The Firebird Trust was originally constituted as a charity in 1984 by a group of Trustees based in Nottingham to “benefit the community especially disadvantaged groups through the expressive and creative power of music and allied artforms...”

Stuart Bruce, currently a Partnership Manager for Orchestras Live, was the organisation’s first CEO, followed by Sibyl Burgess MBE who stayed with the Trust for 15 years until her retirement in 2005. The Trust is now a strategic client of Arts Council England operating regionally across the East Midlands.

On 1st October 2007 Firebird’s operation and governance was transferred to a new charitable company, Firebird Trust Limited, constituted as a fitting vehicle for the 21st century to carry the Trust’s work forward.