BCMG look to the future. The music we create is living. We work with composers, musicians, young people and audiences to sustain new music as a vibrant artform that has the power to change lives.

Our work is built on vision. We don’t know what’s to come for music, but we will be there when it happens, just like we have been for the past 30 years.

Donations from individuals provide essential support to help us deliver our far-reaching work. Gifts from Wills contribute to our most ambitious commissioning, performances and learning work.

While a gift to BCMG in your Will won’t cost you anything right now, it is the best way to support new music far into the future.

What can a gift in your Will do?

Whether commissioning a stunning new piece that becomes repertoire, or funding a series of free music workshops with professional musicians for young people in Birmingham, there is so much a gift in your Will can do.

A gift to BCMG in your Will can support:

• The BCMG Designated Fund - make a dramatic difference to the long-term sustainability of BCMG by supporting our Designated Fund as we work towards our 10-year £1,000,000 fundraising target;
• Commissioning Fund - commission new music for BCMG that lives on as repertoire
• Learning & Participation - help fund our free music workshops with young people in Birmingham and beyond
• A specific area of our work close to your heart - we would welcome the chance to talk with you more about how you would like us to use your gift.

Remembering BCMG in your will is a special way to help music flourish in the future. Leaving a legacy won’t cost you anything right now but will give future generations the chance to create and enjoy the best contemporary music of their time.

Any size gift will make a valuable contribution to our work, from helping to subsidise a local school’s participation in our workshops, to commissioning a new piece from one of contemporary music’s finest composers.

Remembering BCMG in your Will is easy to do

Most people choose to leave either: 

A pecuniary legacy, which is a specific amount of money or item 

OR

A residuary legacy, which is the remainder or a percentage of the remainder of your estate once family and friends have been taken care of.

How we will honour you and your gift

If you do decide to leave a gift in your Will to BCMG, we will ensure your support is honoured.

When your gift is received, depending on if and how you have chosen to direct your support, we will:

• Credit your name in perpetuity on our website
• Credit in relevant concert programmes
• Credit in the score of new pieces commissioned

If you have already made a will…

And would like to leave a gift to BCMG, you can do so by making a simple addition to your existing will. This is called a codicil. This document is a supplement to your will enabling you to include new instructions and delete old ones without having to go through the task of rewriting the whole will.

If you have not already made a will…

We advise that you visit a solicitor to seek advice about how to make one. Solicitors will charge a fee, but you will receive sound professional advice and can be sure that your wishes are accurately reflected.

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For more information on remembering BCMG in your will, or if you wish to let us know that you have already left a gift, please contact Alex Walker, Head of Development, at [email protected] 

For general information about making a charitable donation in your will, please visit www.rememberacharity.org.uk

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group is a registered charity, no 1001474.