The Cherubim Music Trust 1.33

The story behind Cherubim...

The Cherubim Trust owes its existence to Clancy Steer, who founded it in response to her personal experience and keen understanding of the needs of young musicians:

“My daughter Serafina took up the harp of her own volition aged seven. To begin with, she had access to a table harp (clarsach), but then we were able to buy an aged Pleyel pedal harp for £1200. After the VIth form at Chethams Specialist Music School, where she played a first-rate concert harp, we were faced in 2000 with buying her a £ 10,000 instrument to take to music college, which we could only have met by taking out a loan. For us, a genuine fairy godmother appeared and provided a suitable instrument, which Serafina still uses in her career as a harpist and songwriter.”

By way of gratitude Clancy took steps to create the Cherubim Music Trust to help others in similar situations.

The National Foundation for Youth Music confirms that after years of inadequate funding and the advent of student loans, many talented student musicians do not have the resources to acquire instruments that match their performance needs. The difference in the cost of a good student instrument and that of a professional one is measured in thousands of pounds. Whilst this is not one of the world’s most urgent issues, it is a huge problem for most young musicians starting out in the world.