Annual report 2009/2010 On Stomping Ground WELCOME A word from our Chair

For us all, these are harsh times. our programme is extraordinary – But Spitalfields Music has every around 250 workshops in the year CONTENTS cause for happiness and satisfaction with participants ranging from two for our work in 2009-2010 and days to 97 years old. To see a young 03–04 Introduction optimism for the future. There boy with learning difficulties play a are good reasons to celebrate scale on a trumpet for the first time 05–06 About us and to look forward. This last year or a family sing lullabies together our audience levels reached their to their newborn child or an elder 07 Looking ahead highest level ever. Small wonder: celebrate the history of the estate we worked with artists of the in which they have lived for over 08 Looking back greatest distinction – such as Harry 80 years is to see that this activity Christophers and The Sixteen goes beyond enjoyment of music to 09–10 Our programme and James Weeks as Associate building individual skills and making Artists – bringing them to Tower links between different generations 11–14 Review of our Hamlets and at the same time with and cultures. 2009/10 programme people from across the borough as participants, volunteers and We could not achieve so much 15-16 Audiences & participants programmers for our festivals. This without such a dedicated team of unique mix of world-class artists staff and a committed group of local 17-19 Funding alongside showcases for local talent volunteers. Their skills and joy in our and involvement drew plaudits from work inspires the enthusiastic Board 20 Finance our loyal and enthusiastic audiences of Trustees. We do depend upon and much critical acclaim. our loyal supporters and particularly 21 People Arts Council England, Tower Of course our two festivals derive Hamlets and the City of London to 22 Thank you their momentum from our work whom we are very grateful for their throughout the year in schools and ongoing support. I hope that you with people of all ages from across enjoy reading this review of the year Tower Hamlets. This is our raison and look forward to working with d’être: our belief in the power of you in the coming 12 months. music-making to bring something positive to the lives of everyone Rt Hon Sir Alan Moses in this exciting area. The reach of Chairman of Spitalfields Music AT A GLANCE

People Programme Finance

increase in attendance on our Total festival events: from each of core supporters (Arts 19% highest previous Summer Festival 95 £1 Council England, London Borough of Tower Hamlets & City of London) of our audience attending for the Total year-round workshops: is matched with £12 in fundraised 71% first time 212 income and £3 in earned income

Age range of our participants: Total education performances: of economic benefit 2 days old to 41 £2.5 million to Tower Hamlets

92 years Total premieres: 20 Total number of people involved in our work: 27,034 Artists and teachers trained: 359

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 02 INTRODUCTION

2009/10 has been an work across both our Learning extraordinary year for Spitalfields programme and our Festivals, Music – a real creative turning we aim to get even more people point. It has ranged from a involved across the borough reduced autumn programme as volunteers, programmers, to accommodate the impact of participants and audiences. I the recession on our finances, am very grateful to the Esmée through spring and summer Fairbairn Foundation, Paul terms which have seen Hamlyn Foundation and Arts innovations in our Learning Council England London, who led programme and culminated in the way in supporting our new a successful Summer Festival creative direction and whose met with audience and critical leadership has encouraged acclaim, record breaking box others to add their donations. office income and our highest of Young Programmers and an ranging literally from the global many different strands of income ever attendance levels. Highlights of the programme this embryonic family group; and to the local – from the BBC to means that our supporters know year have been a new network of our Associate Artists projects, the Idea Store Whitechapel. It they are in good company! But we Our main focus this year 15 local schools – Neighbourhood inviting world class artists to is only through joint endeavour know that we will need to continue has been on developing our Schools – all within a 15 spend time in Tower Hamlets that these programmes will have to work hard to keep moving programme, most obviously minute walking distance of both to involve local people and an impact. 2010/11 will see us forward in coming years. As a in beginning a range of new the market, all working on a to take time out to develop their building all of this. new funding era begins, so does relationships with Associate series of innovative creative own ideas. a new creative era for Spitalfields Artists, invited to fire their music projects with the highest Taking sound financial Music with new projects and creative energy into our quality artists; a new community Our aim with these programmes management as seriously as partnerships on our horizon. Festivals and across our commission of a pioneering work is to develop stronger, deeper artistic challenge and innovation Learning programme. These for 200 voices for performance relationships with the local has been key to getting to this I hope that you enjoy reading exciting changes, and this year’s in our Summer Festival 2011 and community and visitors to the position. We know that there are this report about the year and Associates, The Sixteen and paving the way to even bigger area and we have been met at many more challenges ahead and look forward to working with you James Weeks, are the tip of things in 2012; developments every turn by a thirst for our we will continue to balance these during 2010/11. an iceberg. Under the name in our volunteering programme events and chances for people two priorities. We know that we Stomping Ground, our three and new groups to help with to get involved. At the heart of offer fantastic value to supporters Abigail Pogson year initiative to develop our programming, particularly a group this has been partnerships – – our broad funding base with Executive Director

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 03 Associate Artists – ‘... an experience The Sixteen come that was informal, to Spitalfields memorable and The Sixteen, with their director Harry Christophers, were our absolutely rooted first Associate Artists in 2009/10. Our offer to Associate Artists in its place.’ is to try something new, stay in Spitalfields for longer than a one-off The Sixteen: In The House, visit and to involve our audiences The Guardian 4**** and participants in new ways. The Sixteen produced a series of events - they gave a performance of works by Allegri and James MacMillian; they worked with jazz for the first time exploring the music of Monteverdi with Julian Joseph to create a baroque-jazz synthesis and they gave a series of intimate performances in the 18th century silk weaver houses of Spitalfields. Alongside this they gave a concert for ‘young ears’ of music by Monteverdi and were featured artists in our major community commission. An audience of over 1600 people saw a performance by The Sixteen in the Summer Festival, including 350 school children. We will continue to work with The Sixteen with the premiere of Singing Communities in summer 2011.

Our Associate Artists are supported by the JP Getty Junior Trust and a group of Allen & Overy partners.

Click here to see The Sixteen Downloadable pack

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 04 ABOUT US

Our work is measured by those “An excellent concert. Beautiful “It’s an oasis of pleasure in “Spitalfields Music goes “Spitalfields Music has been a who benefit: singing from The Sixteen in a desert!” from strength to strength in positive force in the City Fringe an intimate atmosphere. The Participant in our weekly the breadth of its musical for 35 years. The charity is a “It was bedlam on the labour Allegri and MacMillan settings community choir Women sing activities and the depth of its key partner for the borough ward. This is paradise.” of the Miserere were very East in Autumn 2009 involvement within the local and makes a consistent and Mother at the Royal London moving. All this for a fiver!” community. Hammerson is very valuable contribution to our Hospital, on our Spitalfields in Audience Member, on The “Working within the group is proud to be associated with vision of One Tower Hamlets, Residence project on the Sixteen’s concert in our Summer teaching me to be more open.” such a vigorous and which sits at the heart of our neo-natal ward Festival 2010 Participant in our Young flourishing team.” Community Plan Programmers group in Paul Edwards, Head of to 2020.” “It was brilliant -– one of the “The devising process with Summer 2010 Sustainability, Hammerson Kevan Collins, Chief Executive, most stimulating and enjoyable professional artists has been London Borough of evenings that I have been to in invaluable in helping pupils to “As you know it was my first “This year has been life- Tower Hamlets the past year.” develop communication and festival and I was looked after changing for me. It has been Audience Member, on interaction. Not only have they very well indeed! I can be quite the most important year of my Rumpelstiltskin, a new piece by had to clarify and convey their shy and reserved at times, but I life in determining my career David Sawer which opened our own ideas but they have also felt very welcome and it was an – I have found something that Summer Festival 2010 learnt to listen and incorporate absolute pleasure stewarding.” I absolutely love doing and I the contributions of others.” Volunteer steward on her first am thoroughly excited about Teacher, Cherry Trees School for festival in Summer 2010 developing my work.” boys, on our two week project Jessie Mayron-Davies, Music with them in Spring 2010 Animateur Apprentice Scheme participant

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 05 Spitalfields Music is ...

Summer Festival Vision (two and half weeks in June) Changing lives and aspirations Winter Festival through music in London’s (two weeks in December/January) East End.

Learning and Participation Programme (year-round) Mission

We serve around 30,000 people Spitalfields Music creates live a year through ‘live’ contact with music experiences in Spitalfields a further 100,000 hearing our through performances, learning work through broadcast. Our and participation. Everything we programme comprises around do is inspired by the spirit of the 100 performances in venues and area, its people and their global outdoors within Spitalfields and and local influences. Taking live around 250 music workshops music as our core, we explore in schools, the hospital, youth music, performance, its artists and centres, out on the streets, on our communities. the farm and in elders centres throughout the year.

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.

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 06 LOOKING AHEAD

The coming year will see us push • Continue to deepen our creative “It’s great to call forward with the new creative partnerships locally and nationally programmes we have developed to enable us to reach further and the office and for Circulate: group came from very different in 2009/10, supported by our deeper with our programme. Young Programmers backgrounds, had different tastes, business plan which we are whoever picks and learnt through sessions as well currently half way through. • Continue to grow our audiences, as from each other. We want to encourage local young including continuing our initiatives up the phone to people to get involved in our to attract new audiences and The culmination of their work was organisation and to develop their changing our box office system. know who I am. creative skills. two events during our Summer STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES Festival: a musical treasure hunt Our goals for 2010/11 are to: • Explore plans for a shared It feels like we’re Following an open recruitment of micro performances as part of physical base (with other charities) campaign, nine young our family day at Arnold Circus • Build on the launch of our combining office and part of something programmers, aged 14 -25, joined and their own gig in Village Associate Artists in 09/10, workshop accommodation. two mentors Renell Shaw and Underground to close the Summer developing the reach of these really special.” Jason McDowell, for a regular Festival. Together these events artists across our festival and year- • Manage our finances with low risk Saturday afternoon session at reached an audience of over round programmes and develop through the continuing economic Circulate member the Brady Arts & Community 500 people. the successful pilot projects from challenges and support this with a Centre throughout the year. 09/10 into full programmes. focused fundraising programme. Sessions focused on developing Next year we and the group skills in programming, producing will recruit additional members and marketing and alongside and their involvement in our this the group visited other arts programming will continue. organisations and went to events together.

The group named themselves Circulate representing their aim to This project is a partnership spread Spitalfields Music around with CM and A Team Arts and new areas of the community and is supported by Esmée Fairbairn the approach they wanted to take Foundation and the Clore - as a collective. Members of the Duffield Foundation.

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 07 The Calling

In January 2010 we commissioned a group of musicians, artists and writers to explore Spitalfields and its surrounds from the perspectives of the three Abrahamic faith communities that have, over the centuries, made this area their home. The result was The Calling – a live performance in our Summer Festival 2010 and a series of sound installations, films and LOOKING BACK soundscapes for our website. Each artist worked with local people to explore the themes of faith in Tower Hamlets and the project combined all elements of our work: it created a festival event, featuring As we enter our 35th year, here became an alternative offering in newly commissioned music and is a look back at our history. the seasonal music programme; in involved local participation in its 2009 Spitalfields Festival changed creation, all exploring a subject • Founded in 1976 by the late its name to Spitalfields Music to which is central to Spitalfields life. conductor Richard Hickox to bring reflect the equal value of its year- music both to an underserved round programme and its two Sighs, Wonders part of London and the fantastic annual festivals. Sukhdev Sandhu and Scanner acoustic of Hawksmoor’s derelict An electronic sound piece with Christ Church. • Spitalfields Music has strong spoken word, exploring the associations with living artists, a Christian community from the time • The spirit of renewal, regeneration series of distinguished composers of the Visigoths to the present day and championing an under-rated and musicians have been Artistic and underserved part of London Director until 2009 and now Swirling Passages of Time - a Sufi have prevailed alongside an ethos Associate Artists shape and Journey into East London’s Asian of being ‘off-mainstream’ and contribute to the programme Global Phenomenon distinct from other parts of London. each year. Sonia Mehta and the Nasha Experience A film with a live soundtrack that • From a short series of concerts, • The charity has twice in the last journeyed around Whitechapel a Summer Festival developed five years won prestigious Royal and Spitalfields and now takes place in around Philharmonic Society Awards. 12 different venues each year; in The Fifth Quarter 1989 an education programme • It regularly attracts local, national Max Reinhardt with Kuljit Bhamra and the was added and it soon began to and international attention through London Bulgarian Choir attract attention for its innovative media and conferences for the A piece that crossed genres and projects and its strong roots into unique blend of artistic innovation musical traditions and incorporated the community; in 1996 a Winter and quality combined with strong the work of the local Jewish war Festival was added and soon roots into the local community. poet, Isaac Rosenberg

The Calling was a partnership with London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Click here to listen to an extract of the Calling

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 08 Our major focus in 2009/10 Our programme is Working in partnership with the has been in developing our characterised by: borough and influencing OUR programmes to better serve our for change audiences and participants and to encourage artists to innovate Artistic Excellence We tailor our year-round Learning PROGRAMME and produce world-class music and Participation programme for Spitalfields. We bring world-class composers to local needs and support the and musicians to Spitalfields and borough to develop its services We began a number of new offer the highest quality training in (such as THAMES, the Primary initiatives which, over coming creative leadership. We couple this Care Trust, the elders centres, the years, will draw our festivals with a determination to reach new youth service). and year-round programmes audiences through programming, closer together, involve more pricing and location. local people in programming and shaping our work, offer artists Being of and for the area the chance to spend more time in Tower Hamlets as ‘time-out’ Learning and Participation Local people are engaged in our to develop new work. We will at our heart programming through the year, also continue to ensure that and our festival artists make those artists who work in our 50% of our programme through the programmes specifically for education programme have the year and within our festivals focuses Spitalfields in all of its diversity. chance to train and to develop on projects for local people aged the vital skills to undertake this from 2 days old through to 90+. work effectively. Reach

Commissioning the best, both Our work reaches a broad section new and established of society – for example our Buy One Donate One scheme We have a strong tradition of encourages those who can premiering new classical music afford it to donate the value of a (promoting around 30 premieres ticket, which we can then offer each year) and commissioning for free to a local resident who annually from our New has never attended previously. Music Commission Fund (46 As a consequence our audiences commissions to date). are diverse in age, ethnicity and economic background.

Innovation for music and creative learning practice Media

We commission regularly, • Total number of Summer invite Associate Artists to make Festival articles, previews and work which is new to them for reviews: 126 our festivals and support the professional development of • Broadcasts on BBC Radio 3: musicians working in education 5, reaching a further 100,000 and community settings. audience members

• Estimated print and on-line media reach: 3.5 million

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 09 Artists and leaders Beryl Ronan, Royal Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra Andrew & Meiyr, Sharif Ahmed, & Chorus, Sukhdev Sandhu, Paul Archbold, Tim Ashley, Denise David Sawer, Martina Schwartz, Barber, John Barber, David Letty Scott, Jez Self, Ksenija Bates, Clive Bell, Mark Bennett, Sidorova, Sonia Slani, Andrew Ben Benzinna, Lisa Beznosiuk, Sparling, Shkempe Soup, David Kuljit Bhamra, Harry Bicket, Stark, Joanna Stark, Jonathan Birmingham Contemporary Stoughton, Richard Strivens, Music Group, Hannah Bishop, Swindlers and Gentry Country Martyn Brabbins, Timothy Brown, Band, Melvyn Tan, Damian Hugh Brunt, Martin Butler, Thantry, The Academy of Ancient Chancery Blame & the Gadjo Music, The Bavarian Strollers, Club, Duncan Chapman, Choir of The English Concert, The London Clare College Cambridge, Harry Bulgarian Choir, The Mint Juleps, Christophers, CM Sounds, Maria The Royal Society of Cumberland Comahort, Nasha Crew, Laurence Youths, The Sixteen, Tim Bamber Cummings, Anna Dennis, John & The Vamp, Stephen Varcoe, & Veronica Doubleday, Eamonn Elizabeth Watts, James Weeks, Dougan, Chris Dowding, Chris Steve Wells, Jonathan Williams, Dyson, ELISION Ensemble, Kürbis Pasco Wood, Shadow Writing, Ensemble, Sanchita Farnruque, Suzi Zumpe Marcia Farquhar, Denis Fernando, Michael Finnissy, Hugh Flint, Christopher Fox, Mehdi Ganjvar, Our programme works with Arun Ghosh & the Bhangra a range of international and Roots Trio, Alan Gilbey, Ruth local partners: Goller, Hazel Gould, Thomas Gould, Madge Healey, Piers Hellawell, Philip Higham, Mark Hodgson, Cevanne Horrocks- Programme partners Hopayian, William Howard, Jonas Foundation Choir, Richard Jones, A New Direction, A Team Arts, Timothy Jones, Julian Joseph, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Jyoshna, Milos Karadaglic, Radio 3, Bold Creative, The Kathryn Tickell & Band, Robb Brady Arts & Community Centre, Kearn, Martin Kettle, Alexandra Christ Church Spitalfields, Chris Kloss, Aleks Kolkowski, Dyson Architects, CM, CREATE, Maciej Konieczny, Laka D & Laka Flowers East, Friends of Arnold D Quintet, La Nuova Musica, Circus, Geffrye Museum, Josephine Lloyd, London Hackney Music Development Contemporary Orchestra, Anton Awards Trust, Idea Store Whitechapel, Lukoszevieze, Camille Maalawy, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Elin Manahan Thomas, Randolph & conferences Providence Row, Royal Academy Matthews, Mawkin/The Delarre During the year we have of Music, Royal London Brothers, Sonia Mehta, Leon been shortlisted for the Royal Hospital, Royal Philharmonic Michener, Sara Mohr-Pietsch, Philharmonic Society Award and Orchestra, Serious, Shoreditch Roderik Morris, Phil Mullen, the London Borough of Tower Church, Spitalfields City Farm, Nicholas Mulroy, Michael Hamlets Third Sector Award for Spitalfields E1, Spitalfields Old Myers, Natural Causes, Stephen the arts. We have presented Market, Streetwise Opera, Newbould, Chris Newman, Gary papers on our programme at Sundial Centre, THAMES, Vital Pomeroy, Raphael Radoux, Marika Youth Music, Incorporated Arts, Village Underground, Raushner, Christopher Redgate, Society of Musicians and Wigmore Hall, Whitechapel James Redwood, Max Reinhardt, International Artists Management Gallery, YCAT Robin Rimbaud, Amelia Robinson, Association conferences.

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 10 REVIEW OF OUR 2009/10 PROGRAMME

WINTER SUMMER Associate Artists recorder world premiere PERFORMANCES FESTIVAL • Harry Christophers • Ivor Bonnici New work for 9 – 12 December 2009 & The Sixteen double bass world premiere 11 – 26 June 2010 • James Weeks • Sebastian Rapacki New work • Circulate for accordion world premiere • 6 Events • 89 Events (Aisha Begum; Verity Combe; • Piers Hellawell Piani, Latebre • Live audience 1,200 • Including 20 premieres Abdul Hakim; Madge Healey; world premiere of new music Odudu Inyang Bejjy Mulenga; • Martin Butler Funérailles Kriss Sakulku) London premiere • Live audience 11,246 • James Weeks Tide Triolgy Premieres world premiere • David Sawer Rumpelstiltskin • Brothers Quay / Lech London Premiere Spitalfields Jankowski Street of Crocodiles Late 2008 and early 2009 saw Eleven indoor venues and five Music commission world premiere (revised version) a real reduction in our income outdoor locations (including • Chris Newman We Understand • Ben Oliver New work for choir owing to the overall economic Spitalfields Market each UK premiere & string quartet world premiere situation. In the absence of lunchtime) played host to festival • James MacMillian Miserere • Christopher Ash New work for sufficient funds we decided not events, all unusual venues UK premiere choir & string quartet to run a Winter Festival for the capturing the spirit of the area. • Max Reinhardt The Fifth world premiere first time since 1996. However, This was our first festival featuring Quarter world premiere we were able to present a series of events by Associate Spitalfields Music commission series of winter performances Artists rather than a single artistic • Sonia Mehta & Nasha Crew reflecting many of the areas director, and these strands were Swirling Passages of Time – A of our activity and offering complemented by our usual Sufi Journey into East London’s something to our audiences in eclectic mix of early and new Asian Global Phenomenon world the usual Winter Festival slot. music, combining performances premiere Spitalfields Music Events included performances by world class artists alongside commission by Women sing East at the performances and participation by • Sukhdev Sandhu &Robin Brady Arts & Community local people. Weekends focused Rimbaud Sighs, Wonders Centre, two performances of a on family activity and for the world premiere Spitalfields music-theatre piece made by first time our walks were made Music commission students at Phoenix School and by local people and available for • Chris Newman Scenes from Aspirations programme at Tower anyone to download from our Old Age world premiere Hamlets College at the Brady website. The Festival closed • Chris Newman Abstract Arts & Community Centre, a with a workshop and preview world premiere performance by vocal ensemble of our major new community • Chris Newman Format Stile Antico in Christ Church, commission to be premiered in world premiere an interactive musical treasure our Summer Festival 2011. • Laka D From the Silence hunt around Spitalfields Market world premiere by Go Game and an outdoor late • Laura Bowler New work for night shopping performance by unaccompanied trumpet Tongues of Fire. We reached an world premiere audience of 1,200 people through • Elo Masing New work for these six events.

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 11 Singing Communities

Our next major community The piece aims to bring together commission, to be premiered in lots of different groups from within Summer 2011, took its first steps in Spitalfields – children, adults, the world this year with workshops residents, workers – and to draw in schools and community people from across communities. It groups within Tower Hamlets. will also involve our 2010 Associate Our composer, John Barber and Artists – The Sixteen. The final librettist, Hazel Gould, have been result will see over 200 performers working with these groups to join together for an hour long piece devise the story and music for of music theatre in our Summer the new piece. The whole project Festival 2011. was launched during the Summer Festival with an open workshop at Village Underground, presented by Singing Communities is supported BBC Radio 3’s Sara Mohr-Pietsch. by Paul Hamlyn Foundation

‘During 2009 and 10 and into 2011 John and I have been and will be working with the diverse groups that will perform this piece along with two soloists. It is knitted into this project that the participants will have a large hand in devising and shaping the text and the music. In that sense, John and I are less librettist and composer in the most traditional sense, but more creative managers, gathering ideas and drawing them together into a coherent piece ...’

Hazel Gould, writer

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 12 LEARNING & PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME SEPTEMBER 2009 – JULY 2010

In the Community Professional Development • Workshops: 212 Spitalfields in Residence – a Platform – a showcase within our • Performances: 41 12 month residency by 6-piece festivals for the borough’s young ensemble Firefly in the Royal musicians to perform in partnership • Leaders & Teachers: 359 London Hospital working in with Tower Hamlets Arts and Music • People involved: 14,588 different wards with clinicians Service. and patients on projects which connect back into the wider Young Programmers – a year-long community. training programme for young people from Tower Hamlets who Spitalfields Singers and Women want to develop skills in producing Just under 15,000 people were sing East – two community choirs and programming music. involved in our year-round meeting weekly and performing in programme, the youngest was In School our Summer and Winter Festivals. Partnership with Royal Academy 2 days old and the eldest was Neighbourhood Schools – a of Music – an ongoing partnership 97. Between them they spoke year-round creative music Singing Communities – a three offering Royal Academy of Music over 50 languages and all live programme for the 15 schools year initiative to encourage people students performance platforms, within the four square miles of within a 15 minute walking from across the Tower Hamlets mentoring by world class musicians Tower Hamlets. Many of our distance of Spitalfields Market, community to get involved in and training in working in education programmes this year were combining projects involving singing, culminating in 2011 with and community settings. new initiatives and many were world class artists for young our next major commission for developed with our partner people, networking and training 200 voices and in 2012 with a Music Animateur Apprentice Artist Tower Hamlets Arts and Music for teachers and opportunities for commission for 1000 voices. Scheme – a 12-month training Service (THAMES). In particular parents to get involved. programme for six post-graduate we began more work with Rocking Horse creche – a musicians who want to work in families and very young people, Special Education Needs series of weekly workshops in education and community settings. on projects offering inter- programme – tailored programmes Whitechapel for new families community and inter-generational in three centres at primary, encouraging singing from a very Continued Professional links and on major initiatives secondary and further education early age. Development weekend – a such as Spitalfields in Residence level to integrate music into regular weekend of reflection, peer learning and Singing Communities. activity and to create connections Family Days – workshops, and training for the experienced Alongside this we renewed our between the centres and the performances and musical fun for freelance leaders with whom we commitment to local schools wider community. young families in our festivals. work on a regular basis. through a new programme for schools within a 15 minute walking distance of Spitalfields Market and continued to develop talent to ensure that musicians who want to work in education and community settings have the best possible training and opportunities for professional development.

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 13 ‘The staff asked Spitalfields in if you could Residence - Lullaby stay forever.’ As part of our 12 month residency in the Royal London Hospital, we have Rachel, Vital Arts run a series of projects in wards in partnership with Vital Arts. One project - Lullaby - involved a series ‘The ward felt of workshop sessions, working with newborn babies, mothers, extended wonderful to come families and medical staff. The aim of the project was to encourage back to – so lifted.’ the parents of the newborns to learn and create lullabies of their Nurse, Royal London Hospital own, which they could sing to their babies. At the same time the project sought to open up the maternity ward and encourage families to share and socialise with other parents on the ward. Nationalities included English, Somali, Bengali, Russian and Polish and over ten weeks lullabies were created in 12 different languages. Initial apprehension turned to involvement from whole families and interaction across the wards. We have created a CD of all the lullabies which were made and encouraged families to attend sessions at the Rocking Horse Creche at the Idea Store, Whitechapel, once they had left the hospital.

The project was funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and Youth Music.

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 14 AUDIENCES & PARTICIPANTS

Our audiences are a unique mix FESTIVAL AUDIENCES During the year we ran a of first time attenders, loyal 2009/10 saw number of initiatives to make it regulars and participants. Our aim as easy as possible for people is to offer the best experience to to get involved: everyone who attends an event or participates. • An increase of 19% attendance on previous • One quarter of our tickets were highest Summer Festival attendance available at £5 each. • 70% First time attenders for our festivals • No Strings Attached, our free • 50% From E & N postcodes ticket scheme for first time local • 30% From other London postcodes residents, offered 150 tickets and was funded entirely by festival • 20% From beyond London. audience members

• A 15% discount was offered across ‘series’ tickets, leading to PARTICIPANTS an increase in frequency 2009/10 of attendance

• Our free outdoor events • 97% from E postcodes increased from two per festival week to five per festival week • 60% adults • 40% young people • We increased our family activity within the Summer • 359 music leaders trained who within 2 years Festival with two designated will each reach a further 1000 participants Family Days

• We began a new Student Ambassadors programme

• We have continued to persuade a high number of people to attend for the first time: 70% of our audience

• Our walks exploring Spitalfields, made by local people, were free and downloadable from our website

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 15 No Strings Attached & Citizens, and Providence Row Spitalfields Speaks and we also partnered with local Buy One Donate One newspaper, East End Life, to Spitalfields Speaks is a sonic No Strings Attached offers promote the scheme directly to exploration of the East End, residents of Tower Hamlets a free Tower Hamlets residents. It is through the stories, memories and ticket to come to a festival concert entirely funded by our regular connections of people who live for the first time. It is funded ticket buyers and it is this element here. We invited five local people through Buy One Donate One, of communal sharing that makes to work with artist Marcia Farquhar which invites our ticket buyers this scheme unique. and sound artist Duncan Chapman, to donate the price of an extra and through a series of workshops ticket when they buy their festival exploring memories, semantics, tickets. Through these donations storytelling and map making they we had 150 tickets to give for free each created their own personal for our Summer Festival 2010. Click here to learn more about sound guide to the area they call Attenders heard about this via No Strings Attached home. The sound guides, available local community groups such as to download on our website, offer the Sundial Centre, Cardboard our audiences the perspectives of these inhabitants of this very unique pocket of London.

Spitalfields Speaks was a partnership with London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Click here to see more about the project

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 16 FUNDING

Our income spreads across a INCOME SOURCES IN %: broad range of sources, testimony to the range of partnerships which 34.17 Statutory funding we have and the breadth of our 14.93 Earned income programme. Each year 60% of 0.96 Investment our income must be raised from 0.04 Other companies, trusts and individuals 28.36 Donations with 20% coming from public 3.97 Sponsors funders and 20% from ticket sales 17.57 Project grants in our festivals.

During the year we continued to feel the impact of the economic challenges to some of our corporate and trust supporters, whilst at the same time receiving a substantial number of new grants backing our new programmes of work, most notably from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Youth Music. We also received a significant additional grant from Arts Council England through their Sustain initiative, to enable us to maintain our programme by closing the gap left by lost income over two years. Through the year income from individual donors has also been steadily increasing.

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 17 PARTNERSHIPS HAMMERSON YOUTH MUSIC

Many of our programmes Our partnership with Hammerson Over three years we have worked are in partnership with other ranges from sponsorship of with Youth Music on national organisations ranging from the our programme, via business initiatives meeting very local national, such as the BBC, to support and mentoring to joint needs, specifically concentrating the local, such as Spitalfields programming in Spitalfields Market on singing and on bringing music City Farm. Each partner brings a to ensure that it is a vibrant and to pre-school children and financial contribution to the project welcoming place for visitors their families. and money donated to us for our and local residents. Over more programme levered a further than ten years the partnership £150,000 of value in 09/10. has developed through a joint commitment to the local area and its people.

OUR CORE PAUL HAMLYN IN-KIND SUPPORT STATUTORY PARTNERS FOUNDATION AND In-kind support amounts to around ESMÉE FAIRBAIRN £80,000 of value in 09/10 and We receive core support from ranges from office accommodation three main sources: Arts Council FOUNDATION offered by Ballymore Properties to England London, London Borough local homeowners offering their of Tower Hamlets and City of As we started new programmes living rooms for a mini concert London. These relationships go a of work, piloting new ways series and local businesses long way beyond the receipt of an of working with artists and offering use of meeting and annual grant through contributing in the community, these two business facilities. This mix of local to national initiatives such as independent foundations gave support not only adds significantly Find Your Talent and community significant grants in support of our to what we can achieve but cohesion programmes and ideas before they were proven. through its very local motivation, contributing to plans for the 2012 With this endorsement, others contributes to quality of life in the Cultural Olympiad. followed and combined, we were enabled to begin extremely local area. successfully our new programmes, including: an ensemble in residence at the Royal London Hospital, a group of young people involved in our programming (our Young Programmers), a number of initiatives to increase the involvement of local people in our work and a major new community commission for 200 local performers.

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 18 ‘I am very pleased A donor’s story to have supported Our donor is committed to encouraging young talent. For the performances past two Summer Festivals, his donations have enabled the Royal by the Royal Academy of Music to perform Bach’s St John Passion and Academy of Handel’s Saul to packed audiences in Christ Church Spitalfields. Music Baroque Alongside this, students have developed skills in working with Orchestra young people in education settings by gaining practical experience over the past in our Learning and Participation programme. These professional two Summer development opportunities would simply not have happened without Festivals, as those donations.

Spitalfields Music Spitalfields Music’s donors have close contact with our programme continues to and artists and are a central part of the Spitalfields Music family. support talented young artists at the beginning of their career.’

An anonymous donor

SpitalfieldsSpitalfields MusicMusic ANNUAL ANNUAL REPORT REPORT 1719 FINANCE

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT BALANCE SHEET

For the 8 months ended 31 August 2010 As at 31 August 2010

2010 2009 2010 2009 8 months 12 months 31-Aug 12 months £ £ £ £

INCOME FIXED ASSETS Statutory 191,008 175,094 Tangible assets 1,388 8,023 Fundraising 278,969 238,958 Investments 800,000 517,626 Earned income 83,457 124,050 801,388 525,649 Investment 5,369 14,573 Other 250 136 CURRENT ASSETS 559,053 552,811 Debtors 35,939 32,498 Cash at bank and in hand 370,255 496,257 EXPENDITURE 406,194 528,755 Festivals 323,106 293,212 Learning 182,591 178,185 CREDITORS Fundraising and governance 40,700 75,800 Amount falling due within 546,397 547,197 one year (340,141) (177,258)

Surplus for the period before Net current assets 66,053 351,497 revaluation on investments 12,656 5,614 Net assets 867,441 877,146

FUNDS Unrestricted funds 503,765 505,259 Restricted funds: – Projects 4,337 683 – Christopher Vaughan Legacy Fund 140,266 145,422 – Property Fund 75,000 75,000 – New Music Commission Fund 144,073 150,782 Total charity funds 867,441 877,146

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 20 PEOPLE

Our work is made possible Council Mary Hempstead, by a unique mix of people Sir Alan Moses (Chair), Marianne Janosi, Megan Kim, including an energetic Council, Andrew Blankfield, Helen Fraser Dawn Kozoboli, Felicity Lane, A volunteer’s story a group of experienced CBE, Sarah Gee, Nick Hardie, Nicole Lebon, Christine Lewis, programme advisors, a Keith Haydon, Michael Keating, Lin Lin, Jeremy Lindon, Liz was one of the new volunteers dedicated and creative team of John McCuin, Nicky Oppenheimer Carole Mahoney, who joined our family of stewards employees and a motivated and Jessie Mayron-Davies, during the Summer Festival. Liz passionate group of volunteers. Programme advisors Jo Muller, Vincent Moores, lives in East London and works for During the year we had four Julian Anderson, David Bates, Alice Northgreaves, the charity Crisis, at their base in volunteer training sessions Karen Brock, Thalia Cassimatis, Richard Palmer, Jackie Parker, Spitalfields. She heard about us and employees undertook 44 David Gallagher, Shreela Ghosh, Francesca Pisani*, Margaret Pitt, from a friend who had just signed training days between them. Michael Keating, Julia Lawrence, Krystyna Plater, Ann Porter, up with us. As a steward, she Sonia Mehta, Rachel Morse, Fergus Reid, Nina Richardson, helped us run our events smoothly, William Norris, Zoe Palmer, James Riley, Ella Roberts, enjoyed meeting a range of people Louise Pulford, Deborah Williams, Stanley Rondeau, Peter Salter, of all ages and backgrounds Jane Williams Anne-Marie Sharman, and encountered what happens Elizabeth Shaw, Maggie Stockton*, ‘I enjoyed so much backstage at concerts and community events. She was Team Caroline Taunt, Helen Thomas, keen on exploring new skills and Helen Bailey, Cathy Birch, Maddie Taylor, Lara Thomson*, meeting people communicating with our broad and Barbara Evans, Ellie Folkes, Ditas Torlotin, Taki Togashi, diverse audience. Clare Lovett, Alexandra Marshall, Jonna Van Den Berg, Sally Wang, and making new Sylvain Malburet, Tamsin Oldham, Yillin Wang, Delia Whitbread, Abigail Pogson, Mia Roberts, Susan Whitehead, Tingshan Ye, contacts, and Our volunteers are essential to our Rebecca Steel, Kate Wyatt Shawn Zheng festivals, enabling us to deliver our especially finding programme at a high standard. Volunteer stewards * Members of Volunteer Advisory This year, we have widened our Rodney Archer, Charlie Austin, Group Sept 09 - Feb 10 out how much recruitment drive and are very Alex Belciug, Neil Bowman, proud to have worked with so Fay Cattini, Noel Chow*, there is in the local many new people alongside others Mathurot Chuladul, Elaine Cohen, who have been involved with us John Critchley, Sandy Critchley, area that I didn’t and our community for over Camille de Groote, Kevin Darnell, 10 years. Duncan Deng, know about!’ Magdalena Dembinska, Jane Dunnage, Jennifer Emptage, Anna Fina, Shirley Foulkes, Liz Floodgate, Sascha Fourel, Alison Gardiner, Elizabeth Goldman*, Kezia Gorman, Denise Grafe, Gary Grant, Helen Hackney, Vivian Huang, Connie Haken, Julie Harper, Nora Heard*,

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REPORT 21 Our work would not be possible Lord Phillimore Charitable Trust, Gold Patrons John & Claire Cornwell, without generous and regular Michael Marks Charitable Katie Bradford, John & Sandy Critchley, support from the following, Trust, Michael Tippett Musical Byrne Charitable Trust, Charlie de Wet, THANK YOU and many who wish to remain Foundation, Musicians Benevolent Francis Carnwath CBE, Chris & Sarah Dyson, anonymous, who enable us to Fund, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Michael Godbee, Andrew Hill, Eyediology, Field Fisher make it all happen. Thank you! Peter Cruddas Foundation, Sue & Tom Imber, Waterhouse LLP, PRS for Music Foundation, Michael Langton, Jeremy Lindon, Galvin Restaurant,Polly Hope, Core supporters Radcliffe Trust , S W Massil, John & Judy McCuin, Marianna Kennedy, Rayne Foundation, RVW Trust, John & Terry Pearson, Le Bouchon Breton, St Katharine & Shadwell Trust, Abigail Pogson, Ruth Rattenbury, Leon Restaurants, Mazars, Thistle Trust, Brian D Smith Raven Row, Reverend Andy Rider, Worshipful Company of Coopers, Shipleys LLP, Shoreditch Church, Worshipful Company of Cutlers, Silver Patrons Spitalfields Development Group, Worshipful Company of Miss C J Apperly, Roy Blackwell The Royal Society of Cumberland Public funds Goldsmiths, Worshipful Company & Jennifer Jones, Ken Blakeley, Youths, Virgin Active UK, Capacitybuilders, Find Your Talent, of Haberdashers, Worshipful Judith Borrow, Delia Broke, Waitrose Wine, Learning Revolution Transformation Company of Mercers, Worshipful Charles C Duff, Mary Dufty, Simon Wedgewood, Fund, Modernisation Fund, Company of Musicians, Worshipful Leopold de Rothschild, Wellington Markets, Sing Up!, THAMES, Youth Music Company of Parish Clerks Ms Olwen Evans, Mavis Fabling, Wieden + Kennedy Jo-Anne Fraser, James Golob, Companies Major individual donors Bella Hobson, Kate Jenkins, Allen & Overy, George Law, the late John & Arabella Lee, Ballymore Properties Ltd, Christopher Vaughan, the late Christine Lewis, Nick Macrae, Clifford Chance, Hammerson, Peter Lerwill and other David & Mary Pears, Herbert Smith LLP, anonymous donors Mr Alan Sainer, HSBC Insurance Brokers, Nicholas Warren & Catherine Man Group plc Charitable Trust, Music Champions Graham-Harrison, Colin Wolfe, M&G Investments, Andrew Blankfield & John P Wotton News International, Spitalfields E1 Bernadette Hillman, Chris Carter, Geoffrey Collens, Patrons Foundations, Trusts and Mr & Mrs Nigel Dutson, Spitalfields Music counts a number Livery Companies Mr & Mrs Spencer & of patrons, committed to support Aldgate & Allhallows, Lucy De Grey, both our Festivals and Learning City Bridge Trust, Alex & Susan de Mont, and Participation programme. Clore Duffield Foundation, Albert & Rowan Edwards, We are delighted to welcome Coutts Charitable Trust, Helen Fraser CBE, new patrons each year, alongside Derek Shuttleworth Educational Milton Grundy Foundation, others who have been supporting Trust, D’Oyly Carte Charitable Keith & Sarah Jane Haydon, us over the years. Thank you! Trust, Eranda Foundation, Nick & Emma Hardie, Ernest Cook Trust, John & Moyra Horseman, Help in kind Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Peter & Sarah King, Rodney Archer, Golsoncott Foundation, Rosalind Hedley-Miller, Ballymore Properties, Bishopsgate Holst Foundation, Alan & Dinah Moses, Institute, John and Susan Bowers Fund, Richard Syred & Brian Parsons, Brady Arts & Community Centre, J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust, The Ten Bells, Peter Wakefield City of London, Christ Church, Kirby Laing Foundation,

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