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The Tait Memorial Trust [TMT] is a charitable foundation, first established in the United Kingdom, with the chief purpose of providing financial support to outstanding young Australian performing artists who wish to pursue post-graduate studies in leading performing arts institutions or privately with internationally recognised teachers in the United Kingdom. It also offers performance opportunities in their many concerts and events in London and advice and mentoring to awardees. The TMT was founded by Isla Baring OAM in memory of her father, Sir Frank Tait and his brothers, who played such an important part in the establishment of theatre and the performing arts in Australia. Sir Frank Tait's management, who being the youngest of the Tait brothers, carried the firm JC Williamson's into their most successful years dominated by the Sutherland-Williamson opera company in 1965 which brought Dame Joan Sutherland back to her homeland.

At inception, the TMT's activities were based in the UK, reflecting a historical tradition of strong institutional links between Australian music academies and British institutions such as the Royal College of Music, Royal Academy of Music, the Royal Northern College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. The Trust offers awards/grants for postgraduate study, performance opportunities to young Australian musicians and performing artists, and general help in the furtherance of their careers while resident in the UK. In recent years the TMT has more actively expanded its field of activity to include Ballet, Drama and the fine arts

History
The TMT was initially established in 1992, in the United Kingdom, the founding patrons being Dame Joan Sutherland AC OM DBE Viola, Lady Tait AM, John McCallum AO CBE and Googie Withers AO CBE. Isla’s mother, the singer Viola Tait, inspired her to organise a fundraising concert in support of a young Australian singer, Liane Keegan, who was newly arrived in London. From that beginning the TMT has grown to become one of the leading supporters of Australian artists in the UK

In 2009 an Australian Trust to support the work of the TMT was created under the name of "The Tait Performing Arts Foundation".

The Tait Memorial Trust
Chairman Isla Baring OAM,

Founding Patrons Dame Joan Sutherland AC OM DBE, Viola, Lady Tait AM, John McCallum AO CBE, Googie Withers AO CBE

Patrons Patricia Countess of Harewood, Dr. John Amis, Peggy Haim, Barry Humphries AO CBE, Piers Lane AO, June Mendoza AO OBE, Jeffrey Smart AO

Trustees Justin Baring, Isla Baring, Shirley Barr, Anne Longden, Susie Thornton

Committee Hugh Bayne, Lorraine Buckland, Sue Daniels, Jan Gowrie-Smith, Ros Higgins, Robyn Hollands, Kelly Lovelady, Wendy Kramer, Joanna McCallum, Stephanie McGregor, Elizabeth Mills, Patricia Nimmo, Margaret Rodgers, Ann Seddon, Belinda Syme, Jacqueline Thompson, Rosemary Tuck, Rosemary Wood

Administrator James Hancock

Registered charity 1042797

Alumni
The Trust has helped many young singers and instrumentalists who have subsequently performed with British orchestras and in leading opera houses, including Li-Wei, Amy Dickson, Elena Xanthoudakis, Valda Wilson, Alexandra Hutton, Phoebe Humphreys, Siobhan Stagg, Kelly Lovelady, Simon Lobelson, Helena Dix, Miranda Keys, Liane Keegan, Benjamin Bayl, William Chen, Natalie Christie, James Hancock, Grant Doyle, Kelly Lovelady, Melbourne Chamber Strings, Melbourne Piano Trio, Leslie John Flanagan, Morgan Pearse, Julian Gavin and Joanna Cole.