“ 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 Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REVIEW 2011/12 1 WELCOME Welcome to our annual review of prestigious Royal Philharmonic importantly though, participation 2011/12. This was a year of which Society Music Awards with not in the arts is one of the best all those who work in Spitalfields one, but two, awards. ways to develop individuality and Music and all its supporters can creativity, which in turn develop all be proud. Our aim is to stimulate Of course none of this would of those components which make so enthusiastic a response to be possible without the efforts for successful, happy people who the music we provide in our two of a great number of people. achieve things both for themselves Festivals, Summer and Winter, One of the most inspiring things and for others. The risk seems that we can maintain and increase about Spitalfields Music is that it twofold: firstly, of course, that our year-round Learning & all happens through the force of spending in this area is reduced Participation Programme in our collective endeavour. I am grateful to such a level as to endanger the CONTENTS local community in Tower Hamlets. to our 100+ volunteers, our brilliant arts and what they can achieve; We can claim to have gone a long staff team and our many different and secondly that thinking around way to achieving that aim: our supporters, from our three creativity and its value is lost from Festivals were acknowledged to be statutory funders Arts Council public policy. We will certainly be of the highest artistic quality and England, London Borough of doing all we can in coming years to were enjoyed by record audiences; Tower Hamlets and City of London, make this case. 02 WELCOME we worked with international through to each individual, trust stars and members of the local and company donor. My gratitude Despite the challenging 03 THE YEAR AT A GLANCE community; our individual-giving is matched only by my admiration circumstances of the past few 04 INTRODUCTION support more than doubled. for the artists and educationalists years, Spitalfields Music has found we work with in our festivals and ways to thrive by involving ever 05 WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT US This enabled our core, daily learning throughout the year – it is important more people and constantly looking 06 ABOUT SPITALFIELDS MUSIC and participation activity to thrive, to remember that without their for new ways to engage people with some notable highlights: 120 creativity and commitment to in music. We plan to continue in 07 THE YEAR IN SUMMARY primary school pupils performed the arts as a central part of all the coming year and beyond and 08 LOOKING AHEAD their own compositions at the of our lives, our work would hope that you might want to be Royal Academy of Music; 5,000 be impossible. involved too. 09 LOOKING BACK local people got involved in the Midsummer Street Party, our first I – and I know there are many Sir Alan Moses 10 OUR PROGRAMME major participant-led event within others who share this – am Chair 12 REVIEW OF OUR 2011/12 PROGRAMME our festival programme; Associate concerned about what the coming Artist Matthew Barley brought years might hold in terms of 14 LEARNING & PARTICIPATION music and workshops to 100 public funding for the arts and 16 AUDIENCES AND PARTICIPANTS patients and staff on elderly and the proposed curriculum changes adult wards at the Royal London to the EBacc, with the exclusion 17 FUNDING Hospital; and we gave much of the arts as core subjects. The 18 FINANCE sought-after professional training UK, and particularly London, is a to the next generation of music world leader in culture, enhancing 19 PEOPLE education professionals. In May the country’s reputation and our work was recognised by the contributing significantly to its 20 THANK YOU attraction to visitors. Perhaps more Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REVIEW 2011/12 02 THE YEAR AT A GLANCE People Programme Finance 35,000 people involved in 5 awards and commendations £7 raised for every £1 of core our programme statutory money received 83 festival events 750,000 people hearing our work £250,000 value of partnership through BBC Radio 3 broadcast 215 year round workshops and in kind help for the charity 32 education performances 34% statutory income 301 artists, teachers, library and children’s centre workers trained premieres 19% earned income 31 31% increase in attendance fundraised income 47% 48% first time attendees 426 audience members donating a ticket through Buy One, Donate One Spitalfields MusicANNUAL REVIEW 2011/12 03 INTRODUCTION 2011/12 has been another very full Contributions to our Buy One, − Local people and visitors to and successful year for Spitalfields Donate One ticket scheme doubled. the area who want to get Music. Creatively we continue to involved in music and explore its grow, as do our audiences and Participation in both the City of possibilities for their lives and the participant groups. London and London Borough of lives of others. Tower Hamlets’ contribution to − A wide group of financial Our Associate Artists continue to the Cultural Olympiad. supporters from individuals, create links between our year- companies and trusts, who put round Learning & Participation their money into the charity in Programme and our two festivals, A new concert series in partnership the belief that supporting the and this year Matthew Barley, with City of London Sinfonia – arts is a long term investment Talvin Singh and Gabrieli Consort CLoSer – to encourage new and and offers fantastic value & Players rose to the challenge of diverse audiences. for money. trying out new ways of working and inspiring both local people and A growing family programme, I am grateful to all three of these visitors to the area. which is now set to expand to groups, alongside an unfailingly two of our neighbouring boroughs energetic staff and board, for – Barking & Dagenham and making Spitalfields Music what it Highlights from Newham. was in 2011/12. I hope you enjoy the year include the review and look forward to This is our fourth year combining sharing 2012/13 with you. artistic success, increased Two Royal Philharmonic Society audience and participant Abigail Pogson Awards, a commendation from the numbers and effective financial Chief Executive Royal Society for Public Health and management. In challenging a shortlist for the Civil times the charity is finding ways Society Awards. to continue to deliver excellent programmes. This success is down Record breaking audiences for to three factors, without which our critically acclaimed Summer nothing would be possible: Festival which included a focus − A brilliant group of artists and on Dutch music, a new strand educationalists who embrace of music-theatre programming our way of working and our and our first community day audiences and participants, programmed by local people. coming to Spitalfields to make work in new and exciting ways. Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REVIEW 2011/12 04 WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT US “Spitalfields Music’s Winter “That was amazing. The kids have Festival offers something out of come a really long way over a short the ordinary…” space of time.” The Guardian Phoenix School staff member Winter Festival 2011 Summer Festival 2012 “A splendidly eclectic programme in “Cherry Trees nurtures and a historic quarter of East London.” supports these boys with genuinely The Times on the Winter Festival innovative approaches. I feel Winter Festival 2011 really honoured to be making a contribution to their development “I’m delighted to come from a city through the powerful medium of where people can show up mid- music and grateful to Spitalfields evening in the dark and rain, catch Music for making it happen.” strange and beautiful music for Workshop leader on our free, then go on our way.” project at Cherry Trees School Fire audience member March 2012 Summer Festival 2012 “It’s amazing to see the show come Midsummer Street Party “It was a superb experience, together and learn how to get the Devised and run by local people, the Midsummer Street the atmosphere was magical best out of the children. It’s one Party was our first major participant-led programme within and the music was of the highest thing to support other workshop a summer festival. The day celebrated the diversity and quality. It was pitched perfectly leaders deliver a project, but the passion of the local community, filling Spitalfields Market and my children were both steepest learning curve comes with music and activity for everyone. The day involved completely enchanted.” when suddenly it’s you who has storytelling, music workshops, a main stage, stalls, a Musical Rumpus - Fairy Queen ultimate responsibility for a project; visit from the Spitalfields City Farm animals and a series in the Forest audience member having to react to changes of plan of newly created dance pieces made with East London Summer Festival 2012 and recognising what inspires Dance. Over 5,000 people participated in the Street Party, children the most.” which was Spitalfields Music’s contribution to Celebrate “The night’s only double winner was Music Animateur Apprentice the City, a weekend-long Olympic Festival by the City East London’s Spitalfields Music, on her final personal project of London. which took awards for pioneering July 2012 work that encourages participation and engages with new audiences.” This project was supported by London Borough of Tower Royal Philharmonic Society Hamlets, Hammerson plc, M&G Investments and City of Summer Festival 2012 London’s London Area Agreement Performance Reward Grant.