Grant Applications

Music & Musical Theatre

Music

& Musical Theatre

Grant Applications for 2026

Open to young and emerging performing artists
from Australia and New Zealand
to support their advanced studies
in the United Kingdom
Applicants must be citizens of Australia or New Zealand, or domiciled in Australia or New Zealand and under the age of 35 (as at September 30, 2026).

APPLICATIONS OPEN MONDAY 19TH JANUARY

CLICK HERE FOR ALL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.

Application link will be live 9am GMT Monday 19 January

In 2025 the Tait Memorial Trust offered grants of more than £92,500 to 28 young performing artists, and the group award to the Royal Ballet School, from Australia & New Zealand.

Awards included

  • a £10,000 award to fund the Tait Sir Charles Mackerras Chair with Sinfonia Smith Square, London’s training orchestra, the award is funded jointly by the the Tait Trust in honour of the great Australian conductor, Sir Charles Mackerras
  • the Richard Bonynge Award at The Royal Ballet & Birmingham Royal Ballet
  • The John Frost Tait Musical Theatre Bursary a bursary of £5,000 towards the fees of a young Musical Theatre performer from Australia or New Zealand (please refer to Tait eligibility requirements below) studying at Associated Studios, London.

The award is wholly funded by a generous grant from Australian Musical Theatre impresario, John Frost AM. Applications for this award must be made directly to Associated Studios. Click here to see their guidelines and apply. Deadline for first round auditions can be found on the Associated Studios website.

Who we support

We also support several tied awards to the winners of major Australian and New Zealand competitions.

These awards include:

  • £5,000 per annum award, the Tait Scholar award at the Royal College of Music for the term of the degree. This award is administered by the Royal College of Music
  • Our recently announced £5,000 per annum John Frost Tait Musical Theatre Bursary at Associated Studios, London. See more above
  • A prize of £2,000 to the ‘Australian or New Zealand musician showing the most promise’ at the annual Royal Over-Seas League music competition.
  • and several awards of £3,000+ to singers, musicians, composers and conductors.
  • We gave multiple awards to young dancers under the auspices of the Leanne Benjamin Awards, to assist with their studies

Our online form is specific to individuals. If you wish to apply for an ensemble or a project etc please write to us at info@taitmemorialtrust.org with a detailed proposal.

Please contact us if you have any questions