spitalfields music annual review 2011-12

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REVIEW 2011/12 1

“ One of the pleasures of Spitalfields Music’s festivals is their human warmth.” Daily Telegraph, June 2012

“ I will never forget that day – people stood up and they were cheering!” Phoenix School participant, June 2012


Welcome to our annual review of 2011/12. This was a year of which all those who work in Spitalfields Music and all its supporters can be proud. Our aim is to stimulate so enthusiastic a response to the music we provide in our two Festivals, Summer and Winter, that we can maintain and increase our year-round Learning & Participation Programme in our local community in Tower Hamlets. We can claim to have gone a long way to achieving that aim: our Festivals were acknowledged to be of the highest artistic quality and were enjoyed by record audiences; we worked with international stars and members of the local community; our individual-giving support more than doubled.

This enabled our core, daily learning and participation activity to thrive, with some notable highlights: 120 primary school pupils performed their own compositions at the Royal Academy of Music; 5,000 local people got involved in the Midsummer Street Party, our first major participant-led event within our festival programme; Associate Artist Matthew Barley brought music and workshops to 100 patients and staff on elderly and adult wards at the Royal London Hospital; and we gave much sought-after professional training to the next generation of music education professionals. In May our work was recognised by the

prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards with not one, but two, awards.

Of course none of this would be possible without the efforts of a great number of people. One of the most inspiring things about Spitalfields Music is that it all happens through the force of collective endeavour. I am grateful to our 100+ volunteers, our brilliant staff team and our many different supporters, from our three statutory funders Arts Council England, London Borough of Tower Hamlets and City of London, through to each individual, trust and company donor. My gratitude is matched only by my admiration for the artists and educationalists we work with in our festivals and throughout the year – it is important to remember that without their creativity and commitment to the arts as a central part of all of our lives, our work would be impossible.

I – and I know there are many others who share this – am concerned about what the coming years might hold in terms of public funding for the arts and the proposed curriculum changes to the EBacc, with the exclusion of the arts as core subjects. The UK, and particularly London, is a world leader in culture, enhancing the country’s reputation and contributing significantly to its attraction to visitors. Perhaps more

02 WELCOME

03 THE YEAR AT A GLANCE

04 INTRODUCTION

05 WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT US

06 ABOUT SPITALFIELDS MUSIC

07 THE YEAR IN SUMMARY

08 LOOKING AHEAD

09 LOOKING BACK

10 OUR PROGRAMME

12 REVIEW OF OUR 2011/12 PROGRAMME

14 LEARNING & PARTICIPATION

16 AUDIENCES AND PARTICIPANTS

17 FUNDING

18 FINANCE

19 PEOPLE

20 THANK YOU

importantly though, participation in the arts is one of the best ways to develop individuality and creativity, which in turn develop all of those components which make for successful, happy people who achieve things both for themselves and for others. The risk seems twofold: firstly, of course, that spending in this area is reduced to such a level as to endanger the arts and what they can achieve; and secondly that thinking around creativity and its value is lost from public policy. We will certainly be doing all we can in coming years to make this case.

Despite the challenging circumstances of the past few years, Spitalfields Music has found ways to thrive by involving ever more people and constantly looking for new ways to engage people in music. We plan to continue in the coming year and beyond and hope that you might want to be involved too.

Sir Alan MosesChair

WELCOME

CONTENTS

35,000 people involved in our programme 750,000 people hearing our work through BBC Radio 3 broadcast 301 artists, teachers, library and children’s centre workers trained 31% increase in attendance 48% first time attendees 426 audience members donating a ticket through Buy One, Donate One


THE YEAR AT A GLANCE

People Programme Finance5 awards and commendations 83 festival events 215 year round workshops 32 education performances 31 premieres

£7 raised for every £1 of core statutory money received £250,000 value of partnership and in kind help for the charity 34% statutory income 19% earned income 47% fundraised income


− Local people and visitors to the area who want to get involved in music and explore its possibilities for their lives and the lives of others.

− A wide group of financial supporters from individuals, companies and trusts, who put their money into the charity in the belief that supporting the arts is a long term investment and offers fantastic value for money.

I am grateful to all three of these groups, alongside an unfailingly energetic staff and board, for making Spitalfields Music what it was in 2011/12. I hope you enjoy the review and look forward to sharing 2012/13 with you.

Abigail PogsonChief Executive

Contributions to our Buy One, Donate One ticket scheme doubled.

Participation in both the City of London and London Borough of Tower Hamlets’ contribution to the Cultural Olympiad.

A new concert series in partnership with City of London Sinfonia – CLoSer – to encourage new and diverse audiences.

A growing family programme, which is now set to expand to two of our neighbouring boroughs – Barking & Dagenham and Newham.

This is our fourth year combining artistic success, increased audience and participant numbers and effective financial management. In challenging times the charity is finding ways to continue to deliver excellent programmes. This success is down to three factors, without which nothing would be possible:− A brilliant group of artists and

educationalists who embrace our way of working and our audiences and participants, coming to Spitalfields to make work in new and exciting ways.

INTRODUCTION

2011/12 has been another very full and successful year for Spitalfields Music. Creatively we continue to grow, as do our audiences and participant groups. Our Associate Artists continue to create links between our year-round Learning & Participation Programme and our two festivals, and this year Matthew Barley, Talvin Singh and Gabrieli Consort & Players rose to the challenge of trying out new ways of working and inspiring both local people and visitors to the area.

Highlights from the year include

Two Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, a commendation from the Royal Society for Public Health and a shortlist for the Civil Society Awards.

Record breaking audiences for our critically acclaimed Summer Festival which included a focus on Dutch music, a new strand of music-theatre programming and our first community day programmed by local people.


WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT US

“Spitalfields Music’s Winter Festival offers something out of the ordinary…” The Guardian Winter Festival 2011

“A splendidly eclectic programme in a historic quarter of East London.” The Times on the Winter Festival Winter Festival 2011

“I’m delighted to come from a city where people can show up mid-evening in the dark and rain, catch strange and beautiful music for free, then go on our way.” Fire audience member Summer Festival 2012 “It was a superb experience, the atmosphere was magical and the music was of the highest quality. It was pitched perfectly and my children were both completely enchanted.” Musical Rumpus - Fairy Queen in the Forest audience member Summer Festival 2012

“The night’s only double winner was East London’s Spitalfields Music, which took awards for pioneering work that encourages participation and engages with new audiences.” Royal Philharmonic Society Summer Festival 2012

“That was amazing. The kids have come a really long way over a short space of time.” Phoenix School staff member Summer Festival 2012

“Cherry Trees nurtures and supports these boys with genuinely innovative approaches. I feel really honoured to be making a contribution to their development through the powerful medium of music and grateful to Spitalfields Music for making it happen.” Workshop leader on our project at Cherry Trees School March 2012

“It’s amazing to see the show come together and learn how to get the best out of the children. It’s one thing to support other workshop leaders deliver a project, but the steepest learning curve comes when suddenly it’s you who has ultimate responsibility for a project; having to react to changes of plan and recognising what inspires children the most.” Music Animateur Apprentice on her final personal project July 2012

Midsummer Street PartyDevised and run by local people, the Midsummer Street Party was our first major participant-led programme within a summer festival. The day celebrated the diversity and passion of the local community, filling Spitalfields Market with music and activity for everyone. The day involved storytelling, music workshops, a main stage, stalls, a visit from the Spitalfields City Farm animals and a series of newly created dance pieces made with East London Dance. Over 5,000 people participated in the Street Party, which was Spitalfields Music’s contribution to Celebrate the City, a weekend-long Olympic Festival by the City of London.

This project was supported by London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Hammerson plc, M&G Investments and City of London’s London Area Agreement Performance Reward Grant. To deliver this project, Spitalfields Music was awarded a Transformers grant, funded by The National Lottery, through the Olympic Lottery Distributor, and man-aged by East London Business Alliance.

VISION

Changing lives and aspirations through music in London’s East End.

MISSION

Spitalfields Music creates live music experiences in Spitalfields through performances, learning and participation.

Everything we do is inspired by the spirit of the area, its people and their global and local influences.

Taking live music as our core, we explore music, performance, its artists and our communities.

ABOUT SPITALFIELDS MUSIC


Winter Festival10 days in December

Summer Festival 15 days in June

Learning & Participation Programme Year-round programme of workshops and performances in Tower Hamlets

CLoSerA partnership with City of London Sinfonia presenting concerts throughout the year in Village Underground

We serve around 35,000 people a year through ‘live’ contact with a further 750,000 hearing our work through broadcast. Throughout the year, our programme comprises nearly 100 performances in venues and outdoor spaces within Spitalfields and over 200 music workshops in schools, the Royal London Hospital, youth centres, out on the streets, on the Spitalfields City Farm and in community centres.

AIMS

To produce music festivals for locally based people and visitors to the area, programming in a way which takes artistic risk and offers something new to audiences and participants.

To make year-round learning and participation projects with the people of Tower Hamlets which encourage aspiration, skill and fun.

To nurture and find talent, to commission new work and to work with artists.

To be a catalyst and collaborator in music in Spitalfields and Tower Hamlets and to engage in the life of the borough.

THE YEAR IN SUMMARYOur strategic aims for 2011/12 were to

Celebrate Spitalfields and its people through the prism of the Olympics Spitalfields Music contributed to London’s Olympic summer through three major events: a high-profile Summer Festival, a weekend of activity coordinated with the City of London (Celebrate the City) and programming for the Victoria Park Live site with London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Increase our audience development initiatives to encourage families, young adults and first-time attendeesThrough a partnership with Time Out, our Buy One, Donate One scheme and a commitment to maintain 1/3 of our tickets at £5 or less, we continued to reach new audiences: 45% of our Winter Festival 2011 and 48% of our Summer Festival 2012 audiences were first-time attendees.

Establish a series of new partnerships for our programme, including a concert series outside of our festivalsIn partnership with City of London Sinfonia and Village Underground, we successfully launched CLoSer - a series of three informal concerts in a non-concert hall environment.

Explore plans for a shared physical base with other charitiesPlanning for this project focused on a specific proposal. Heading into 2012/13 we have identified a site, a group of partners and will begin fundraising to support our move.

Manage our finances with low risk and support this with a focused fundraising programmeFor the fourth year in a row we exceeded expectations, and this year generated a surplus, thanks to tight financial management matching vigorous fundraising. In particular, individual donations increased significantly during the year.

Buy One, Donate OneSince 2009, Spitalfields Music has run the ticket scheme Buy One, Donate One. The idea is simple: a festival audience member adds an extra ticket to their shopping basket, which Spitalfields Music gives for free to a Tower Hamlets resident who has never attended before. By reaching out through schools, community centres and local partners such as Crisis and Cardboard Citizens, we offer those who would have never imagined attending our festivals, for whatever reason, tickets to come along and give it a try, at no cost to them. Spitalfields Music’s festival audience has enthusiastically embraced the scheme and in 2011/12 generously donated nearly £4,000 worth of tickets. The Royal Philharmonic Society recognised the success of the project with an award in the Audience & Engagement category.


LOOKING AHEAD


Our strategic aims for 2012/13 are to

Develop our Learning & Participation Programme, particularly through touring our early years activity to neighbouring boroughs, and share the results of this with the wider arts sector.

Continue to programme festivals which have a unique blend of places, artists and local participation.

Capitalise on our audience development initiatives by growing the CLoSer concert series and our programme of digital activity.

Follow through on detailed plans for a shared home with other charities.

Maintain a focused fundraising programme and manage our finances effectively whilst maintaining our artistic integrity and ambition.

BLOGCLoSerIn 2011/12 we began a series of informal concerts in partnership with City of London Sinfonia and Village Underground. Presenting concerts in a relaxed environment away from a traditional concert hall setting, these concerts offer the opportunity to get closer to one of London’s leading chamber orchestras. Each concert features ‘talking’ programme notes, post-concert entertainment and discussion and the chance to meet the musicians.

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LOOKING BACK

The organisation was founded in 1976 by the late conductor Richard Hickox to bring music both to an underserved part of London and into the fantastic acoustic of Hawksmoor’s derelict Christ Church.

The spirit of renewal, regeneration and championing an under-rated and deprived part of London have prevailed alongside an ethos of being ‘off-mainstream’ and distinct from other parts of London.

From the original short series of concerts, a Summer Festival developed.

In 1989 an education programme was added and immediately began to attract attention for its innovative projects and its strong roots into the community.

In 1996 a Winter Festival was added and soon became an alternative offering in the seasonal music programme.

In 2009 Spitalfields Festival changed its name to Spitalfields Music to reflect the equal value of its year-round Learning & Participation Programme and its two annual festivals.

Spitalfields Music has always had strong associations with living artists. A series of distinguished composers and musicians acted as Artistic Director up to 2009 including Diana Burrell, Jonathan Dove and Judith Weir. Since 2010, Associate Artists have helped us shape and contribute to the programme each year. These have included The Sixteen, The English Concert, Gabrieli Consort & Players, James Weeks, Mica Levi, Matthew Barley and Talvin Singh.

Since 2006, the charity has won four prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Awards.

SOUND PDF WEB Spitalfields Speaks Spitalfields Speaks invites local people to make sonic guides to their area and memories. Sound artist Duncan Chapman worked with them to capture sounds, stories and memories and present these as an opportunity for listeners to gain alternative perspectives into Spitalfields. Sound guides were made by local resident Rodney Archer, nursery nurse at Christ Church School Marge Hewson, local seaman Captain Shiv Banerjee, and Inspire, a group of local teenagers. The resulting works are available on the Spitalfields Music website for audiences to download and explore the area.

This project was awarded a Transformers grant, funded by The National Lottery, through the Olympic Lottery Distributor, and managed by East London Business Alliance.

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OURPROGRAMME

Our programme is characterised by Artistic excellence We bring world-class composers and musicians to Spitalfields and offer the highest quality training in creative leadership. We couple this with a determination to reach new audiences through programming, pricing and location.

Learning & Participation at our heart 50% of our programme focuses on projects for local people aged from 6 months to 97 years old.

Commissioning the best, both new and established We have a strong tradition of premiering new classical music (promoting around 30 premieres each year) and commissioning annually from our New Music Commission Fund (62 commissions to date).

Innovation in music and creative learning practice We commission regularly, invite Associate Artists to make work which is new to them for our festivals, and support the professional development of musicians working in education and community settings.

Working in partnership with the borough and influencing change We tailor our year-round Learning & Participation Programme to local needs and support the borough to develop its services (e.g. Tower Hamlets Arts and Music Education Service, the Primary Care Trust, elders’ centres, the youth service).

Being of and for the areaLocal people are engaged in our programming throughout the year, and our festival artists make programmes specifically for Spitalfields in all its diversity.

ReachOur work reaches a broad section of society – for example our Buy One, Donate One scheme encourages those who can afford it to donate the value of a ticket, which we then offer for free to a local resident who has not previously attended. As a consequence our audiences are diverse in age, ethnicity and economic background.

Media− 148 Winter and Summer Festival

articles, previews and reviews− 2 broadcasts on BBC Radio

3 reaching a further 100,000 audience members per broadcast

− 3 million estimated print and online media reach

Our focus is on serving audiences and participants – both local and visitors to the area – with world-class music and chances to participate. We couple this with a commitment to encouraging artists to innovate and to try out new things which respond to our unique location.


Programme partners

Andaz Hotel, Aspirations at Tower Hamlets College, Atlee Centre, Barbican Guildhall, Barts and the London NHS Trust, Vital Arts, BBC Radio 3, Bishopsgate Institute, Brady Arts and Community Centre, Canon Barnett School, Celebrate the City, Charnel House, Christ Church Spitalfields, Cherry Trees School, Christ Church School, CREATE, Community Music, Crisis, Dennis Severs’ House, East London Dance, Galvin La Chapelle, Hague School, Hanbury Hall, Idea Store Network, Kobi Nazrul School, Leila’s Shop, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Old Spitalfields Market, Osmani School, Phoenix School, Royal Academy of Music, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rich Mix, St Anne’s School, St Botolph Without Aldgate, Shoreditch Church (St Leonard’s), Shoreditch

Awards

− Royal Philharmonic Society

Award winners for Audiences & Engagement, for our Buy One, Donate One ticket scheme No Strings Attached.

− Royal Philharmonic Society Award winners for Learning & Participation, for our large- scale community opera We Are Shadows.

− Commendation from the Royal Society for Public Health’s Arts and Health Award 2011 for Lullaby, our project in the Royal London Hospital bringing music to the neo-natal ward.

− Commendation from The Charity Awards 2012 for our work in the Arts, Culture and Heritage category.

Artists and leaders

Barnaby Adams, Isabelle Adams, Rob Adediran, Allen & Overy Singers, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Arakaendar Bolivia Choir, Arun Ghosh Ensemble, Ashley Riches (Gabrieli Consort & Players), John Barber, Emily Barker, Matthew Barley, David Bates, John Beaumont, Alison Beck, Han Bennink, Steve Beresford, Bishopsgate Singers – Gitika Partington, Britten Sinfonia, BJ Nilsen, David Bruce, Gavin Bryars, Jim Cartwright, Sam Chaplin, Duncan Chapman, Tania Chen, Harry Christophers, Nicholas Collon, Cries of London, Gabriel Crouch, Laurence Cummings, Caroline Dale, Nicholas Daniel, Marcus Davidson, Tim Davy, Penny Desbruslais, European Union Baroque Orchestra, EXAUDI, Edmund Finnis, Florilegium, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gallicantus, Gamelan Lila Cita, Gameshow Outpatient, John Eliot Gardiner, Anne Garner, Monica Germino, Ranjana Ghatak, Alan Gilbey, Sam Glazer, Gold Diggers Brass Band, Rupert Gough, Hampden Quartet, Mike Harding, Jonathan Harvey, Heath Quartet, Robert Hollingworth, Jonathan Holmes, Kirsty Hopkins (The Sixteen), Alan Howard, Alice Howick, I Fagiolini, Idea Store Network staff, Philip Jeck, Jericho House, Joglaresa, Amelia Jones, Karen Jones, Ton Koopman, Alexis Kossenko, Laka D & Women sing East trio: Issy Postill, Alison Raynor & Dave Wickens, Stephen Langridge, La Nuova Musica, Stewart Lee, Nicola LeFanu, Mica Levi, London Contemporary Orchestra, London Handel Players, London Sinfonietta, Sally MacTaggart,

Catherine Martin (Gabrieli Consort & Players), Jessie Maryon-Davies, Charles Matthews, Paul McCreesh, Ed McKeon, MC Xander, Sonia Mehta, Mercy and Grand, Monteverdi Choir, Phil Mullen, Roshi Nasehi, Neighbourhood Schools students at Canon Barnett School, Hague School, Kobi Nazrul School, Osmani School, St Anne’s School, onedotzero, Opera North, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & REMIX musicians, Zoë Palmer, Evan Parker, Russ Pearson, Phoenix School musicians and Clare Hanney, Ayozie Pollendine, James Redwood, Rhythms of the City, Bernadette Roberts, Jack Ross, Alec Roth, Royal Academy of Music String Ensemble, Royal Academy of Music students, Rún, Joel Ryan, Bram van Sambeek, Sankorfa, Scanner, Schubert Ensemble, She’Koyokh, Jason Singh, Talvin Singh, Howard Skempton, Ashley Solomon, Songmen, Roland Spekle, Katharina Spreckelson (Gabrieli Consort & Players), Andrew Staples, Dominic Stichbury, Super Critical Mass, Belinda Sykes, THAMES musicians from Saturday Music Centre, Melvyn Tan, The Choir of Royal Holloway, The Olympic Choir, The Opera Group, The Refrains, The Sixteen, The Society of Royal Cumberland Youths, The World Famous, Trinity Laban Chamber Choir, Trinity Laban Contemporary Music Group, Bimbi Urquhart, Zefira Valova, Vignette Productions, Voce Sanctis, Frederic Wake-Walker, Jackie Walduck, Katie Walton, Huw Watkins, John Webb, James Weeks, Julian West, Charlie de Wet, Tom West, Whitechapel Bell Foundry, White Rabbit, Jonathan Williams.

Citizens, Shoreditch Town Hall, Sound Connections: Early Years Practitioners Forum, Spitalfields City Farm, Spitalfields Community Group, Spitalfields E1, Streetwise Opera, Swanlea School, Village Underground, VoiceLab/Southbank Centre, The Beckett Estate, The English Restaurant, Tower Hamlets Arts & Education Service, Trinity College of Music, Wigmore Hall, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne, Opera North, Welsh National Opera, YCAT.


Associate ArtistsMatthew BarleyGabrieli Consort & Players (Director: Paul McCreesh)Talvin Singh

Premieres and commissions Howard Skempton Five Ring Triples; Sam Glazer & Zoë Palmer A Fairy Queen in the Forest; Talvin Singh & Anne Garner; Alec Roth Old Earth; Stephen Johns Spitalfields Echoes; Anthony Payne Loose Canon for Jude; Tarik O’Regan Diomedes; Judith Weir To Judith, From Judith; Anthony Burton Breaking Away; Richard Rodney Bennett Little Elegy; Diana Burrell Music for Judith; Thea Musgrave Prelude; Michael Berkeley Lullaby; Peter Maxwell Davies Bist du bei mir...oder?; Jonathan Dove Ist Bach bei mir; Huw Watkins Piano Quartet; Tõnu Kõrvits Kreek’s Notebook; Nicola LeFanu Harlequin Memories; Charles Camilleri Lento from Sonata Semplice; Marcus Davidson The Conscious Sky and The Passing; Diana Burrell Lauds; Gerald Finzi three songs for tenor and piano; David Bruce Fire.

REVIEW OF OUR 2011 /12 PROGRAMME

Summer Festival 8-23 June 2012

Events 65New music premieres and commissions 24Live audiences 25,000

As Associate Artists, Matthew Barley, Talvin Singh and Gabrieli Consort & Players each created a programme that ran throughout the Festival. The Festival’s start and finish were heralded by the ringing out of the church bells with Skempton’s 20x12 commission. Events took place in nine indoor venues, as well as numerous outdoor locations and offered glimpses into hidden spaces such as a Masonic Temple. Our last day played host to a huge street party involving many community partners such as Spitalfields City Farm and brought local community and visitors together to celebrate the diversity of Spitalfields and the arrival of the Olympic summer, through workshops, pop-up dance, storytelling and lively music on the main stage. The Festival’s final performance was a spectacular display of 100 community voices, horns and a fire sculpture taking part in the London premiere of David Bruce’s Fire.

WINTERFESTIVAL

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Winter Festival 10-20 December 2011

Events 18New music premieres and commissions 6Live audiences 3,500

Taking place in Spitalfields’ most treasured venues, from the understated grandeur of Shoreditch Church to the intimacy of a Georgian front room to the spectacular beams of a Michelin-starred restaurant, the Winter Festival housed concerts from old favourites and new adventures. The Sixteen, Joglaresa, I Fagiolini and La Nuova Musica were welcomed back alongside debuts from Gallicantus and Gavin Bryars’ circus band. London Contemporary Orchestra brought the world premiere of Martin Suckling’s de sol y grana, and White Rabbit transformed The English Restaurant into a storytelling den. During the daytime there were events for young listeners – Shoreditch Church played host to a breeding ground of young experimental composers with Duncan Chapman’s Open Ears and the Brady Arts Centre was transformed into a magical world for 0-3-year-old concert-goers.

Premieres and commissions Martin Suckling de sol y grana; Adam Dickson Focusing on Intimacy; Nikki Franklin Ru’ach Rafa’im; Brian Mark Fantasia on a Lament; Simon Eastwood Horror Vacui; Carter Callison Dream Weavers.

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Associate Artist Gabrieli Consort & Players Coinciding with the celebration of their 30th anniversary year, festival regulars Gabrieli Consort & Players, with Founder/Director Paul McCreesh, joined us as Associate Artists for 2011/12. They presented a series of virtuosic concerts in Christ Church Spitalfields: a semi-staged performance of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen; an exploration of Stravinsky’s Mass alongside motets by Renaissance composers Josquin and Willaert; and an a capella programme of mainly English music interspersed with oboe solos performed by Nicholas Daniel. The group also made a special immersive version of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen for 0-3-year-olds, and ended the Festival with participation in FIRE, a new piece written by composer David Bruce for a 100-strong community choir, four horns and fire sculpture.

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Our year-round Learning & Participation Programme continued to involve a broad range of the Tower Hamlets community – the youngest participants being 6 months old and the oldest in their mid-90s.

We worked closely throughout the year with many partners, not least Tower Hamlets Arts and Music Service, for whom it was a pivotal year as they were awarded support to run the Tower Hamlets Music Hub - overseeing musical activity across the borough with funding from Arts Council England.

IN SCHOOL

Our Neighbourhood Schools programme reached 2,404 children in 15 local schools. The series of creative music projects created performance opportunities for young people, giving them a chance to work with professional artists, and also offered peer-support and networking for teachers.

The Special Educational Needs programme, involving nearly 500 participants, audience members and teachers, took place at Phoenix School, the Aspirations Programme based at Tower Hamlets College and Cherry Trees School, catering for children and young people with communication, learning and behavioral difficulties. Using music as a base, the projects developed pupils’ music and life skills, confidence and concentration and encouraged creativity.

Workshops 215Participants 2,510Audience members 6,629Leaders and teachers 301

IN COMMUNITY

Spitalfields Music’s residency at the Royal London Hospital (including cellist Matthew Barley) brought music performances and workshops to nearly 100 patients and hospital staff on elderly and adult wards, enhancing patients’ wellbeing and increasing family and community cohesion.

This year’s family day brought a Midsummer Street Party to 5,000 visitors and local residents on 23 June 2012, for a range of family and music activities.

As part of our family engagement programme, over 1,000 very young children and their families across Tower Hamlets had access to 54 music workshops and 5 performances, and 30 members of staff involved received specialist training to deliver music sessions.

120 young talented musicians involved with the Tower Hamlets Arts and Music Education Service, performed to an audience of nearly 300 during Platform, as part of the Summer Festival, joined by participants from our special educational needs programme.

60 local residents, part of our community choirs Women sing East and Spitalfields Singers, developed their singing skills during workshops and performed as part of the Festivals.

A 100+ FIRE choir joined four French horns and a fire installation, to perform David Bruce’s new piece FIRE, the culmination of Summer Festival 2012.

MUSICAL RUMPUS

As part of our Winter Festival, our Musical Rumpus performance for early years brought the wonderful story of Blue Butterfly to 60 children and families. In spring 2012, Spitalfields Music commissioned the re-imagination of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen. This allowed over 100 0-3-year-olds to explore a magical world of fairies and creatures, in a colourful and multi-sensory forest.

By retaining the authenticity of the music and creatively maximising sensory interaction, the performances were a resounding success, enabling us to secure funding from Arts Council England to tour the production to neighbouring boroughs Newham and Barking & Dagenham in 2012/13 and 2013/14.

TRAINING FOR THE FUTURE

Six young musicians kick-started their career in music-leading by taking part in our Music Animateur Apprentice Scheme, undergoing 9 months of training, which equipped them with the skills needed to design, deliver and evaluate music projects in community settings. We estimate they will reach over 9,000 community participants in the next 5 years.

We provided a weekend of continuing professional development to the core group of 15 workshop leaders who deliver our work, in order to support them to develop their professional practice.

We offered practical experience and training opportunities to 20 musicians from the Royal Academy of Music with an interest in music in community settings. Sessions included working in schools, participating in workshops and performing as part of a children’s concert.

IN SCHOOL

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LEARNING & PARTICIPATION

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Associate Artist Matthew Barley As a cellist, Matthew Barley’s musical world has virtually no geographical, social or stylistic boundaries. As Associate Artist during 2011/12, Matthew produced a series of events which reflected his taste for enquiry: a concert showcasing the electricity that sparks in a first read-through when eight world class musicians sight-read their way through well known chamber works; an informal presentation exploring what music is for; and a candle lit rendition of Tavener’s haunting The Protecting Veil. Alongside his concert series, Matthew took the Festival into the Royal London Hospital, spending a day on the wards playing to patients at all stages of life and treatment.

The Associate Artists scheme was supported by The J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust.

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Festival audiences31% increase in audience attendance

48% first time attendees for our festivals

31% from E postcodes

42% from other London postcodes

27% from beyond London

Participants

97% from E postcodes

Age range of our participants from 6 months to 97 years old

57% adults

43% young people

175 music leaders trained who within 2 years will each reach a further 1,000 participants

For the third year running, our Buy One, Donate One scheme offered free tickets to residents of Tower Hamlets who had never been to one of our events before. The scheme won the category for Audience & Engagement at the RPS Music Awards in May 2012.

We maintained discounts for multiple event bookers, offering reductions of both 15% and 20%. We also included a number of concessions for Jobseekers, under 26s and students.

AUDIENCES AND PARTICIPANTSOur audiences are a unique mix of first time attendees, loyal regulars and participants. Our aim is to offer the best experience to everyone who participates in or attends an event.

During the year we continued to run and develop initiatives to make our work accessible for people of all backgrounds.

In London’s Olympic year, we signed up to the London Visitor Charter 2012, promising to keep our pricing consistent. We continued to offer £5 tickets to nearly all our concerts, with many further events, including lunchtime performances in the market, free of charge.

Our circle of Family Ambassadors has successfully developed, providing feedback to ensure that our programme remains lively and accessible to the Tower Hamlets community.

The specifically school-orientated concerts within our festivals have continued to enable neighbourhood school children to experience innovative music for free. Across the year they enjoyed and interacted with performances from Arun Ghosh, Heath Quartet and Duncan Chapman. This culminated in 300 pupils listening to the music of John Cage performed by members of EXAUDI.

We offered audiences more chances to further explore concert music with 12 insight events across our Festival programmes.

We also enjoyed our very first lecture-recital from Associate Artist and cellist Matthew Barley, who proposed ‘What’s Music For?’.


Our income spreads across a broad range of sources, testimony to the range of partnerships which we have and the breadth of our programme. Over the year we raised 64.5% of our income from companies, trusts, individuals and statutory sources for projects. In addition to this, 19% was earned and 14% came from core statutory grants.

We continue to maintain a wide range of income streams. A particularly strong growth in individual income was one of our biggest successes this year, a testament to our growing number of dedicated individual donors. This helped to cushion a projected fall in statutory income value. Our trust income was largely maintained, and company giving remained low.

Our three core statutory funders Arts Council England, London Borough of Tower Hamlets and City of London maintained their grants to us despite strain on their own budgets.

Income sources in %

CORE STATUTORY FUNDING 14%

STATUTORY PROJECT GRANTS 20%

EARNED INCOME 19%

INVESTMENT INCOME 2.5%

DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS 19.5%

DONATIONS FROM COMPANIES 5.5%

DONATIONS FROM TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS 19.5%

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FINANCE

Statement of Financial Activities2012

31 Aug

£

As at 31 August 2011

2011

31 Aug

£

INCOMEStatutory

Fundraising

Earned income

Investment

Other

Festivals

Learning & Participation

Fundraising and governance

314,215

422,622

150,365

16,827

662

904,691

489,639

355,138

61,675

906,452

-1,761

EXPENDITURE

As at 31 August 2011

Tangible assets

Investments

Debtors

Cash at bank and in hand

Amount falling due within one year

Net current assets

Net assets

2012

31 Aug

£

1,993

760,313

762,306

95,479

344,520

439,999

-358,109

81,890

844,196

71,147

251,749

322,896

-259,068

63,828

813,885

1,852

748,204

750,056

2011

31 Aug

£

Balance sheet

FIXED ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS

CREDITORS

Unrestricted funds

Restricted funds:

– Projects

– Christopher Vaughan Legacy Fund

– Property Fund

– New Music Commission Fund

Total charity funds

510,700

5,353

118,667

75,000

134,476

844,196

482,826

2,251

117,940

75,000

135,868

813,885

FUNDS

Surplus (deficit) for the year before revaluation on investments

The financial statements cover a 12 month period. Turnover of £829,335 is lower than in the previous year, due to slightly less activity. This reduced activity also required lower expenditure and

the resulting out-turn was a surplus of £18,204. The majority of our expenditure as in previous years is directed towards activity, with our two festivals utilising a larger proportion this year. The charity’s

policy is to invest in reserves with low risk. The balance sheet shows the surplus for the year plus a gain on the charity’s investments.

278,699

372,659

156,920

20,407

650

829,335

492,121

252,756

66,254

811,131

18,204


Spitalfields Music is run by a motivated board, a group of knowledgeable and skilled advisors, an energetic and close-knit team of employees and a dedicated and passionate group of volunteers. During the year we held five volunteer training sessions and between them the staff undertook 64 days of training.

COUNCILSir Alan Moses (Chair), Andrew Blankfield, Helen Fraser, Sarah Gee, Nick Hardie, Keith Haydon, Michael Keating, Shanara Matin, John McCuin, Nicky Oppenheimer, Judith Weir

DEVELOPMENT GROUPNicky Oppenheimer (Chair), Andrew Blankfield, Chris Carter, Nick Hardie, Nick Macrae, Simon Martin, Sir Alan Moses, Jim Peers, Liz Phillips, Libby Young

PROGRAMME ADVISORSDavid Bates, Karen Brock, Jane Brownlee, David Gallagher, Michael Keating, Julia Lawrence, Sonia Mehta, William Norris, Zoe Palmer, Louise Pulford, Julian West, Deborah Williams, Jane Williams

TEAMKathryn Allnutt, Helen Bailey, Cathy Birch, Philip Chandler, Camille De Groote, Michael Duffy, Natalie Ellis, Ellie Folkes, Niharika Jain, Kate Kelly, Alex Lepinski, Clare Lovett, Uju Maduforo, Sylvain Malburet, Tamsin Oldham, Abigail Pogson, Mia Roberts, Rebecca Steel, Angharad Thomas, Bethan White

FESTIVAL TEAMCathy Boyes, Jo Harris, Pippa Kay, Tom Kelly, Janet Marshall, Annabel Marsland, Anne-Marie Norman, Rachel Shipp, James Waterhouse

FESTIVAL STEWARDSJo Bailey, Inder Batra, Chiara Bortoli, Neil Bowman, Fay Cattini, Noel Chow, Georgina Cooksley, Dave Cooper, Sue Coulbeck, Joseph Crawley, Russ Davies, Rachel Day, Magdalena Dembiñska, Jan Dewhurst, Jane Dunnage, Jennifer Emptage, Saffron Evans, Keith Ferguson, Shirley Foulkes, Simi Fyles, Elizabeth Goldman, Kezia Gorman, Helen Hackney, Ellie Harris, Grethe Hauge, Nora Heard, Mary Hempstead, Lee-Anne Inglis, Ben James, Marianne Janosi, David Keen, Roisin Kelleher, Mark Lancaster, Suzanne Lancaster, Talia Lash, Edward Lea, Annabelle Lee, Christine Lewis, Annette Macher, Sarah Macnee, Carole Mahoney, Annabel Marsland, Robert Mason, Egle Matulaityte, Rachael Mccaul, Paul McGrail, Stella Morris, Hannah Newham, Alice Northgreaves, Gentle Nyack, Germaine Nyack, Richard Palmer, Martino Panizza, Norah Parkin, Alexandra Paulino, Margaret Pitt, Helene Richards, Sarah Robson, Stan Rondeau, Kieran Saikat Das Gupta, Peter Salter, Anne-Marie Sharman, Elizabeth Shaw, Joe Shuttleworth, Fiona Stuart, Lara Thomson, Emmi Tingey, Jenny Vernon, Eleanor Ward, Mary Watkinson, John Wetherell, Susan Whitehead, Stuart Wooler, Jacopo Zacchia

PEOPLE

VolunteersVolunteersSpitalfields Music’s volunteers form the backbone of our festivals with just over 100 people joining the office based team each year. Our festivals would not be possible without their vital contribution, and throughout the year many of them offer extra time and helping hands when needed.

Some of our volunteers have been involved with the charity for over 20 years, and others come for a one-off experience. A group of individuals of all ages and coming from all corners of London (and the world), they welcome our guests with a smile, they know the answer to whatever a visitor needs to know and they secure the audiences’ safety.

Our volunteers come to us to develop communication and social skills, to gain confidence, to be part of a group of passionate music fans, or just to have fun and enjoy the concerts!


THANK YOU

We are extremely grateful for the generous support from those who wish to remain anonymous and those who are listed below.

Spitalfields Music’s valuable work is made possible by our supporters’ charitable donations of time, money and in kind help. Thank you to everyone who helps make our programme happen.

CORE SUPPORTERS

PUBLIC FUNDS Tower Hamlets Arts and Music Education Service Youth Music Spitalfields Music was awarded a Transformers grant, funded by The National Lottery, through the Olympic Lottery Distributor, and managed by East London Business Alliance

COMPANIES Allen & Overy Clifford Chance Hammerson M&G Group Spitalfields E1

FOUNDATIONS, TRUSTS AND LIVERY COMPANIESAldgate & Allhallows Barking

Exhibition FoundationAustin & Hope Pilkington Trust

Bailey Thomas Charitable Fund Britten-Pears Foundation City Bridge TrustColumbia Foundation Fund of the

Capital Community FoundationCoutts Charitable Trust Derek Shuttleworth Educational Trust Dr Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Fidelio Charitable Trust Garrick Charitable Trust Golsoncott Foundation Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation Holst Foundation J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust John and Susan Bowers Fund John R Murray Charitable Trust Lynn Foundation Musicians Benevolent Fund Paul Hamlyn Foundation PRS for Music Foundation Rayne Foundation Rothschild RVW Trust Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement St Katharine and Shadwell Trust Westfield Community Grant Worshipful Company of Armourers & Brasiers Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators Worshipful Company of Fuellers Worshipful Company of Ironmongers

MAJOR DONORS Andrew Blankfield & Bernadette Hillman, Katie Bradford, Chris Carter & Stuart Donachie, Geoffrey Collens, Michael Cutting, Nigel Dutson, Mr & Mrs Spencer & Lucy De Grey, Alex & Susan de Mont, Albert & Rowan Edwards, Helen Fraser CBE, Nick & Emma Hardie, Keith & Sarah Jane Haydon,

Simon Martin, Stephen Massil, John McCuin, Don McGown, Alan & Dinah Moses, John & Moyra Horseman, Michael Keating, Colleen Keck, Peter & Sarah King, George Law, Richard Syred & Brian Parsons, Helen Payne, Jim Peers, The Ten Bells, Peter Wakefield, Judith Weir CBE, Libby YoungThe late Peter Lerwill, the late Christopher Vaughan

ASSOCIATE ARTIST SUPPORTERS GROUP Ian Annetts, Hugh Arthur, Duncan Gibbons, Colleen Keck, Simon Martin, Don McGown, Charles Whiddington

CHAIR OF PATRONS George Law

HONORARY LIFE PATRONS David & Julia Cade, Diana Burrell, Jonathan Dove, Dr & Mrs Anthony Henfrey, George & Anne Law, Chris Sayers, Judith Serota OBE, Judith Weir CBE GOLD PATRONS Miss C J Apperley, Hugh Arthur, Byrne Charitable Trust, Michael Godbee, Sue & Tom Imber, Michael Langton, Jeremy Lindon, Doris Lockhart, Colin & Rosie Mackay, Nick Macrae, SW Massil, John & Judy McCuin, His Honour Judge Michael & Mrs Nicky Oppenheimer, John & Terry Pearson, Abigail Pogson, Ruth Rattenbury, Imogen Rumbold, Sir Robert & Lady Owen, Brian Smith

SILVER PATRONS Lisa Forrell & Marcel Berlins, Roy Blackwell & Jennifer Jones, Ken Blakeley, Judith Borrow, Delia

Broke, Caroline Burton, John & Sandy Critchley, Leopold de Rothschild, Charlie de Wet, Mary Dufty, Jo-Anne Fraser, James Golob, James Hastings, Bella Hobson, Andrew Hunter Johnston, Michael Jay, Charles & Tessa King-Farlow, Christine Lewis, Jim Peers, David Preddy, Stephen and Lucy Richards, Jennifer Silverstone, Derek Sugden, Allan Sutherland, Nicholas Warren & Catherine Graham-Harrison, Charles Whiddington, John P Wotton PATRONS Liz Airey, Bob Allies & Jill Franklin, Leonard Attewell, Martin Bailey, R A Bailey & P J Cameron, Dr Ian Basnett, Richard Bawden, Anne Bearne, Stephen Benson, Penny Berryman, Graham Betts, Joanna Brendon, Sally Bridgeland, Cynthia Butterworth, Mr Andrew Ceresa, Suzi Clarke, Dr S R Collinson, Joseph Coten, Sue Coulbeck, Jean Curtis-Raleigh, Janet Davies, Eve de Meza, Nicola & David De Quincey Souden, Pauline Devine, Donna De Wick, Janet Di Stefano, Brian & Judy Dobbs, Annie Edge, Elizabeth Fowler, Sue Gardener, Stephen Garner, Christine Garrett, Hugh Geddes, John Gillies, Nigel Glendinning, Dr J M Gooding, Don Gorman, Diana Morgan Gray, Ann & Nick Gray, Adey Grummet & Kevin Skully, John Gwyer, Virginia Harding, Vanessa Harley, John T Harwood, Nora Heard, Mr Hearn & Dr Williams, Tim Hellings, Ian & Nicky Hessenberg, Andrew Hill, Andrew Hinchley, Dr Anthony Hobson, Julia Hodgkin, Anna Home, Dagna Horner, Gary Hunter & Michael Light, Kimberly Hutchings, Stephen A Jack, Sue

Jackson, Molly Jackson, Miss Alice Jacobs, Gill James, Frank Jeffs, Professor and Mrs C Jenks, Helen Jenner, Professor James & Mrs Maureen Kelly, Bernard Kellner, Mr Rod Kennedy, Bridget Kitley, Paul & Karen Lasok, John Lavagnino, Carol Lindsay Smith, Lady Jean MacGregor, Kathleen Malbon, Michael & Alexi Marmot, Professor & Mrs Michael N Marsh, John Miller & Sue Rogers, Simon Morris, Sylvia Moys, George Nissen, David Norgrove, Jennifer Oxley, Alison Parkinson, Mrs Joyce Parsons, Dr & Mrs M Parsons, Barbara Patilla, Veronica Plowden, Ann Porter, Dr Clive Potter, Nigel & Vivien Prevost, Sue Prickett & John Bryer, Mary M Quigley, Mrs Ann Ross, Peter Rous, Sue Rowlands, Mr Alan Sainer, Ted & Jenny Salmon, Richard & Margaret Sax, Henrietta Shields, James Shillingford, Peregrine & Francesca Simon, Richard Slack, Richard & Jenny Smith, Mrs Grace Spence, Bernard & Linda Steel, Dr Colin Stolkin, Alis Templeton, Dr Jeffrey Tobias, Mr J Utting, Mr J Walton, Jenny Watson, Alan & Lyn Williams, Professor Gwyn Williams, Isobel Williams, Charles Wilmot-Smith, Valerie Wise, Roger & Carola Zogolovitch

HELP IN KIND Allen & Overy, Andaz Hotel, Fiona Atkins, Ballymore Properties, Bishopsgate Institute, Jenny Black, Brady Arts & Community Centre, City of London, Christ Church Spitalfields, Crepe Affaire, Crisis Skylight Café, John & Sandy Critchley, Dennis Severs’s House, Donna De Wick, Chris & Sarah Dyson, The English Restaurant,

Olwen Evans, Eyediology, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP, Galvin La Chapelle, GBK, Grange Hotels, Imagist, Marianna Kennedy, Le Bouchon Breton, Leon Restaurants, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Mazars, Juliet McKeon, Reed Smith, Shipleys LLP, Shoreditch Church, Shoreditch Town Hall, The Society of Royal Cumberland Youths, Spitalfields E1, Virgin Active UK, The Water Poet, Wellington Markets, Christine & Robin Whaite, Simon Wedgwood, Whitechapel Bell Foundry, Lyn & Alan Williams, Yamaha Music Europe GmbH (UK)


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