Support Us
How IMS Prussia Cove is funded
"It is fascinating to watch how such a diversity of talent amalgamates itself in a short time into a unity of giving and receiving, discovering and experiencing, striving and succeeding." Lorand Fenyves
IMS Prussia Cove charges students a fee for the master class seminar and participants at Open Chamber Music contribute towards their board and lodging. We raise additional funds through Friends' subscriptions, seminar concerts, the autumn tour and other fundraising concerts and events during the year. However, this does not cover the full costs of running the seminars and each year we need to meet the shortfall.
There are a number of ways that you can contribute by giving funds, sponsoring a concert, making donations in kind, or through volunteer help. We welcome support from charitable trusts and foundations and from individuals keen to help foster the spirit of learning and excellence which is to be found at the seminars.
£1,500 will provide a full bursary for a student at the Master Class seminar
£2,500 will provide sponsorship for a concert outside Cornwall
£5,000 will help us to provide fees for our outstanding professors
£5,000 will cover the cost of 8 musicians at Open Chamber Music
£10,000 will sponsor a specific faculty during the Master Class seminar
If you are a supporter of IMS Prussia Cove and the valuable work it does for musicians worldwide, and for audiences in Britain and locally in Cornwall, you could consider leaving a legacy to IMS Prussia Cove in your will.
We have an active Friends organisation responsible for organising concerts in Cornwall, and a Supporters Group which helps to promote and support our other fundraising activities.
If you are interested in supporting us in any way, please contact the office.
We are grateful for the support of our many individual donors and sponsors, and especially the following trusts and foundations who have given major long-term grants or sponsorship:
The Arts Council, the Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust, Cavatina Chamber Music Trust, the Clore Duffield Foundation, the John S Cohen Foundation, Cornwall Enterprise, the Eranda Foundation, the Esmee Fairbairn Charitable Trust, the Fenton Arts Trust, the Alan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust, Foyle Foundation, Friends of IMS, the Gordon Clark Memorial Scholarship Trust, the Hattori Foundation, the Headley Foundation, the Honeymead Arts Trust, the Idlewild Trust, the Jerwood Foundation, the Lanvern Foundation, the Leche Trust, the Leverhulme Trust, the Lucas-Tooth Trust, Mayfield Valley Arts, Money Matters, Moore Stephens, the Lady More Charitable Trust, Musicians’ Benevolent Fund, the Poole Scholarship Fund, the Radcliffe Trust, Ruffer LLP, the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, the Martin Smith Scholarship Fund, the Tanner Trust, the Trusthouse Charitable Trust, the Underwood Trust, the Wade Charitable Trust, the Wingate Foundation, the Siegmund Warburg Charitable Settlement.