With my house sale completing on Monday I will be able to start donating regularly to charities again. Initially I wiil set up a decent direct debit to the National Youth Orchestra. My exposure to classical music opportunities in my school teenage years gave me a joy which lasts for ever (even though my jobs have had nothing to do with music). There was a school orchestra and choir, then the Leicestershire county schools music service bused kids from all over the area to a central a large central campus every Saturday to push their skills further and maje friends. I am aware that these services have been decimated in recent years so supporting NYO makes sense for me, my contribution helping other young people experience what I did.
As well as learning a phenomenal amount about western music history, the two highlights of those years were singing in Verdi’s Requiem under Lazlo Heltay, and being in the audience for a performance of Mahler’s 8th symphony, both memories full of light and which I can still access in dark times.
I appreciate that many cannot afford to give regularly to charity but are there others here who do, and if so why?
Thanks
Alice
