News – The Irene Taylor Trust

Arts Council England support Lullaby Project 2019-21 in partnership with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

February 27, 2019 // 0 Comments

Lullaby Project pilot at Praxis Community Projects, photographer; Micha Theiner

We are delighted to announce (and so are they!) that Arts Council England has confirmed £40,000 towards the next phase of Lullaby Project, running over two years in three [...]

Back in the Windy City working with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

February 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

Artistic Director Sara and experienced Project Leader Rex are back on the other side of the pond for our eighth commission from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Negaunee [...]

A farewell cup of tea with Business Development Manager Ruth

November 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

Ruth Mulvey joined the team in 2014 as Business Development Manager. As she moves on to pastures new, we wanted to thank her for the incredible work she’s done at ITT – [...]

Young Londoners Fund: how we’re using music to change young people’s lives

November 15, 2018 // 0 Comments

Young Londoners Fund - supported by the Mayor of London

The Irene Taylor Trust is delighted to be one of the first organisations to be awarded funding from the Mayor’s Young Londoners Fund, an important new initiative to support [...]

Making Tracks goes North West in partnership with TiPP

June 22, 2018 // 0 Comments

Next week sees the fruition of an exciting partnership with TiPP in Manchester, with a first group of young people in Oldham taking part in our Making Tracks programme: [...]

Artistic Director Sara on BBC Music Matters’ Chicago Symphony Orchestra special

June 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

Our Artistic Director Sara Lee features in a special edition of BBC Radio 3’s Music Matters dedicated to the inspiring and innovative work the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is [...]

Postcards from our 6th & 7th projects with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

May 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

Following five successful projects in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, we have been invited back to the Windy City for a sixth and seventh project with the Chicago [...]

Food for Thought; Making Tracks participants reflect on youth violence

April 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

We recently worked with a group of young people from Lewisham YOS on a MakingTracks project, to write and record music for a new album, which they titled Food For Thought. [...]

Big Issue article; read all about it!

April 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

Our work in prisons got a positive mention in The Big Issue recently in an article about the ability of music to change lives: “Another area where music is being used [...]

Celebrating International Women’s Day

March 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

Thursday March 8th 2018 is International Women’s Day, so to celebrate we’re looking back over some of the work we’ve done with women over the years. In Prison Since [...]