As the Festival’s Education Patron, I know the importance that Campden Music Festival attaches to training the musicians of the future and our fundamental belief that ALL children should have access to music regardless of background or family income.

The generosity of Roger and Jean Grenville Jones has enabled the Festival to launch a wide reaching and practical education programme that aims to improve the musical environment for local children and develop musicians of the future. So far, over 750 children have

benefitted from their donation, which has been spent on free instrument lessons and scholarships for over 100 children, as well as inspiring workshop performances of must-hear classics and ambitious side by side playing opportunities for young orchestral players.  I am

especially thrilled that the 2025 commission was  offered to the local young composer, Mark Avery, for the final concert of the 2025 Festival.

This Education programme should be part of our community for years to come. We are already seeing young local musical talent starting to come through but they will need money and time to nurture and develop. I hope that the Grenville-Jones’ generosity will inspire others to donate and accelerate the musical momentum that has already begun.

Julian Lloyd Webber, Patron of Education