New Donations for College Fund-raising Campaign
The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama has
received a huge boost this month with the news that two major
foundations have offered substantial grants towards its £22.5m
Capital Development Project. The Garfield Weston Foundation will be
supporting the project with a grant of £250,000 while the Wolfson
Foundation has offered a grant of £50,000.
“This is great news for the College and an
important step towards our aim of dramatically improving the
facilities both for our students and for the wider public”
said Hilary Boulding, Principal at the Royal Welsh College.
“We are delighted that the Garfield Weston
Foundation and the Wolfson Foundation are both able to support this
important project and that they too share our ambition to see these
new facilities take shape for the benefit of generations to
come.”
Work has already started on the development to create a suite of
world-class training and performance facilities in a landmark
building on the College’s campus in Cardiff’s city centre. The
College’s existing site will be transformed by a bold design,
bringing a new Concert Hall, Theatre, Acting & Movement Studios
and an Exhibition Gallery to complement the College’s existing
training and performance facilities.
Hilary Boulding added “This prestigious
development on the College’s historic site will enable us to
attract the best students from Wales, the UK and internationally to
study in Cardiff. It will also provide increased opportunities for
local performing arts organisations to access training and promote
their own work in state-of-the-art performance spaces.”