Genesis Foundation

📣Announcing the 1st play commissioned from the Genesis @almeidatheatre playwrights programme – 1536, by @AvaPickett!

From writing 1536 on our 2021/22 programme, to it winning the @blackburn_prize, to bringing it to life in the 2024-25 season, we could not be happier for Ava. 👏

📣 Announcing the 15th @GenesisSixteen cohort, and @FlorenceMPrice as the Genesis Sixteen Conducting Scholar! 👏

To date, more than 300 exceptional singers have taken part in our fully-funded choral programme, run in partnership with @TheSixteen.

👉thesixteen.com/genesis-sixtee…

This week our @GenesisSixteen singers have been preparing for 2 special performances @StJPiccadilly.

🎶 10 July, 5pm (Free)
Choral Evensong: recorded for future broadcast @BBCRadio3.

🎶 12 July, 6pm (£5)
Evening Concert: part of @TheSixteen's Sounds Sublime Choral Festival.

Delighted to announce the appointment of @FlorenceMPrice as our 2025-26 @GenesisSixteen Conducting Scholar!🎶

Florence will be joining the fifteenth cohort of Genesis Sixteen singers as the twelfth conducting scholar on the programme.👏👏👏

genesisfoundation.org.uk/the-sixteen/

Last month, our 2025 Creative Industries Forum took the form of a roundtable dinner and gathered 30 leaders from the arts, education and media to propose and discuss active solutions for the UK creative sector.

➡️ Read key insights from the discussion: genesisfoundation.org.uk/creative-indus…