double bass, for which we received generous funding from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.  Acquisition of premises in Norfolk enabled us to broaden our horizons and focus on singing as well as providing facilities for instrumental courses and workshops for children.
Trustees invite you to join them in planning for the future and help continue this valuable work in the years ahead.  You can do this in a number of ways: by coming to events; by making a donation or by remembering us when making your will. 

Thank you for your support!

   -  Rodney Slatford, OBE
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News
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Elisabeth Wilson 01.10.35 - 23.10.19

Beth Wilson, one of the Yorke Trust's founders and its Vice-Chairman for many years, has died. 

Living a few doors from me in Islington she, David Dunn and I spent long hours setting up, planning and promoting the Trust's aims and objectives. Her frequently unsung input involved applying a steady hand and issuing wise counsel to steer us on the right path, whether developing the pioneering mini-bass project to enable children to learn the double bass, purchasing and restoring premises in Norfolk, or branching into running ambitious residential summer opera courses for promising young singers and instrumentalists. She and her husband Mickie Rose drew many of their friends into the Trust's ambit, some remaining long-term supporters to this day. For all this, I will always be grateful.

Beth asked for donations in lieu of flowers in her memory to be given to further the Trust's work. In recognition of her devotion to our charitable endeavours the principal violinist's position for future opera projects will be named The Beth Wilson Chair. The first holder of this position will be Conor Gricmanis, founding leader of Noxwode, the young baroque ensemble engaged for next summer's opera production on 23, 24 and 25 July 2020. Further details will be announced soon.

Donations may be made by clicking the Contact box on this website.

Rodney Slatford, OBE
Chairman
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SAVE THE DATE!

Come and Sing Mozart Requiem
29th February 2020

The Old Chapel, South Creake

Conductor: Christopher McMullen-Laird
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Details and registration form available by clicking links below:

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The Tempest by Henry Purcell  Summer Opera 2019

Photographs by Samuel McMullen 

Erard Grand Pianoforte, No 732, London, ca. 1840

​We are proud to promote this unique instrument we have in our Chapel!

Privately owned, this wonderful instrument is on loan to the Yorke Trust and, having been completely restored, resides in our Chapel ready for concerts.


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Adam Johnson plays 1840 Erard from NLSO on Vimeo.


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The Sunday School Room has a new roof!

Many thanks to a generous private donation and grants from Geoffrey Watling Charity, Shelroy Trust and Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk (the latter two administered by Norfolk Community Fund), the leaky Sunday School Room roof, guttering and drainpipes have been completely replaced.

This room is vital to the work of the Yorke Trust as it provides storage for the props, costumes, lighting and staging used in the Yorke Trust productions.  It sprung a leak during a storm a couple of years ago and was patched up as a temporary measure having  not had any major repairs since it was built a hundred years ago. The builder recommended a full roof replacement and is now completely water tight, the timbers have been treated and hopefully the roof will not need any more repairs for another hundred years!

We are very grateful to the valiant volunteers from Wells-next-the-Sea Men’s Shed, Mark, Richard, Peter and Terry who helped to clear the Sunday School Room ready for the repairs and then returned three weeks later to put everything back and  to Robert McNaughtan for providing cake to keep us all going.
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The Yorke Trust launches a new Friends scheme!

Our aim at the Yorke Trust is to provide opportunities for students and children from all walks of life to study and to perform in the un-pressurised atmosphere of the North Norfolk countryside, away from the competitive environment of university and school. We have been doing this since 1984 and we have been doing it virtually free of charge.
Trustees invite you to join them in helping to continue this valuable work in the years ahead.

By becoming a Friend of The Yorke Trust, you join a group of supporters whose generosity provides a regular income to help us fulfil our aims.

For more information, visit our "Become a Friend" page on the website or download the Friends Application Form which has all the information you need.


The Yorke Trust           |          UK Charitable Incorporated Organisation No. ​1158927          |           Phone: +44 1328 823501
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