Rowan Armour-Brown Memorial Trust Fund

founded to encourage future violin makers

The Rowan Armour-Brown Memorial Trust Fund seeks to maintain the high standard of violin making and restoration in Britain by supporting young makers at the beginnings of their career.

Rowan was a well-respected and much loved violin maker who died in 1996. The RAB Trust Fund was set up in 1999 by friends and colleagues of Rowan who were keen to keep alive the spirit of her work.

The Trust offers support to students of violinmaking at UK colleges or those undertaking apprenticeships, in the following ways:

viol by Toby Rzepka

Offering grants to underwrite a specific task or project, to purchase wood or tools
Distributing tools and wood that have been donated to the trust
Offering workshop placements

The trustees of the Rowan Armour-Brown trust are:

Juliet Barker
Judith Blackwell
Paul Bowers
Rachel Douglas
Colin Garrett
Paul Gosling
Helen Michetschläger
Roger Rose
Elaine Spicer

Download the RAB Trust information leaflet (8kb)

Download the RAB Trust publicity poster (3.2kb)

registered charity number 1102888