BBC Singers funding to be supported by Voces8 Foundation
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The BBC will work with a choral music education charity, the Voces8 Foundation, as part of a plan to safeguard the BBC Singers.
The corporation has been reviewing alternative funding models for its performing groups following potential cuts to the ensemble.
“BBC Singers staff will continue to be employed by the BBC, with a strong artistic identity, and remain core to BBC Radio 3 and the BBC Proms”, the corporation said.
BBC and The Musicians’ Union
The BBC and the Musicians’ Union have been “engaged in constructive talks over recent months” and said they are both “pleased” with the new strategy.
The joint statement said, “The BBC and the MU have engaged in constructive talks over recent months. We are pleased that we have a strategy which secures the future of the BBC Singers, and we look forward to celebrating their centenary year.
It continues, “we agree that artistic excellence, partnerships, and operating on a financially stable footing, are central to a long term, sustainable future for all of the BBC’s performing groups.”
VOCES8
Paul Smith and Barnaby Smith, CEO and Artistic Director of The VOCES8 Foundation said, “As a global, artist-led charity, dedicated to inspiring people through choral music, The VOCES8 Foundation is committed to a positive outcome for the future of the BBC Singers.”
The partnership builds on the valuable education and community work the BBC Singers already deliver across East London, as well as the commercial work already undertaken, which “will continue to identify new opportunities for additional revenue for the ensemble.”
The BBC says it will also be pursuing “an Orchestral Tax Relief application which will be central in ensuring the sustainability of performing groups amid the BBC’s ongoing financial challenges.”
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StandfirstThe corporation has been reviewing alternative funding models for BBC Singers following potential cuts to its performing groups.
The BBC will work with a choral music education charity, the Voces8 Foundation, as part of a plan to safeguard the BBC Singers.
The corporation has been reviewing alternative funding models for its performing groups following potential cuts to the ensemble.
“BBC Singers staff will continue to be employed by the BBC, with a strong artistic identity, and remain core to BBC Radio 3 and the BBC Proms”, the corporation said.
BBC and The Musicians’ Union
The BBC and the Musicians’ Union have been “engaged in constructive talks over recent months” and said they are both “pleased” with the new strategy.
The joint statement said, “The BBC and the MU have engaged in constructive talks over recent months. We are pleased that we have a strategy which secures the future of the BBC Singers, and we look forward to celebrating their centenary year.
It continues, “we agree that artistic excellence, partnerships, and operating on a financially stable footing, are central to a long term, sustainable future for all of the BBC’s performing groups.”
VOCES8
Paul Smith and Barnaby Smith, CEO and Artistic Director of The VOCES8 Foundation said, “As a global, artist-led charity, dedicated to inspiring people through choral music, The VOCES8 Foundation is committed to a positive outcome for the future of the BBC Singers.”
The partnership builds on the valuable education and community work the BBC Singers already deliver across East London, as well as the commercial work already undertaken, which “will continue to identify new opportunities for additional revenue for the ensemble.”
The BBC says it will also be pursuing “an Orchestral Tax Relief application which will be central in ensuring the sustainability of performing groups amid the BBC’s ongoing financial challenges.”
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