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Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have recorded three new choral works by three contemporary British composers: James MacMillan, Roxanna Panufnik and Will Todd. Each work is a setting of the famous prayer after communion Stay With Me, Lord, by the Capuchin priest Padre Pio.  It was premiered in front of a packed audience at a public concert at Westminster Cathedral in June 2008. The purpose of the Genesis commissions is to enhance the liturgical repertoire and to inspire and delight people of every faith and conviction.

Genesis has several completed projects that can be read about on this web site. We will continue to report on the progress of these projects and also of any new projects that are undertaken. Information about past projects will be stored in our archive.

Through its work, several emerging composers have been brought to the attention of the Genesis Foundation. Several are now supported through direct commission.

Genesis seeks out and actively supports creativity across a variety of art forms and is committed to expanding its portfolio in the arts.  Its policy is to develop major long-term projects in association with leading arts organisations. Its ethos is one of permitting experimentation and exploration in the arts, which also implies the right to hit a dead end. The Foundation is about learning that will ultimately lead to success; but there are no artificial deadlines or measurements of success versus failure.

The working brief of the Genesis Foundation is to become involved in projects that support artists in the earliest stage of their careers. We also work with more established artists when it is relevant to some new and important development in their career that they would otherwise not have the support to explore.

The Genesis Foundation is a UK-based charity set up by American banker John Studzinski in 2001 to find creative talents of the future.  It aims to nurture emerging artists in the early stages of their professional careers.  Genesis does this by providing supportive environments in which they can develop and grow to their full potential. Mentoring by established professionals is an important part of the process.

The Genesis Foundation is a UK-based charity created in January 2001 to support young artists in a variety of art forms. The young people and the institutions it has helped have largely come to its notice through personal recommendation and through contact with others in the world of cultural development.

One of the issues worrying people in the new economic climate is the question of what will happen to sponsorship and the funding of charities. Recently, the Founder and Chairman of the Genesis Foundation, John Studzinski, gave a speech for the annual Raising Funds from the Rich conference (8 October 2008 at Central Hall, Westminster, London, UK) that was reported in the UK’s Sun Newspaper and also the Express Group newspapers.

The Genesis Foundation is a UK-based charity, founded in 2001 by John Studzinski.  The aim of the foundation is to nurture and develop emerging talents until they reach a point of sustainability.  In other words, it supports outstanding professional artists in the early stages of their careers, preparing them to take flight independently.