Benslow Music Trust
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Benslow Music Trust is a charitable trust
established to promote music education. The trust is based in the Benslow
area of Hitchin
in Hertfordshire
, England
, and primarily operates as an adult education
college.
Under its trading name of Benslow Music, Benslow Music Trust operates a wide range of courses for non-professional instrumentalists and singers at all competency levels and also offers courses in music appreciation. Most are two- or three-day residential courses, but there are also day courses and longer summer schools. Courses take place all through the year both at weekends and in midweek.
The trust also promotes its own International Concert Series, with concerts held at the trust headquarters throughout the year. Its current Director of Music is Stephen Pettitt and its General Manager Graham Rolaston. The President is Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CBE.
The trust is the parent charity for an instrument loan scheme now known as Benslow ILS which lends musical instruments to school and college students throughout the United Kingdom.
Charitable trust
A charitable trust is an irrevocable trust established for charitable purposes, and is a more specific term than "charitable organization".-United States:...
established to promote music education. The trust is based in the Benslow
Benslow
Benslow is a district of Hitchin, Hertfordshire. It is located near the railway station and has Pinehill Hospital in it. Benslow district is not very old; the oldest houses being late 19th century. Pinehill Hospital was used as a convent home in World War II and so red German trees were planted...
area of Hitchin
Hitchin
Hitchin is a town in Hertfordshire, England, with an estimated population of 30,360.-History:Hitchin is first noted as the central place of the Hicce people mentioned in a 7th century document, the Tribal Hidage. The tribal name is Brittonic rather than Old English and derives from *siccā, meaning...
in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, and primarily operates as an adult education
Adult education
Adult education is the practice of teaching and educating adults. Adult education takes place in the workplace, through 'extension' school or 'school of continuing education' . Other learning places include folk high schools, community colleges, and lifelong learning centers...
college.
Under its trading name of Benslow Music, Benslow Music Trust operates a wide range of courses for non-professional instrumentalists and singers at all competency levels and also offers courses in music appreciation. Most are two- or three-day residential courses, but there are also day courses and longer summer schools. Courses take place all through the year both at weekends and in midweek.
The trust also promotes its own International Concert Series, with concerts held at the trust headquarters throughout the year. Its current Director of Music is Stephen Pettitt and its General Manager Graham Rolaston. The President is Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CBE.
The trust is the parent charity for an instrument loan scheme now known as Benslow ILS which lends musical instruments to school and college students throughout the United Kingdom.