ANNUAL REVIEW 2013/14

“Uplifting, thought-provoking... the joy of seeing community art so eloquently enthroned without the need for trained voices.” the times on crowd out

“In terms of historical reach, this year’s Festival is certainly impressive. It ranges all the way from concerts exploring those ancient forms of classical music known as ‘early’ music to new works that use multi-media” daily telegraph on spitalfields music summer festival 14

Takeover at Shapla Primary School SPITALFIELDS MUSIC 2013/14 AT A GLANCE

DELIGHTED over 29,000 audience SHARED 150 free tickets members and participants donated by audience members

Led over 250 INSPIRING MUSIC ASKED ABOUT THE FUTURE of our workshops and projects with people cultural and civic life in a series aged 6 months to 97 years-old of What Next? downloads

TRAINED 200 musicians, parents, Introduced 800 babies to opera library and children’s centre staff through our GROUND-BREAKING in community music-making opera series Musical Rumpus

ENABLED primary school WON the Arts, Culture & Heritage children to fill their schools with category at the CHARITY AWARDS music through our INNOVATIVE (and were shortlisted for the approach to IMMERSIVE RPS MUSIC AWARDS) CREATIVE LEARNING Raised £9 FOR EVERY £1 received Attracted 98% of participants from in core public funding EAST

FUNDRAISED 66% of our income, Worked in PARTNERSHIP WITH OVER and GENERATED 16% through ticket 20 ORGANISATIONS from the arts, sales and other sources health and education sectors CONTRIBUTED OVER £2.5 MILLION in Presented 34 NEW MUSIC PREMIERES economic impact to the local area

Firefly Burning at Wilton’s Music Hall spitalfields music 02 annual review 2013 / 14 2013/14 INTRODUCTION

Welcome to our review of 2013/14. It has been Our programme includes: another highly successful year for the charity, full of artistic highlights; unusual, ambitious and Two annual music festivals of over 130 events Our biggest audiences ever for a Winter income from Arts Council England, London Borough innovative creative learning activity; a growing taking place in 12 venues in the borough. The Festival and over 130 festival events through of Tower Hamlets and City of London, many trusts public profile and a strengthened financial position. festivals have an international reputation for the year reaching the broadest classical music and foundations, livery companies, individual donors their quality and are regularly broadcast on BBC audience in London. and companies. We are grateful to you all and are Spitalfields Music has two roles – as a creative Radio 3. They have a marketing reach of 2 million proud that such a wide range of supporters want charity serving east London and as an innovator and we have an active base of 40,000 bookers. Over 200 people were involved in our training, to come together through the charity’s work. in the arts sector, finding new ways of working volunteering and apprenticeship programmes, which others might adopt and which might An award winning music education programme ensuring that our impact reached well beyond Finally, huge thanks and congratulations are due influence policy. with over 250 music workshops each year in our direct delivery. to our fantastic board, team and volunteers for all schools, hospitals, parks, children’s centres, of the commitment and energy they bring to the Spitalfields City Farm and local markets. We The charity’s reach is wide and deep within Tower charity. We are lucky to have such a dedicated benefit Tower Hamlets residents between the Hamlets – contributing an economic impact of group of people involved at the heart of Spitalfields ages of 6 months and 90 years and train both £2.5 million to the borough, shining a light on Music’s work. Thank you all for contributing to such musicians and non-musicians to use music in achievements of local people through our festivals, a successful year. their regular work. working in health settings to support health and wellbeing, acting as a lead partner for Tower We hope that you enjoy reading about the We tour work around the UK so that other Hamlets Arts and Music Education Service Spitalfields Music year. boroughs can learn from the charity’s and ensuring the borough’s young people have best practice. opportunities to develop their creativity and Sir Alan Moses Abigail Pogson discover a cultural life for themselves, and in Chair Chief Executive Looking back on 2013/14 it has been another using music in local settings to encourage exceptional year with the Orchestra of the Age community cohesion. of Enlightenment and Arun Ghosh as Associate Artists, providing a thread for our programme, To achieve this in a sustained and meaningful way supported by a range of other world class artists and to ensure that our focus on bringing the highest and a wide spectrum of involvement from local quality music to the widest possible audience is not people. Highlights of the year include: lost, we work in partnership with other parts of the local civic infrastructure. We would like to thank our The 25th anniversary of our Learning & partners – across the public, private and third sectors, Participation programme marked with Crowd large and small – for our collaborations. It seems to Out, a new work for 1,000 untrained voices by us that, now, more than ever, the three sectors David Lang, performed in our Summer Festival. must find ways to work together towards the collective goal of an equal and aspirational society. Further expansion of our Takeover Festivals, which will lead to our first ever public festival Financial partnership is a crucial part of this and we “The festival is a great way to find out about new made entirely by young people in 2015 – a are grateful to all who contribute financially to the ideas in music and to try new genres/performers.” Spring Takeover Festival becoming our third charity. We have an unusually broad range of income audience member festival alongside our well established Summer sources, all of which play an important part in ensuring and Winter Festivals. we can maintain our work. This includes statutory

spitalfields music 03 annual review 2013 / 14 ABOUT SPITALFIELDS MUSIC

VISION OUR WORK Changing lives and aspirations through music. LEARNING & PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME Year-round programme of workshops and MISSION performances in Tower Hamlets and neighbouring Spitalfields Music creates live music experiences in boroughs Barking & Dagenham and Newham Spitalfields and east London through performances, learning and participation. Taking live music as our WINTER FESTIVAL core, we explore music, performance, its artists 12 days in December and our communities. SUMMER FESTIVAL AIMS 15 days in June

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 and east London which encourage aspiration, build confidence and develop skills.

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

To be a catalyst in music in Tower Hamlets and to engage in the life of east London.

Crowd Out at Arnold Circus “It was lovely to be able to take a step back and watch the children join in with enthusiasm and engage really well. The children got the chance to be creative in a variety of ways and their confidence g r e w.” kobi nazrul primary school teacher on takeover

spitalfields music 04 annual review 2013 / 14 LOOKING AHEAD

Our new three year business plan (2014/15 – Our activity will be at its most intense in Tower 2016/17) sets out a refreshed vision for the charity Hamlets, with ripples throughout our neighbouring and redefines its mission as a creative charity for east London boroughs, the wider UK and beyond. the benefit of east London and as an innovator for Our strategic priorities for the next three years the arts sector. are to:

In the years ahead we will continue to produce Develop our programme world class festivals and an innovative and Focus on young people as audience members, responsive Learning & Participation programme, producers, creators and learners, and work in addition to refocusing our efforts to support with elders. artists and develop our audiences. Support artist development by expanding We will concentrate on three key goals: our training programmes and starting an administrative and producing hub for Delight, inspire and bring joy through emerging ensembles. exceptional music to as wide a group of people as possible, focusing on points of access for Develop our festivals by placing a renewed people in east London. emphasis on: audience development; innovative commissioning and building new partnerships; Model the role of the arts, specifically music, and fusing digital activity into our work. in the 21st century as a part of shared civic life. Formalise our role as an innovation unit for Support the development of artists as leaders the arts sector within society. Actively share information about our innovative projects and models of work. Takeover at Kobi Nazrul Primary School Measure the impact of our activity in a CASE STUDY: TAKEOVER consistent way. Takeover was designed to support Year 3 pupils’ Takeover was also designed to involve the children’s Establish a three year research programme transitions from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2, parents in the creative process, to demonstrate the in partnership with higher education. providing them with opportunities to establish importance of creative activities on their children’s themselves within the school and increase their education and to embed these activities into family Develop our financial model self-esteem. life outside of school. By working closely with TAKEOVER Maintain a focused fundraising programme school Family Liaison Officers, a high level of and manage our finances effectively whilst By giving the pupils the creative freedom to develop parental engagement was achieved. looking at new models and opportunities for their own festival, they needed to listen carefully to income generation. each other and make decisions as a team in order “It was a great opportunity to work with such lovely, to direct the musicians and artists. As they saw their talented people. It is a project which would benefit Find a home for the charity shared with others unique ideas develop into living songs, artworks and many children and it would be fantastic if children installations their confidence increased, encouraging get this kind of opportunity at least once a year!” To combine office accommodation and access them to take on new creative challenges. shapla primary school teacher, to workshop space. december 2013

spitalfields music 05 annual review 2013 / 14 AN INNOVATOR FOR THE ARTS

Identifying a need Partnership working Connecting organisations and making things happen Over the past two years we have developed Sharing ideas, resources and expertise with Musical Rumpus, our series of interactive other organisations allows us to achieve together Shine, a music-making project for young people multi-sensory operas for 0-2½ year-olds, and built what we would never be able to do alone. with and without learning disabilities, was the up a micro-touring network of venues (libraries and result of a three-way partnership between community centres) in order to share this work Crowd Out exemplified our approach to Spitalfields Music, Drake Music and Toynbee with non-arts attenders across east London. community music-making, bringing together Hall. By connecting our three organisations we 1,000 participants from diverse backgrounds were able to draw upon the expertise of Drake This year Musical Rumpus has had its first and communities for a large-scale singing Music in working with young people with international booking, and was presented at the project. Co-commissioned by BCMG, Spitalfields disabilities and recruit teenagers from Toynbee Royal Opera House in June. It was shortlisted for Music and Berlin Philharmonic and delivered in Hall’s Inspire programme as mentors. the RPS Awards and won a Civil Society Charity partnership with LSO, London Borough of Tower Award, demonstrating the project’s reputational Hamlets and the Barbican, Crowd Out highlighted The project addressed the inequality of range – from the music ‘establishment’ to the our skill in working in partnership to blend world music provision for young people with learning wider charitable sector. class artistic activity and community engagement disabilities as well as encouraging cohesion in the heart of east London. between communities within the borough. Our experience in developing Musical Rumpus led us to also identify a lack of provision for By introducing these young people to artists imaginative, engaging concert experiences for Motivating young people who specialised in music technology and live children of an older age bracket, 5-7 year-olds. In performance, we provided opportunities to gain December 2013 we successfully trialled Sound Providing a performance platform for young new experiences and learn new skills. Over Explorers – an interactive concert for 400 Tower people within our festivals is important to us. the course of Shine, young people took part in Hamlets schoolchildren. We intend to develop this It gives us great pleasure to welcome talented a Disability Awareness Training session, learnt model further and hope to make Sound Explorers young musicians from Tower Hamlets Arts and how to work alongside participants with a range concerts available to tour schools in east London Music Education Service (THAMES) to our festival of disabilities, and developed their technology and beyond. stages each year. We recognise the value of and event management skills. these inspirational opportunities to motivate the Another example of our approach to identifying youngsters at the early stages of their musical Platform: Music for a King at Church a need and piloting and developing a response is careers. This year’s Platform saw the young Takeover, in which primary school school children musicians performing alongside our Associate take responsibility for programming and producing Artists the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, their own in-school festival. Takeover grew out of creating an opportunity for them to be inspired by a pilot that we ran in early 2013, which highlighted some of the country’s finest musicians. the positive benefits of a pupil-led project in supporting Year 3 pupils’ transitions to primary school, and helping to establish a sense of school community. MUSICAL RUMPUS

“... the festival, exuding wintry cosiness and spiritual flavour, is conceived with true intellectual refinement” sunday times on spitalfields music winter festival 13

spitalfields music 06 annual review 2013 / 14 LEARNING AND PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME CASE STUDY: CROWD OUT 2014 marked the 25th anniversary of our Learning & Participation programme. As part of our This year we celebrated the 25th anniversary of our Now in its 10th year, our female community choir We provided continuing professional celebrations we presented the London premiere pioneering Learning & Participation programme. of 120 local residents, Women sing East, further development to the core group of workshop of Crowd Out, a new work by Pulitzer Prize Since its inception in 1989 we have reached over developed their singing skills during workshops leaders who deliver our work, offering winning composer David Lang. 105,000 people from across Tower Hamlets and and performed as part of the festivals. In opportunities for additional training and east London through creative music making. A September, with composer and community broadening experiences. Over 10 weeks of workshops and rehearsals, 1,000 recognised innovator within our field, we focus activist Omar Shahryar, we set up a multi-faith people of various ages and abilities, including pupils our activities on the following areas: men’s choir, East End Notes, which later performed from six local primary schools, worked with 21 vocal alongside our 2013/14 Associate Artist Arun Ghosh leaders to learn the piece, which encompassed at a performance in our Winter Festival. whispering, shouting, singing in harmony and In School chanting. Our Neighbourhood Schools programme reached 2,444 children. Through 116 workshops and 14 Early years CROWD “I’ve never done anything like that before and felt performances in schools and other venues, the In 2013/14 we reached over 1,000 young children privileged to be able to take part in something so programme has brought in-depth, high quality and parents by presenting two new Musical OUT remarkable and special. It wasn’t simply the piece music projects into some of the most disadvantaged Rumpus shows at our festivals and at venues itself, which was beautiful, powerful and dynamic schools in the country, developing children’s within our east London micro-touring network. but the people taking part, I mixed with people I creativity and music skills, increasing their In the summer we took Musical Rumpus to the wouldn’t ordinarily cross paths with and so for me confidence and self-esteem and supporting Royal Opera House and Antwerp Festival. it was an entirely positive experience. I even made their educational attainment. Crowd Out at Arnold Circus some new friends!” crowd out participant

In the autumn and spring terms, Year 3 pupils Training for the future at two Tower Hamlets schools, Shapla and Kobi Over the past ten years we have developed a Nazrul, programmed and produced their own national reputation for providing high quality in-school festivals as part of our ongoing Takeover training to musicians who wish to work in initiative. In 2014/15 we intend to present three community and education settings. Takeover Festivals in two further primary and one special educational needs schools in Highlights of our leadership development Tower Hamlets. programme over the past year include:

Three young musicians joined our Trainee In the Community Music Leader scheme and received training Over the Easter holidays we brought together by shadowing and supporting our regular disabled and non-disabled 13-18 year olds for Shine. professional workshop leaders across A collaborative project involving Spitalfields Music, a range of projects, and received year-round Toynbee Hall and Drake Music, it included workshops mentoring from established educationalists. on song-writing, singing, music-making and how to turn everyday objects into musical instruments, We provided free training days throughout culminating in a final sharing to friends, family and the year to 25 young musicians. Led by members of the public. experienced workshop leaders they received training on project planning, leadership and In April and May, two five week projects took place workshop delivery, while supporting the at the Jagonari Centre – a community educational delivery of our projects. resource centre for women – and its sister centre Playzone, where we worked with under 3s to use singing and percussion to support their creative and cognitive development.

spitalfields music 07 annual review 2013 / 14 WINTER FESTIVAL SUMMER FESTIVAL ASSOCIATE ARTISTS Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (6 – 17 DECEMBER 2013) (6 – 21 JUNE 2014) Arun Ghosh

Premieres and commissions: Guy-Olivier Ferla Young ears were treated to a reimagining of Premieres and commissions: James Weeks & Sam were commissioned from Royal Academy of Music Gott des Himmels und der Erden; Vincent Paulet Monteverdi’s music in Musical Rumpus at Rich Belinfante Mural; Arun Ghosh Spitalfields Suite; composers to celebrate the Geffrye Museum’s Ich dank’ dir, lieber Herre; David Coonan Jesus Mix, whilst our all-ladies choir Women sing East Jonathan Woolgar Cello Suite; Joss Smith 300th anniversary. The festival made a return to Christus unser Heiland; Francis Pott Schmücke joined forces with The Tubthumping Chorus at Aftermath; Lloyd Coleman Rhythm-Has-Your-Two- Wilton’s Music Hall, with performances by Firefly dich, O liebe Seele; Arun Ghosh Winter Rasa; Bishopsgate Institute for a programme of protest Hips-Moving; Francis Grier Cantemus in omni die; Burning and Club Inégales alongside a daring new Roger Marsh Poor Yorick. and political activist songs. Bryn Harrison & Tim Head Passing Light; Michael work by Opera Erratica. Parsons Concertante; James Saunders I tell you The festival was heralded with the iconic Arnold Audiences enjoyed free pop-up performances what to do; Catherine Kontz Sea Sponges; John David Lang’s Crowd Out brought the Summer Circus illuminated by lights designed by Turner given by folk and jazz artists in Spitalfields Market. Lely Ensemble; Chris Newman Berlin Bed; John Festival to a spectacular close when it was Prize-winning artist and local resident Rachel The festival culminated with Shapla Primary Barber Song of Songs; Valgeir Sigurðsson No performed by school children and adults on Whiteread, and pop-up performances by School’s Takeover Festival – an entire day of Nights Dark Enough; Brett Dean Was it a voice?; Shoreditch’s iconic Arnold Circus bandstand Spitalfields Music’s new all-male choir East inventive and joyful music-making. Giles Swayne God is gone up; Graham Ross to an audience of over 2,000. End Notes and local community singing project Ascendo ad patrem; Nico Muhly Let all the world The Crowd. Associate Artist Arun Ghosh made his in every corner sing. During the festival we released a series of festival debut with a Winter Rasa whilst The Hilliard downloads in which we asked local community Ensemble celebrated their 40th birthday with a Associate Artists Orchestra of the Age of leaders, artists, politicians and thinkers to celebratory programme. New music included Enlightenment offered a vibrant series of events comment on ‘what’s next’ for arts and Claudia Molitor’s immersive mini opera Remember SUMMER ranging from a concert programme of Praetorius culture in the UK. Me at INIVA’s Rivington Gallery, and Geraldine FESTIVAL and Schutz, to The Mountain Shakers, a new Pilgrims’ site specific exploration of the history Musical Rumpus production. A collaboration In addition to a number of pre-concert insights we of Toynbee Hall. Alongside a performance of WINTER between the OAE and fellow Associate Artist Arun also held a series of engaging post-concert talks Handel’s Messiah by The English Concert sat FESTIVAL Ghosh explored their artistic approaches and throughout the festival. performances from poet Kate Tempest and folk culminated in a contemporary reworking of luminaries Martin Green and Becky Unthank. baroque originals at Village Underground. Arun Ghosh at Shoreditch Church Alongside this, Arun Ghosh explored the sounds and songs brought to the area by successive waves of immigrants with a new commission.

The festival celebrated fusions of technology with contemporary music, showcasing Matthew Herbert’s 20 Pianos in which he crafted the sounds and stories of pianos from around the world, and WHAT’S Bryn Harrison’s collaboration with digital artist Tim Head. In addition, curators Ed McKeon and Sam NEXT? Belinfante celebrated the relationship between voice and camera.

Folk in a Box made a return to Spitalfields Market and offered free one-to-one performances, whilst members of the OAE gave impromptu performances in and around the market. A new “Arun Ghosh’s Spitalfields Suite was spectacular. series, Spitalfields Salon, offered audiences the Brilliant blast of sounds, emotion, history, opportunity to rub shoulders with some of the talent... I heard and felt the sweep of history.” leading lights in opera during intimate recitals in audience member, spitalfields music the home of a Spitalfields artist, and new works summer festival 14

spitalfields music 08 annual review 2013 / 14 OUR BENEFICIARIES

Our beneficiaries are a unique mix of first time This year we continued to run and develop attendees, loyal regulars and active participants. initiatives to help make our work even more We aim to offer the best experience to everyone accessible for people of all backgrounds: who participates in or attends an event. We maintained discounts for multiple event bookers, offering reductions of 15%, and included concessions for Jobseekers, under PARTICIPANTS 26s and students. 98% from east London postcodes. We continued to offer £5 tickets to nearly The age of our participants range from all our concerts, as well as other events 6 months to 90 years old. including lunchtime performances in the market, free of charge.

Our school-orientated concerts enabled local FESTIVAL AUDIENCES school children to experience and participate 26% increase in our Winter Festival audience in creating innovative music for free. from previous year. As part of our diversity action plan we ensured 52% first time attendees for our festivals. that each and every venue where our work and 19% from east London postcodes. performances took place were accessible to all. 50% from other London postcodes. As an innovator within our sector we have 31% from national and international postcodes. developed, piloted and shared new approaches to engage 0-7 year-olds with projects such as Musical Rumpus and Sound Explorers.

We offered free tickets to Tower Hamlets residents who hadn’t previously attended a Spitalfields Music event through our award winning audience development scheme, Buy One Donate One.

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spitalfields music 09 annual review 2013 / 14 FUNDING

This year, 66% of our income was fundraised from trusts, public project grants, companies and SUSTAINABILITY individuals, with 11% from core public funding, We are committed to reducing our environmental split between support for core costs and for impacts across our office-based and festival community and learning based projects. activities. With an environmental policy in place we aim to measure, improve and communicate Our three statutory funders Arts Council England, our environmental performance. London Borough of Tower Hamlets and City of London maintained their grants to us despite We monitor, measure and aim to reduce our strains on their own budgets. water and energy use and our carbon footprint using IG (Industry Green) Tools, developed by We recognise the strain on public funding and Julie’s Bicycle. As tenants in a shared office subsequent effect on support from trusts and building we have little control over energy suppliers foundations and are actively looking to develop or other fellow tenants’ energy use, and accurate this funding profile and increase our level of energy and water reporting is challenging. Core statutory funding 11% philanthropic support and earned income. However, we have been successful increasing the amount of materials we recycle by 25%, thus reducing waste to landfill. Other statutory grants 17%

Ticket sales, fees & investment income 16%

Donations in kind 7%

Trusts & Foundations 24%

Individuals 19%

Companies 6%

spitalfields music 10 annual review 2013 / 14 FINANCE

In a year packed with innovative programming, partnership working and high quality musical STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES BALANCE SHEET experiences, we generated just over £1 million, As at 31 Aug 14 31 Aug 13 As at 31 Aug 14 31 Aug 13 our highest level to date. Income £ £ Fixed assets £ £ 94% of our expenditure was directed towards activity – our two annual festivals and year-round Statutory 290,035 193,630 Tangible assets 300 868 Learning & Participation programme. Our income Fundraising 587,366 543,943 Investments 986,416 935,462 sources remained varied and balanced, showing Earned income 161,898 136,249 986,716 936,330 strong partnership with funders, particularly Investment 733 6,704 individuals who generously supported and helped Other 142 — Current assets us celebrate 25 years of our Learning & Participation programme. 1,040,174 880,526 Debtors 104,594 34,575 Cash at bank and in hand 156,683 171,382 Our activity generated a deficit for the year, Expenditure £ £ 261,277 205,957 however a gain on the valuation of the charity’s investments resulted with a balance sheet gain Festivals 540,209 503,895 Creditors of circa £34,000. Learning & Participation 448,637 304,382 Fundraising & governance 68,368 69,432 Amount falling due 305,021 233,228 within one year 1,057,214 877,709 Net current assets 43,744 27,271

Surplus (deficit) for the -17040 2817 Net assets 942,972 909,059 year before revaluation on investments Funds

Unrestricted funds 653,056 635,228 Restricted funds: Christopher Vaughan 137,970 129,739 Legacy Fund Endowment: New Music 151,946 144,092 Commission Fund

Total charity funds 942,972 909,059

Takeover at Shapla Primary School

spitalfields music 11 annual review 2013 / 14 PEOPLE

Spitalfields Music is run by a motivated board, a Team Volunteers, festival stewards group of knowledgeable and skilled advisors, an Kathryn Allnutt, Elizabeth Bacon, Helen Bailey, Callum Anderson, Emel Ancin, Dorothee Assiga, energetic and close-knit team of employees and Cathy Boyes, Linda Cairns, Philip Chandler, Robbie Atkinson, Nafisa Azimi, Dave Baines, a dedicated and passionate group of volunteers. Camille De Groote, Jessica Denning, Michael Richard Barclay, Andy Barrett, Nyanna Bentham- Duffy, Yvonne Eddy, Laura Fensom, Ashton Prince, Gilly Blachford, Neil Bowman, Denise Council Fulgence, Danielle Green, Alex Groves, Jo Harris, Brewster, Dawn Cameron, Cheryl Chan*, Carolina Remi Atoyebi, Helen Fraser CBE, Sarah Gee, Amy Hinds, Sally Hollingworth, Kate Kelly, Tom Rodr íguez-Chinea, Joyeon Choi, Ashwani Chopra, Lindsey Glen, Nick Hardie, Keith Haydon, Michael Kelly, Wallis Leahy, Clare Lovett, Uju Maduforo, Manisha Chopra, Bill Colverson, Sue Coulbeck, Keating, Simon Martin, Jasmine Mathews, Sir Alan Janet Marshall, Anne-Marie Norman, Abigail Michael Coyle, Marina Crespo, John Critchley, Moses (chair), Nicky Oppenheimer, Katie Tearle Pogson, David Reynolds, Richard Scandrett, Rachel Sandy Critchley, Natasha Day, Elisa De Marchi, MBE, Judith Weir CBE Shipp, Chloe Shrimpton, Phil Swan, Jessica Wadey, Magdalena Dembinska, Giuliana Di Monaco, James Waterhouse, Katee Woods, Kate Wyatt Denise Domfe, Kal-ean Dunlop, Jane Dunnage, Finance & legal committee Jennifer Emptage, Charlie Firth, Jemima Forbes, Nick Hardie (Chair), Simon Martin, Jasmine Rebecca Driver Media Relations Wendy Forrest*, Alex Godfree, Elizabeth Goldman, Matthews, Sir Alan Moses Claire Grant, Mariangela Graziano, Helen Hackney, Grethe Hauge, Mary Hempstead, Yujin Heo, Development Group Ruth Hibberd, Sue Hibberd, Jane Hills, Sally Mark Anderson, Chris Carter, Nick Hardie, Janice Hollingworth, Beverley James, Marianne Janosi, Liverseidge, Nicky Oppenheimer, Nick Macrae, Bernadette Kanengoni, Julia Kowalle, Julia Simon Martin, Sir Alan Moses, Jim Peers, Liz Kuznecow, Yating Li, Ting Liu, Sarah Macnee, Phillips, Libby Young Carole Mahoney, Paul McGrail, Nuria Miguel, Jane Miller, Stella Morris, Roshni Nagaria, Alice Programme Advisory Group Northgreaves, Germaine Nyack, Richard Palmer, Zoinul Abidin, Tom Armitage, Richard Baker, Ruth Phuong Pham, Margaret Pitt, Emily Rampat, Churchill Dower, Patrick Dickie, David Gallagher, James Riley, Isabel Robson, Stanley Rondeau, Adey Grummett, Maija Handover, Rosie Hunter, Peter Salter, Katie Seaborne, Melanie Seagall, Julia Lawrence, Elizabeth Lynch, Carien Meijer, Hasina Sharaf, Anne-Marie Sharman*, Elizabeth Sara Mohr Pietsch, William Norris, Stuart Shaw, Anna Sizova, Bee Smith, Sharon Spencer, Whatmore, Jane Williams Eve Taylor, Lara Thomson*, Lonica Vanclay, Jenny Vernon, Jessica Wadey, Mary Watkinson, Barbara Wheeler, Carol Wilson, Joanna Wilson, Nileema Yesmin, Fiona Young, Alevtina Yushkevich

*additional office support and research

We would also like to thank those stewards who joined us after we had gone to print. Festival Steward, “It is satisfying altogether that Spitalfields (Music) so Spitalfields Music Summer Festival calmly maintains its tradition of historically minded concerts whose blend of often austere scholarship and performance brilliance makes them uniquely enjoyable” sunday times on spitalfields music summer festival 14

spitalfields music 12 annual review 2013 / 14 THANK YOU

Core supporters Childhood Trust Foundation Payne, Jim Peers, London Sinfonietta, Honorary Life Patrons James Hastings, Gary Eve de Meza, Nicola & Arts Council England John S Cohen Sobell Foundation Jennifer Silverstone, London Symphony Andrew Blankfield, Hunter & Michael Light, David De Quincey City of London Foundation Tanza Trust Susie Thomson, Judith Orchestra, Discovery, Diana Burrell, David & Michael & Sylvia Jay, Souden, Donna De London Borough Coutts Charitable Trust Tesco Charity Trust Weir CBE, Hedley The Map Squad, Julia Cade, Jonathan Charles & Tessa Wick, Janet Di Stefano, of Tower Hamlets Derek Shuttleworth Wessex Youth Trust Wright, The late Peter Newham Libraries, Dove, Dr & Mrs Anthony King-Farlow, Christine Brian & Judy Dobbs, PRS for Music Education Trust Worshipful Company of Lerwill, The late Newham Music Hub, Henfrey, George Lewis, Janice Annie Edge, Juliet Foundation D’Oyly Carte Charitable Chartered Secretaries Christopher Vaughan November Music, Old & Anne Law, John Liverseidge, Doris Edwards, Sohail Faruqi, Foundation & Administrators Spitalfields Market, McCuin, Chris Sayers, Lockhart, Dr & Mrs Prof Rodney Fitch CBE, Public Funds Ernest Cook Trust Worshipful Company Partners Opera North, Orchestra Judith Serota OBE, Graham Orpwood, The Fischer Fund, Creative Works London Esmée Fairbairn of Chartered Artsadmin, Aspirations of the Age of Robert & Margaret Andrew Peck, Jim Stephen Garner, London Borough of Foundation Surveyors at Tower Hamlets Enlightenment, Osmani Vaughan, Judith Peers, David Preddy, Christine Garrett, Barking & Dagenham Fenton Arts Trust Worshipful Company College, Barbican Primary School, Weir CBE Stephen & Lucy Hugh Geddes, Duncan National Lottery through Fidelio Charitable Trust of Leathersellers Guildhall, Barbican- People’s Palace, Richards, Derek Gibbons, John Gibson, the Big Lottery Fund The Fishmongers’ Worshipful Company Guildhall Creative Phoenix School, Royal Gold Patrons Sugden, Allan Mark Goodey, Dr J M Tower 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