Springboard offers the UK's top young musicians the rare chance to work with world class musicians, who will be their mentors for two days. It also gives them the valuable experience of performing in a professional music festival. We hope that Springboard helps nuture important performance skills needed for a career in the world of music.

Tamsyn Howell Sprent is one of the people at the heart of the project, having been instrumental at the creation of the concept:

“Bringing the best of young national talent straight to our Oxford audiences is a real treat, and the benefit to the artists in terms of their individual development as a performing musician is immeasurable.

"I am particularly looking forward to watching what our Springboarders have picked up from their time with the mentors, and seeing them display this as part of their solo and ensemble performances. We're really pleased to have Melvyn and Levon on board with the project they are clearly very passionate about, handing down their experience and expertise of performing on an international level to the next generation of great musicians.

"The whole project is a really exciting prospect and I can't wait to see how the musicians relish the opportunity and how our audiences can take full advantage of watching some classical stars in the making. It's great that we've managed to make such a celebratory day of it - with all four young musicians performing individually in the morning and then all together with their mentors in the evening - you won't want to miss a minute of it!”