The Sheena Booth Music Trust

Annual Report and Accounts

for the year ending 5th April 2009

We have had three sessions this half term and they have all been brilliant. Luke brings with him such enthusiasm and energy and works very hard to keep the sessions on track.......The music they have provided has given the children on the Acorn Unit a really positive experience for them to take away from a hospital stay.

Home and hospital teacher at Whipps Cross Hospital
where the Trust collaborates with the Guildhall School of Music

The scheme has been an enormous success ...  the children have gained confidence and a great sense of pride in their achievement. Similarly, the class teachers who have learnt along side the pupils have got a great sense of satisfaction from the classes.

School governor's report on Whole Class Teaching scheme

at Stroud Green Primary School, funded by the Trust

“ ... My time in the States was an unforgettable experience and I am truly grateful that the trust has been funding my musical studies and allowing me to develop and progress as a musician during my time as a Sixth Form Student.....”

A student whose music lessons the Trust funded

The players were so enthusiastic that any stereotypical images the children might have had about classical musicians were completely dispelled.  We are sure that many children will have been inspired to want to learn instruments themselves.

Teacher at a school visited by the English String Quartet which the Trust funded