Bliss Trust

Founded in 1986 under the guidance of Lady Bliss

Registered charity number 297956

Objects

• to promote wider understanding and appreciation of the music of Arthur Bliss
• to promote the education and further education of students of composition and young composers

Activities by means of which these objectives are currently fulfilled

• encouraging the performance and broadcast of the works of Arthur Bliss through the provision of (modest) grants
• initiating and encouraging recordings of the music, particularly previously unrecorded music, and assisting with funding as appropriate
• encouraging music students within British conservatoires to perform the music and awarding prizes accordingly
• tracing and collecting the manuscripts, photographs, letters, other writings, documents and memorabilia relevant to Arthur Bliss for the archive held for the most part at Cambridge University Library
• providing assistance and guidance to those involved in research into the life and work of Arthur Bliss, whether for the purpose of personal study or with a view to publishing their work;
• awarding the Arthur Bliss Prize for composition at Cambridge University.

Contact address: The Bliss Trust, c/o Taylor Joynson Garrett, Carmelite, Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DX

Trustees: Richard Andrewes, Christopher Belk, Lady Bliss, Andrew Burn, Giles Easterbrook, Sarah Faulder, Barbara Gatehouse, Clive Marks, Karen Sellick, Elizabeth Travis