Music At Paxton

Country

Scotland

Charity number

SC037392

Status

Active

Registered

July 21, 2006

Legal form

SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Contact

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

Music at Paxton is dedicated to bringing exceptional chamber music to the widest possible audience in the Scottish Borders and Northumberland area, allowing affordable access to world class music (particularly classical chamber music) in local settings throughout a region with little arts provision. Special emphasis is placed on providing opportunities for families and young children to engage with outstanding music and musicians, and supporting young professional musicians in the early stages of their careers. The charity’s main activity is centred around a ten-day festival, held each July at Paxton House on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, five miles from Berwick-upon-Tweed. Through its partnership with Live Music Now Scotland the charity also promotes free informal concerts in the spring and delivers outreach work, including a pre-festival Family Concert and a primary school project in nearby Duns.

Beneficiaries: 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

Objectives: The SCIO's purposes are to foster and promote the arts in society for the benefit of the general public and particularly of inhabitants of the Scottish Borders and Northumberland by developing public appreciation of the arts and by improving public access to the arts and the quality of the arts, working both independently and in collaboration with other local and national organisations, and in particular (but without prejudice to the foregoing generality) by:- 4.1 facilitating and improving the accessibility of the arts, particularly music. 4.2 improving standards of execution and appreciation of the arts, particularly music. 4.3 encouraging and assisting in promotion and advancing the practice, presentation, enjoyment and study of the arts, particularly music. 4.4 educating the public in the art and science of music by the presentation of concerts and other musical activities. 4.5 providing opportunities for families and young children to engage with outstanding music and musicians. and 4.6 supporting young professional musicians in the early stages of their careers. 5 For the purposes of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 the following charitable purposes are (i) particularly relevant and (ii) are the charitable purposes identified as applicable from section 7 of that Act: 5.1 the advancement of the arts, heritage and culture. and 5.2 the advancement of education.

Geography

Main operating location

Scottish Borders

Geographical spread

A specific local point, community or neighbourhood

Finances

Nearby

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