For six hundred years, the patron has stood behind the artist.
Not as owner. As enabler.

The Concert
Gerard van Honthorst, 1623.

A woman in warm light, hands clasped, among an audience

Cultural support has never been more necessary, or more scarce.

Governmental funding for the arts is in retreat. Technology has fractured the economics of music-making. And yet the need for shared, live, participatory culture has never been greater.

Amor Musicae exists to answer that need – as the only UK charity dedicated to reminding musicians and music-lovers how joyous musical creation can be. Carnival of the Commons is its first and founding project.

An accordion player in a bowler hat performing for a child

Cultural authorship has always had two names on it.

Your patronage will attach your name, and your family's, to something permanent: the artefacts created, the community built, and the future generations of artists it sustains.

The first name is already written.
The second is yours.

Amor Musicae – Latin for the love of music – is the charitable foundation behind Carnival of the Commons. Its purpose is simple: to put patronage back in the service of living musicians and the shared, in-person spaces where music is made, not merely consumed.

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A playful, musical experience that builds community, where the crowd isn't the audience, it's the act.

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Patronage

Three tiers of support

  • A lute and vanitas still-life

    Confratello

    Access to first-edition artefacts.
    Priority tickets for all events.
    Named on all materials.
    Annual impact reports within a networking-ready supporter community.

  • A vanitas still-life by Edwaert Collier

    Committente

    Events named in your honour.
    Exclusive invites to founding circle dinners.
    Quarterly Trustee updates.
    VIP event access.
    Opportunity to acquire signed, numbered musical artefacts.

  • A lute, detail from Holbein's The Ambassadors

    Padrone

    Trustee Board access.
    Programmes named for you.
    Commission new works.
    Impact reports via personal briefing.
    Unlimited event access.
    Commission bespoke experiences.

Our Trustees

  • Katnip Katnip Chair of Trustees
  • Zoia Monaco Zoia Monaco Trustee
  • Andrew Parsons Andrew Parsons Trustee
  • Katherine Bond Katherine Bond Trustee
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Amor Musicae is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), with a wholly owned trading subsidiary, Carnival of the Commons Ltd. Its Trustees are established professionals committed to strong governance and long-term growth.