![[James Langley]](files/jim.jpg)
(Registered Charity No. 1045160)
![[Hannah Mosley]](files/hannah.jpg)
James Langley’s professional commitments were as a senior BBC music producer, brass band competition adjudicator, and Trinity College music examiner, but it is the remarkable unbroken period of 38 years that he freely devoted to the Midland Youth Orchestra (MYO) that the trust is set up to celebrate. From the orchestra’s formation in 1956 right up to the moment of his brief illness, James Langley was continuously at the service of the MYO, first as a horn player, then Associate Conductor, Conductor and, ultimately, its outstanding Music Director for so many years.
It is therefore absolutely fitting that James Langley’s memorial should be a Trust Fund which has been established to give financial assistance to advance the musical training of the most talented and deserving members of the Midland Youth Orchestra and, from 2005 onwards, the new CBSO Youth Orchestra.
Pictured here is the 2003 recipient, Hannah Mosley, accepting her award from the former Chairman of the JLMT, Beryl Langley, at the Midland Youth Orchestra’s concert on 8th March 2003 in the Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham.
Awards that have been made to date under the terms of the Trust Fund since its foundation in 1995 are:
Year | Award Winner | Instrument | Purpose of Award |
| 2010 | Sarah Taylor Joshua Tolley | Harp Violin | To hire a lever harp to teach beginners To pay for a series of lessons with an expert teacher |
| 2009 | Sarah Clear | Bassoon | To purchase a new instrument |
| 2008 | Emma Cotton Edward Hilton | French Horn Bass Trombone | To purchase a new instrument To purchase a new instrument |
| 2007 | Alexandra Williams Alessandro Ruisi | Violin Violin | To purchase a new bow To assist with travelling costs of attending NYO courses |
| 2006 | Ayse Osman Ben Westlake | Double Bass Clarinet | To purchase a new bow To assist with cost of attending the RAM Junior School |
| 2005 | Hayley License | Flute | To assist with cost of attending the RCM Junior Department |
| 2004 | Angela Moran Carol Renfrew | Viola Oboe | To purchase a new bow To pay for a series of performance coaching lessons |
| 2003 | Hannah Mosley | Clarinet | To purchase a new instrument for second study (saxophone) |
| 2002 | Elizabeth Larner Joy Pierson | Oboe Clarinet | To pay for a series of lessons with an expert soloist/teacher To pay for a series of lessons with an expert soloist/teacher |
| 2001 | Janet Lindsay | Cello | To establish a private teaching practice for beginners |
| 2000 | Anna Downes | Violin | To pay for a series of lessons with an expert teacher |
| 1999 | Georgina Williamson | Violin | To pay for a series of lessons with an expert soloist/teacher |
| 1998 | Alison Brown | Double Bass | To purchase a new instrument |
| 1997 | Chris Jordan | Trumpet | To pay for a series of lessons with an expert soloist/teacher |
| 1996 | Rachel Hyde | Cello | To purchase a new bow |
Please help to make such annual awards possible for many years to come by contributing to the James Langley Memorial Trust fund.
If you would like details on how to donate to the JLMT, or further information about the Trust and its aims, please contact us by emailing info@jlmt.org.uk
Thank you for your support.
JLMT TRUSTEES: Peter Morley (Chairman), Nicholas Langley (Hon. Secretary), Clive Jones (Hon. Treasurer), Beryl Langley (Awards Trustee), Jeremy Patterson (Minute Secretary), Anthony Bradbury, Sylvia Davies, James Ross, Stephen Williams.