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Opera singer Bibi Heal was supported by the Fusion Fund to create Song Surgery, a project that explored the use of poetry and music to improve mental health and wellbeing. Here she reflects on how Fusion gave her the freedom to research and develop the project, as well as how she is adapting the project to suit the current climate of self-isolation. 

Decca-signed pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason received a Help Musicians UK Postgraduate Award in 2018. Here, she tells us about her journey with the piano and how the award has helped her career.

Hear from Bob, a retired engineer, on his experiences being a volunteer Visitor for Help Musicians UK.

HMUK-supported artists Sveta & Slava talk about why they’ve developed an app that allows audiences to vote on the music they’d like to hear.

Help Musicians UK was proud to support the Young Artist of the Year award at this year's Gramophone Classical Music Awards. 

Benjamin Appl, a young German baritone, received the prestigious award and wrote a blog for us about his life as a singer and winning the award. 

Tracy Dempsey has been coaching musicians and other performers since 2007. In this blog, She shares her tips for managing performance anxiety.