City Music Foundation provides professional musicians in the UK in the early stages of their careers with expert advice, guidance and support to help them to build successful careers in music. The founding trustees of the City Music Foundation identified the gap in arts patronage that is soloists and chamber groups, and founded the charity to help more musicians succeed in bringing their ambitions to fruition via a structured financial and mentoring support system, with the aim of bringing fresh new talent to new audiences in the UK and beyond. By bringing together several established City-based institutions, including the Barbican Arts Centre, Milton Court Concert Hall, the London Symphony Orchestra, the City of London Festival and the Worshipful Company of Musicians, the CMF unites experts who share a common purpose in their commitment to support young artists beyond the end of formal musical training or education. The CMF supports musicians, as soloists or groups, in classical, jazz, folk and world music. It promotes, supports and nurtures outstanding talent, identified via an application and audition process, at a level ready for public performance to a paying audience. Successful applicants receive mentorship from experienced professional musicians and industry experts, business skills workshops, performance opportunities, and marketing and publicity support, the aim being to equip each musician with the tools they need to promote themselves to a wider audience and to support themselves financially though music.