“ O ne of the pleasures of ’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 MusicANNUAL 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, 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 ; 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 MusicANNUAL 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

301 artists, teachers, library and 32 education performances 34% statutory income children’s centre workers trained 31 premieres 19% earned income 31% increase in attendance 47% fundraised income 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 MusicANNUAL 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. To deliver this project, Spitalfields Music was awarded a Transformers grant, funded by The National Lottery, through the Olympic Lottery Distributor, and man- aged by East London Business Alliance.

Spitalfields MusicANNUAL REVIEW 2011/12 05 ABOUT SPITALFIELDS MUSIC

Winter Festival VISION AIMS

10 days in December Changing lives and aspirations To produce music festivals for Summer Festival through music in London’s locally based people and visitors 15 days in June East End. to the area, programming in a way which takes artistic risk and offers Learning & Participation MISSION something new to audiences Programme and participants. Year-round programme of Spitalfields Music creates live workshops and performances in To make year-round learning and music experiences in Spitalfields Tower Hamlets participation projects with the through performances, learning and people of Tower Hamlets which participation. CLoSer encourage aspiration, skill and fun. A partnership with City of London Everything we do is inspired by the Sinfonia presenting concerts To nurture and find talent, to spirit of the area, its people and throughout the year in Village commission new work and to their global and local influences. Underground work with artists. Taking live music as our core, we To be a catalyst and collaborator We serve around 35,000 people a explore music, performance, its in music in Spitalfields and Tower year through ‘live’ contact with a artists and our communities. further 750,000 hearing our work Hamlets and to engage in the life through broadcast. Throughout the of the borough. year, our programme comprises nearly 100 performances in venues and outdoor spaces within Spitalfields and over 200 music workshops in schools, the , youth centres, out on the streets, on the Spitalfields City Farm and in community centres.

Spitalfields MusicANNUAL REVIEW 2011/12 06 THE YEAR IN SUMMARY

Our strategic aims for Establish a series of new 2011/12 were to partnerships for our programme, including a concert series outside Celebrate Spitalfields and its of our festivals people through the prism of In partnership with City of London the Olympics Sinfonia and Village Underground, Spitalfields Music contributed to we successfully launched CLoSer - London’s Olympic summer through a series of three informal concerts three major events: a high-profile in a non-concert hall environment. Summer Festival, a weekend of activity coordinated with the City Explore plans for a shared of London (Celebrate the City) and physical base with other programming for the Victoria Park charities Live site with London Borough of Planning for this project focused on Tower Hamlets. a specific proposal. Heading into Buy One, Donate One 2012/13 we have identified a site, Increase our audience a group of partners and will begin Since 2009, Spitalfields Music has run the ticket scheme development initiatives to fundraising to support our move. Buy One, Donate One. The idea is simple: a festival encourage families, young adults audience member adds an extra ticket to their shopping and first-time attendees Manage our finances with low basket, which Spitalfields Music gives for free to a Tower Through a partnership with Time risk and support this with a Hamlets resident who has never attended before. By Out, our Buy One, Donate One focused fundraising programme reaching out through schools, community centres and scheme and a commitment to For the fourth year in a row we local partners such as Crisis and Cardboard Citizens, we maintain 1/3 of our tickets at £5 or exceeded expectations, and this offer those who would have never imagined attending our less, we continued to reach new year generated a surplus, thanks to festivals, for whatever reason, tickets to come along and audiences: 45% of our Winter tight financial management matching give it a try, at no cost to them. Spitalfields Music’s Festival 2011 and 48% of our vigorous fundraising. In particular, festival audience has enthusiastically embraced the Summer Festival 2012 audiences individual donations increased scheme and in 2011/12 generously donated nearly were first-time attendees. significantly during the year. £4,000 worth of tickets. The Royal Philharmonic Society recognised the success of the project with an award in the Audience & Engagement category.

Spitalfields MusicANNUAL REVIEW 2011/12 7 LOOKING CLoSer BLOG AHEAD In 2011/12 we began a series of informal concerts in partnership Our strategic aims for 2012/13 with City of London Sinfonia and are to Village Underground. Presenting concerts in a relaxed environment Develop our Learning & away from a traditional concert Participation Programme, hall setting, these concerts offer particularly through touring our the opportunity to get closer to early years activity to neighbouring one of London’s leading chamber boroughs, and share the results . Each concert features of this with the wider arts sector. ‘talking’ programme notes, post-concert entertainment and discussion and the chance to Continue to programme festivals meet the musicians. which have a unique blend of places, artists and local participation.

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

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

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

Spitalfields MusicANNUAL REVIEW 2011/12 08 LOOKING BACK

The organisation was founded From the original short series in 1976 by the late conductor of concerts, a Summer to bring music Festival developed. both to an underserved part of

London and into the fantastic In 1989 an education programme acoustic of Hawksmoor’s derelict was added and immediately began SOUND PDF WEB Spitalfields Speaks Christ Church. to attract attention for its innovative Spitalfields Speaks invites local people projects and its strong roots into The spirit of renewal, regeneration to make sonic guides to their area and the community. and championing an under-rated memories. Sound artist Duncan Chapman and deprived part of London have worked with them to capture sounds, stories prevailed alongside an ethos of In 1996 a Winter Festival was and memories and present these as an being ‘off-mainstream’ and distinct added and soon became an opportunity for listeners to gain alternative from other parts of London. alternative offering in the seasonal perspectives into Spitalfields. Sound guides music programme. were made by local resident Rodney Archer, nursery nurse at Christ Church School Marge

Hewson, local seaman Captain Shiv Banerjee, In 2009 Spitalfields Festival and Inspire, a group of local teenagers. changed its name to Spitalfields The resulting works are available on the Music to reflect the equal value Spitalfields Music website for audiences to of its year-round Learning & download and explore the area. Participation Programme and its two annual festivals. This project was awarded a Transformers  grant, funded by The National Lottery, through Spitalfields Music has always had the Olympic Lottery Distributor, and managed strong associations with living by East London Business Alliance. artists. A series of distinguished composers and musicians acted as Artistic Director up to 2009 including Diana Burrell, Jonathan Dove and Judith Weir. Since 2010, Associate Artists have helped us shape and contribute to the programme each year. These have included The Sixteen, The English Concert, Gabrieli Consort & Players, James Weeks, Mica Levi, Matthew Barley and Talvin Singh.

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

Spitalfields MusicANNUAL REVIEW 2011/12 9 OUR PROGRAMME

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

Our programme is characterised by Working in partnership with the borough and influencing change Artistic excellence We tailor our year-round Learning We bring world-class composers & Participation Programme to local and musicians to Spitalfields and needs and support the borough to offer the highest quality training in develop its services (e.g. Tower creative leadership. We couple this Hamlets Arts and Music Education with a determination to reach new Service, the Primary Care Trust, audiences through programming, elders’ centres, the youth service). pricing and location. Being of and for the area Learning & Participation at Local people are engaged in our heart our programming throughout 50% of our programme focuses on the year, and our festival artists projects for local people aged from make programmes specifically for 6 months to 97 years old. Spitalfields in all its diversity.

Commissioning the best, both Reach new and established Our work reaches a broad section We have a strong tradition of of society – for example our premiering new classical music Buy One, Donate One scheme (promoting around 30 premieres encourages those who can each year) and commissioning afford it to donate the value of annually from our New a ticket, which we then offer Music Commission Fund (62 for free to a local resident who commissions to date). has not previously attended. As a consequence our audiences Innovation in music and creative are diverse in age, ethnicity and learning practice economic background. We commission regularly, invite Associate Artists to make Media work which is new to them for − 148 Winter and Summer Festival our festivals, and support the articles, previews and reviews professional development of − 2 broadcasts on BBC Radio musicians working in education 3 reaching a further 100,000 and community settings. audience members per broadcast − 3 million estimated print and online media reach

Spitalfields MusicANNUAL REVIEW 2011/12 10 Citizens, Town Hall, Artists and leaders Catherine Martin (Gabrieli Consort Awards Programme partners Sound Connections: Early Years & Players), Jessie Maryon-Davies, Practitioners Forum, Spitalfields Charles Matthews, Paul McCreesh, City Farm, Spitalfields Community Ed McKeon, MC Xander, Sonia

Group, Spitalfields E1, Streetwise Mehta, Mercy and Grand, − Royal Philharmonic Society Andaz Hotel, Aspirations at Tower Barnaby Adams, Isabelle Adams, Opera, Swanlea School, Village Monteverdi Choir, Phil Mullen, Award winners for Audiences Hamlets College, Atlee Centre, Rob Adediran, Allen & Overy Underground, VoiceLab/Southbank Roshi Nasehi, Neighbourhood & Engagement, for our Buy One, Barbican Guildhall, Barts and the Singers, Amsterdam Baroque Centre, The Beckett Estate, Schools students at Canon Barnett Donate One ticket scheme No London NHS Trust, Vital Arts, BBC , Arakaendar Bolivia The English Restaurant, Tower School, Hague School, Kobi Strings Attached. Radio 3, Bishopsgate Institute, Choir, Arun Ghosh Ensemble, Hamlets Arts & Education Service, Nazrul School, Osmani School, Brady Arts and Community Centre, Ashley Riches (Gabrieli Consort & Trinity College of Music, Wigmore St Anne’s School, onedotzero, − Royal Philharmonic Society Canon Barnett School, Celebrate Players), John Barber, Emily Barker, Hall, Orchestra of the Age of Opera North, Orchestra of the Award winners for Learning the City, Charnel House, Christ Matthew Barley, David Bates, Enlightenment, Royal Age of Enlightenment & REMIX & Participation, for our large- Church Spitalfields, Cherry Trees John Beaumont, Alison Beck, Opera House, Glyndebourne, musicians, Zoë Palmer, Evan scale community opera We School, Christ Church School, Han Bennink, Steve Beresford, Opera North, Welsh National Parker, Russ Pearson, Phoenix Are Shadows. CREATE, Community Music, Bishopsgate Singers – Gitika Opera, YCAT. School musicians and Clare Crisis, Dennis Severs’ House, East Partington, Britten Sinfonia, BJ Hanney, Ayozie Pollendine, James − Commendation from the Royal London Dance, Galvin La Chapelle, Nilsen, David Bruce, Gavin Bryars, Redwood, Rhythms of the City, Society for Public Health’s Arts Hague School, Hanbury Hall, Idea Jim Cartwright, Sam Chaplin, Bernadette Roberts, Jack Ross, and Health Award 2011 for Store Network, Kobi Nazrul School, Duncan Chapman, Tania Chen, Alec Roth, Royal Academy of Lullaby, our project in the Royal Leila’s Shop, London Philharmonic Harry Christophers, Nicholas Music String Ensemble, Royal London Hospital bringing music Orchestra, , Collon, Cries of London, Gabriel Academy of Music students, Rún, to the neo-natal ward. Osmani School, Phoenix School, Crouch, Laurence Cummings, Joel Ryan, Bram van Sambeek, Royal Academy of Music, Royal Caroline Dale, Nicholas Daniel, Sankorfa, Scanner, Schubert − Commendation from The Charity Philharmonic Orchestra, Rich Marcus Davidson, Tim Davy, Ensemble, She’Koyokh, Jason Awards 2012 for our work in Mix, St Anne’s School, St Botolph Penny Desbruslais, European Singh, Talvin Singh, Howard the Arts, Culture and Heritage Without Aldgate, Shoreditch Union Baroque Orchestra, EXAUDI, Skempton, Ashley Solomon, category. Church (St Leonard’s), Shoreditch Edmund Finnis, Florilegium, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gallicantus, Songmen, Roland Spekle, Katharina Gamelan Lila Cita, Gameshow Spreckelson (Gabrieli Consort & Outpatient, John Eliot Gardiner, Players), Andrew Staples, Dominic Anne Garner, Monica Germino, Stichbury, Super Critical Mass, Ranjana Ghatak, Alan Gilbey, Belinda Sykes, THAMES musicians Sam Glazer, Gold Diggers Brass from Saturday Music Centre, Band, Rupert Gough, Hampden Melvyn Tan, The Choir of Royal Quartet, Mike Harding, Jonathan Holloway, The Olympic Choir, Harvey, Heath Quartet, Robert The Opera Group, The Refrains, Hollingworth, Jonathan Holmes, The Sixteen, The Society of Royal Kirsty Hopkins (The Sixteen), Alan Cumberland Youths, The World Howard, Alice Howick, I Fagiolini, Famous, Trinity Laban Chamber Idea Store Network staff, Philip Choir, Trinity Laban Contemporary Jeck, Jericho House, Joglaresa, Music Group, Bimbi Urquhart, Amelia Jones, Karen Jones, Ton Zefira Valova, Vignette Productions, Koopman, Alexis Kossenko, Laka Voce Sanctis, Frederic Wake- D & Women sing East trio: Issy Walker, Jackie Walduck, Katie Postill, Alison Raynor & Dave Walton, Huw Watkins, John Webb, Wickens, Stephen Langridge, James Weeks, Julian West, Charlie La Nuova Musica, Stewart de Wet, Tom West, Lee, Nicola LeFanu, Mica Levi, Bell Foundry, White Rabbit, London Contemporary Orchestra, Jonathan Williams. London Handel Players, London Sinfonietta, Sally MacTaggart,

Spitalfields MusicANNUAL REVIEW 2011/12 11

Winter Festival Summer Festival Associate Artists 10-20 December 2011 8-23 June 2012 Matthew Barley REVIEW OF OUR Gabrieli Consort & Players (Director: Paul McCreesh) Events 18 Events 65 Talvin Singh New music premieres and New music premieres and 2011/12 PROGRAMME commissions 6 commissions 24 Live audiences 3,500 Live audiences 25,000 Premieres and commissions Howard Skempton Five Ring Triples; Sam Glazer & Zoë Palmer Taking place in Spitalfields’ As Associate Artists, Matthew A Fairy Queen in the Forest; most treasured venues, from Barley, Talvin Singh and Gabrieli Talvin Singh & Anne Garner; Alec the understated grandeur of Consort & Players each created a Roth Old Earth; Stephen Johns Shoreditch Church to the intimacy programme that ran throughout Spitalfields Echoes; Anthony of a Georgian front room to the the Festival. The Festival’s start Payne Loose Canon for Jude; spectacular beams of a Michelin- and finish were heralded by the Tarik O’Regan Diomedes; Judith starred restaurant, the Winter ringing out of the church bells with Weir To Judith, From Judith; Festival housed concerts from old Skempton’s 20x12 commission. Anthony Burton Breaking Away; favourites and new adventures. Events took place in nine indoor Richard Rodney Bennett Little The Sixteen, Joglaresa, I Fagiolini venues, as well as numerous Elegy; Diana Burrell Music for and La Nuova Musica were outdoor locations and offered Judith; Thea Musgrave Prelude; welcomed back alongside debuts glimpses into hidden spaces such Michael Berkeley Lullaby; Peter from Gallicantus and Gavin Bryars’ as a Masonic Temple. Our last Maxwell Davies Bist du bei mir... circus band. London Contemporary day played host to a huge street oder?; Jonathan Dove Ist Bach Orchestra brought the world party involving many community bei mir; Huw Watkins Piano premiere of Martin Suckling’s partners such as Spitalfields City Quartet; Tõnu Kõrvits Kreek’s de sol y grana, and White Farm and brought local community Notebook; Nicola LeFanu Harlequin and visitors together to celebrate Rabbit transformed The English Memories; Charles Camilleri Lento the diversity of Spitalfields and the Restaurant into a storytelling from Sonata Semplice; Marcus arrival of the Olympic summer, den. During the daytime there Davidson The Conscious Sky and through workshops, pop-up dance, were events for young listeners The Passing; Diana Burrell Lauds; storytelling and lively music on the – Shoreditch Church played host Gerald Finzi three songs for tenor main stage. The Festival’s final to a breeding ground of young and piano; David Bruce Fire. performance was a spectacular experimental composers with display of 100 community voices, Duncan Chapman’s Open Ears horns and a fire sculpture taking and the Brady Arts Centre was part in the London premiere of transformed into a magical world David Bruce’s Fire. for 0-3-year-old concert-goers. SUMMER

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

Spitalfields MusicANNUAL REVIEW 2011/12 12 Associate Artist

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

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

Spitalfields MusicANNUAL REVIEW 2011/12 13 LEARNING IN IN TRAINING SCHOOL COMMUNITY blog & PARTICIPATION blog blog

IN SCHOOL IN COMMUNITY MUSICAL RUMPUS TRAINING FOR THE FUTURE Workshops 215 Participants 2,510 Our Neighbourhood Schools Spitalfields Music’s residency As part of our Winter Festival, our Six young musicians kick-started Audience members 6,629 programme reached 2,404 children at the Royal London Hospital Musical Rumpus performance for their career in music-leading by Leaders and teachers 301 in 15 local schools. The series of (including cellist Matthew Barley) early years brought the wonderful taking part in our Music Animateur creative music projects created brought music performances and story of Blue Butterfly to 60 children Apprentice Scheme, undergoing 9 performance opportunities for workshops to nearly 100 patients and families. In spring 2012, months of training, which equipped young people, giving them a and hospital staff on elderly and Spitalfields Music commissioned them with the skills needed to chance to work with professional adult wards, enhancing patients’ the re-imagination of Purcell’s The design, deliver and evaluate music Our year-round Learning & artists, and also offered peer- wellbeing and increasing family Fairy Queen. This allowed over 100 projects in community settings. Participation Programme support and networking for and community cohesion. 0-3-year-olds to explore a magical We estimate they will reach over continued to involve a broad teachers. world of fairies and creatures, in a 9,000 community participants in range of the Tower Hamlets This year’s family day brought a colourful and multi-sensory forest. the next 5 years. community – the youngest The Special Educational Needs Midsummer Street Party to 5,000 participants being 6 months old programme, involving nearly 500 visitors and local residents on 23 By retaining the authenticity We provided a weekend of and the oldest in their mid-90s. participants, audience members June 2012, for a range of family of the music and creatively continuing professional and teachers, took place at Phoenix and music activities. maximising sensory interaction, development to the core group We worked closely throughout School, the Aspirations Programme the performances were a of 15 workshop leaders who the year with many partners, based at Tower Hamlets College As part of our family engagement resounding success, enabling us to deliver our work, in order to not least Tower Hamlets Arts and Cherry Trees School, catering programme, over 1,000 very secure funding from Arts Council support them to develop their and Music Service, for whom for children and young people young children and their families England to tour the production to professional practice. it was a pivotal year as they with communication, learning and across Tower Hamlets had access neighbouring boroughs Newham were awarded support to run behavioral difficulties. Using music to 54 music workshops and 5 and Barking & Dagenham in We offered practical experience the Tower Hamlets Music Hub as a base, the projects developed performances, and 30 members of 2012/13 and 2013/14. and training opportunities to - overseeing musical activity pupils’ music and life skills, staff involved received specialist 20 musicians from the Royal across the borough with funding confidence and concentration and training to deliver music sessions. Academy of Music with an from Arts Council England. encouraged creativity. interest in music in community 120 young talented musicians settings. Sessions included involved with the Tower Hamlets working in schools, participating Arts and Music Education Service, in workshops and performing as performed to an audience of part of a children’s concert. nearly 300 during Platform, as part of the Summer Festival, joined by participants from our special educational needs programme.

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

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

Spitalfields MusicANNUAL REVIEW 2011/12 14 Associate Artist Matthew Barley As a cellist, Matthew Barley’s musical world has virtually no geographical, social or stylistic boundaries. As Associate Artist during 2011/12, Matthew produced a series of events which reflected his taste for enquiry: a concert showcasing the electricity that sparks in a first read-through when eight world class musicians sight-read their way through well known chamber works; an informal presentation exploring what music is for; and a candle lit rendition of Tavener’s haunting The Protecting Veil. Alongside his concert series, Matthew took the Festival into the Royal London Hospital, spending a day on the wards playing to patients at all stages of life and treatment.

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

Spitalfields MusicANNUAL REVIEW 2011/12 15 AUDIENCES AND PARTICIPANTS

Our audiences are a unique mix of first time attendees, loyal Festival audiences regulars and participants. Our aim is to offer the best experience to 31% increase in audience attendance everyone who participates in or 48% first time attendees for our festivals attends an event. 31% from E postcodes 42% from other London postcodes 27% from beyond London Participants

97% from E postcodes Age range of our participants from 6 months to 97 years old 57% adults 43% young people 175 music leaders trained who within 2 years will each reach a further 1,000 participants

During the year we continued to For the third year running, our In London’s Olympic year, we The specifically school-orientated We offered audiences more run and develop initiatives to make Buy One, Donate One scheme signed up to the London Visitor concerts within our festivals have chances to further explore concert our work accessible for people of offered free tickets to residents Charter 2012, promising to keep our continued to enable neighbourhood music with 12 insight events all backgrounds. of Tower Hamlets who had never pricing consistent. We continued school children to experience across our Festival programmes. been to one of our events before. to offer £5 tickets to nearly all our innovative music for free. Across The scheme won the category for concerts, with many further events, the year they enjoyed and We also enjoyed our very first Audience & Engagement at the including lunchtime performances in interacted with performances from lecture-recital from Associate Artist RPS Music Awards in May 2012. the market, free of charge. Arun Ghosh, Heath Quartet and Duncan Chapman. This culminated and cellist Matthew Barley, who in 300 pupils listening to the proposed ‘What’s Music For?’. We maintained discounts for Our circle of Family Ambassadors music of John Cage performed by multiple event bookers, offering has successfully developed, members of EXAUDI. reductions of both 15% and 20%. providing feedback to ensure that We also included a number of our programme remains lively and concessions for Jobseekers, under accessible to the Tower Hamlets 26s and students. community.

Spitalfields MusicANNUAL REVIEW 2011/12 16 funding funding Income sources in % CORE STATUTORY FUNDING 14% STATUTORY PROJECT GRANTS 20% EARNED INCOME 19% INVESTMENT INCOME 2.5% DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS 19.5% DONATIONS FROM COMPANIES 5.5% DONATIONS FROM TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS 19.5%

Our income spreads across a We continue to maintain a wide Our three core statutory funders broad range of sources, testimony range of income streams. A Arts Council England, London to the range of partnerships which particularly strong growth in Borough of Tower Hamlets and we have and the breadth of our individual income was one of City of London maintained their programme. Over the year we our biggest successes this year, a grants to us despite strain on raised 64.5% of our income from testament to our growing number their own budgets. companies, trusts, individuals and of dedicated individual donors. This statutory sources for projects. In helped to cushion a projected fall in addition to this, 19% was earned statutory income value. Our trust and 14% came from core income was largely maintained, statutory grants. and company giving remained low.

Spitalfields Music ANNUAL REVIEW 2011/12 17 The financial statements cover the resulting out-turn was a surplus policy is to invest in reserves with a 12 month period. Turnover of of £18,204. The majority of our low risk. The balance sheet shows £829,335 is lower than in the expenditure as in previous years the surplus for the year plus a gain previous year, due to slightly less is directed towards activity, with on the charity’s investments. FINANCE activity. This reduced activity also our two festivals utilising a larger required lower expenditure and proportion this year. The charity’s

Statement of Financial Activities Balance sheet

As at 31 August 2011 2012 2011 As at 31 August 2011 2012 2011 31 Aug 31 Aug 31 Aug 31 Aug £ £ £ £ INCOME FIXED ASSETS Statutory 278,699 314,215 Tangible assets 1,993 1,852 Fundraising 372,659 422,622 Investments 760,313 748,204 Earned income 156,920 150,365 762,306 750,056 Investment 20,407 16,827 CURRENT ASSETS Other 650 662 Debtors 95,479 71,147 829,335 904,691 Cash at bank and in hand 344,520 251,749 EXPENDITURE 439,999 322,896 Festivals 492,121 489,639 Learning & Participation 252,756 355,138 CREDITORS Amount falling due within one year Fundraising and governance 66,254 61,675 -358,109 -259,068 Net current assets 811,131 906,452 81,890 63,828 Net assets Surplus (deficit) for the year before revaluation on investments 18,204 -1,761 844,196 813,885

FUNDS Unrestricted funds 510,700 482,826 Restricted funds: – Projects 5,353 2,251 – Christopher Vaughan Legacy Fund 118,667 117,940 – Property Fund 75,000 75,000 – New Music Commission Fund 134,476 135,868 Total charity funds 844,196 813,885

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Spitalfields Music is run by a COUNCIL FESTIVAL STEWARDS motivated board, a group of Sir Alan Moses (Chair), Andrew Jo Bailey, Inder Batra, Chiara knowledgeable and skilled Blankfield, Helen Fraser, Sarah Bortoli, Neil Bowman, Fay advisors, an energetic and close- Gee, Nick Hardie, Keith Haydon, Cattini, Noel Chow, Georgina knit team of employees and a Michael Keating, Shanara Matin, Cooksley, Dave Cooper, Sue dedicated and passionate group of John McCuin, Nicky Oppenheimer, Coulbeck, Joseph Crawley, Russ volunteers. During the year we held Judith Weir Davies, Rachel Day, Magdalena five volunteer training sessions and Dembiñska, Jan Dewhurst, Jane between them the staff undertook DEVELOPMENT GROUP Dunnage, Jennifer Emptage, 64 days of training. Nicky Oppenheimer (Chair), Saffron Evans, Keith Ferguson, Andrew Blankfield, Chris Carter, Shirley Foulkes, Simi Fyles, Nick Hardie, Nick Macrae, Simon Elizabeth Goldman, Kezia Gorman, Martin, Sir Alan Moses, Jim Peers, Helen Hackney, Ellie Harris, Liz Phillips, Libby Young Grethe Hauge, Nora Heard, Mary Hempstead, Lee-Anne Inglis, PROGRAMME ADVISORS Ben James, Marianne Janosi, David Bates, Karen Brock, Jane David Keen, Roisin Kelleher, Mark Brownlee, David Gallagher, Michael Lancaster, Suzanne Lancaster, Talia Keating, Julia Lawrence, Sonia Lash, Edward Lea, Annabelle Lee, Mehta, William Norris, Zoe Palmer, Christine Lewis, Annette Macher, Louise Pulford, Julian West, Sarah Macnee, Carole Mahoney, Volunteers Deborah Williams, Jane Williams Annabel Marsland, Robert Mason, Egle Matulaityte, Rachael Mccaul, Spitalfields Music’s volunteers form the backbone of our festivals TEAM Paul McGrail, Stella Morris, Hannah with just over 100 people joining the office based team each Kathryn Allnutt, Helen Bailey, Cathy Newham, Alice Northgreaves, year. Our festivals would not be possible without their vital Birch, Philip Chandler, Camille De Gentle Nyack, Germaine Nyack, contribution, and throughout the year many of them offer extra Groote, Michael Duffy, Natalie Ellis, Richard Palmer, Martino Panizza, time and helping hands when needed. Ellie Folkes, Niharika Jain, Kate Norah Parkin, Alexandra Paulino, Kelly, Alex Lepinski, Clare Lovett, Margaret Pitt, Helene Richards, Some of our volunteers have been involved with the charity for Uju Maduforo, Sylvain Malburet, Sarah Robson, Stan Rondeau, over 20 years, and others come for a one-off experience. A group Tamsin Oldham, Abigail Pogson, Kieran Saikat Das Gupta, Peter of individuals of all ages and coming from all corners of London Mia Roberts, Rebecca Steel, Salter, Anne-Marie Sharman, (and the world), they welcome our guests with a smile, they Angharad Thomas, Bethan White Elizabeth Shaw, Joe Shuttleworth, know the answer to whatever a visitor needs to know and they Fiona Stuart, Lara Thomson, Emmi secure the audiences’ safety. FESTIVAL TEAM Tingey, Jenny Vernon, Eleanor Cathy Boyes, Jo Harris, Pippa Kay, Ward, Mary Watkinson, John Our volunteers come to us to develop communication and social Tom Kelly, Janet Marshall, Annabel Wetherell, Susan Whitehead, skills, to gain confidence, to be part of a group of passionate Marsland, Anne-Marie Norman, Stuart Wooler, Jacopo Zacchia music fans, or just to have fun and enjoy the concerts! Rachel Shipp, James Waterhouse

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We are extremely grateful for the Bailey Thomas Charitable Fund Simon Martin, Stephen Massil, Broke, Caroline Burton, John Jackson, Molly Jackson, Miss Alice Olwen Evans, Eyediology, Field generous support from those who Britten-Pears Foundation John McCuin, Don McGown, Alan & Sandy Critchley, Leopold de Jacobs, Gill James, Frank Jeffs, Fisher Waterhouse LLP, Galvin wish to remain anonymous and City Bridge Trust & Dinah Moses, John & Moyra Rothschild, Charlie de Wet, Mary Professor and Mrs C Jenks, Helen La Chapelle, GBK, Grange Hotels, those who are listed below. Columbia Foundation Fund of the Horseman, Michael Keating, Dufty, Jo-Anne Fraser, James Jenner, Professor James & Mrs Imagist, Marianna Kennedy, Capital Community Foundation Colleen Keck, Peter & Sarah King, Golob, James Hastings, Bella Maureen Kelly, Bernard Kellner, Le Bouchon Breton, Leon Spitalfields Music’s valuable work Coutts Charitable Trust George Law, Richard Syred & Brian Hobson, Andrew Hunter Johnston, Mr Rod Kennedy, Bridget Kitley, Restaurants, London Borough of is made possible by our supporters’ Derek Shuttleworth Educational Parsons, Helen Payne, Jim Peers, Michael Jay, Charles & Tessa Paul & Karen Lasok, John Tower Hamlets, Mazars, Juliet charitable donations of time, Trust The Ten Bells, Peter Wakefield, King-Farlow, Christine Lewis, Jim Lavagnino, Carol Lindsay Smith, McKeon, Reed Smith, Shipleys money and in kind help. Thank you Dr Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Judith Weir CBE, Libby Young Peers, David Preddy, Stephen and Lady Jean MacGregor, Kathleen LLP, Shoreditch Church, Shoreditch to everyone who helps make our Esmée Fairbairn Foundation The late Peter Lerwill, the late Lucy Richards, Jennifer Silverstone, Malbon, Michael & Alexi Marmot, Town Hall, The Society of Royal programme happen. Fidelio Charitable Trust Christopher Vaughan Derek Sugden, Allan Sutherland, Professor & Mrs Michael N Marsh, Cumberland Youths, Spitalfields E1, Garrick Charitable Trust Nicholas Warren & Catherine John Miller & Sue Rogers, Simon Virgin Active UK, The Water Poet, CORE SUPPORTERS Golsoncott Foundation ASSOCIATE ARTIST Graham-Harrison, Charles Morris, Sylvia Moys, George Wellington Markets, Christine & Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation SUPPORTERS GROUP Whiddington, John P Wotton Nissen, David Norgrove, Jennifer Robin Whaite, Simon Wedgwood, Holst Foundation Ian Annetts, Hugh Arthur, Oxley, Alison Parkinson, Mrs Joyce Whitechapel Bell Foundry, Lyn J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust Duncan Gibbons, Colleen Keck, PATRONS Parsons, Dr & Mrs M Parsons, & Alan Williams, Yamaha Music John and Susan Bowers Fund Simon Martin, Don McGown, Liz Airey, Bob Allies & Jill Franklin, Barbara Patilla, Veronica Plowden, Europe GmbH (UK) John R Murray Charitable Trust Charles Whiddington Leonard Attewell, Martin Bailey, Ann Porter, Dr Clive Potter, Nigel Lynn Foundation R A Bailey & P J Cameron, Dr Ian & Vivien Prevost, Sue Prickett Musicians Benevolent Fund CHAIR OF PATRONS Basnett, Richard Bawden, Anne & John Bryer, Mary M Quigley, Paul Hamlyn Foundation George Law Bearne, Stephen Benson, Penny Mrs Ann Ross, Peter Rous, Sue PRS for Music Foundation Berryman, Graham Betts, Joanna Rowlands, Mr Alan Sainer, Ted Rayne Foundation HONORARY LIFE PATRONS Brendon, Sally Bridgeland, Cynthia & Jenny Salmon, Richard & Rothschild David & Julia Cade, Diana Burrell, Butterworth, Mr Andrew Ceresa, Margaret Sax, Henrietta Shields, PUBLIC FUNDS RVW Trust Jonathan Dove, Dr & Mrs Anthony Suzi Clarke, Dr S R Collinson, James Shillingford, Peregrine & Tower Hamlets Arts and Music Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Henfrey, George & Anne Law, Chris Joseph Coten, Sue Coulbeck, Francesca Simon, Richard Slack, Education Service Settlement Sayers, Judith Serota OBE, Judith Jean Curtis-Raleigh, Janet Davies, Richard & Jenny Smith, Mrs Grace Youth Music St Katharine and Trust Weir CBE Eve de Meza, Nicola & David De Spence, Bernard & Linda Steel, Spitalfields Music was awarded Westfield Community Grant Quincey Souden, Pauline Devine, Dr Colin Stolkin, Alis Templeton, a Transformers grant, funded Worshipful Company of Armourers GOLD PATRONS Donna De Wick, Janet Di Stefano, Dr Jeffrey Tobias, Mr J Utting, by The National Lottery, through & Brasiers Miss C J Apperley, Hugh Arthur, Brian & Judy Dobbs, Annie Edge, Mr J Walton, Jenny Watson, Alan the Olympic Lottery Distributor, Worshipful Company of Chartered Byrne Charitable Trust, Michael Elizabeth Fowler, Sue Gardener, & Lyn Williams, Professor Gwyn and managed by East London Secretaries & Administrators Godbee, Sue & Tom Imber, Michael Stephen Garner, Christine Garrett, Williams, Isobel Williams, Charles Business Alliance Worshipful Company of Fuellers Langton, Jeremy Lindon, Doris Hugh Geddes, John Gillies, Nigel Wilmot-Smith, Valerie Wise, Roger Worshipful Company of Lockhart, Colin & Rosie Mackay, Glendinning, Dr J M Gooding, & Carola Zogolovitch COMPANIES Ironmongers Nick Macrae, SW Massil, John & Don Gorman, Diana Morgan Gray, Allen & Overy Judy McCuin, His Honour Judge Ann & Nick Gray, Adey Grummet HELP IN KIND Clifford Chance MAJOR DONORS Michael & Mrs Nicky Oppenheimer, & Kevin Skully, John Gwyer, Allen & Overy, Andaz Hotel, Fiona Hammerson Andrew Blankfield & Bernadette John & Terry Pearson, Abigail Virginia Harding, Vanessa Harley, Atkins, Ballymore Properties, M&G Group Hillman, Katie Bradford, Chris Pogson, Ruth Rattenbury, Imogen John T Harwood, Nora Heard, Bishopsgate Institute, Jenny Spitalfields E1 Carter & Stuart Donachie, Geoffrey Rumbold, Sir Robert & Lady Owen, Mr Hearn & Dr Williams, Tim Black, Brady Arts & Community Collens, Michael Cutting, Nigel Brian Smith Hellings, Ian & Nicky Hessenberg, Centre, City of London, Christ FOUNDATIONS, TRUSTS AND Dutson, Mr & Mrs Spencer & Andrew Hill, Andrew Hinchley, Church Spitalfields, Crepe Affaire, LIVERY COMPANIES Lucy De Grey, Alex & Susan de SILVER PATRONS Dr Anthony Hobson, Julia Hodgkin, Crisis Skylight Café, John & Sandy Aldgate & Allhallows Barking Mont, Albert & Rowan Edwards, Lisa Forrell & Marcel Berlins, Roy Anna Home, Dagna Horner, Gary Critchley, Dennis Severs’s House, Exhibition Foundation Helen Fraser CBE, Nick & Emma Blackwell & Jennifer Jones, Ken Hunter & Michael Light, Kimberly Donna De Wick, Chris & Sarah Austin & Hope Pilkington Trust Hardie, Keith & Sarah Jane Haydon, Blakeley, Judith Borrow, Delia Hutchings, Stephen A Jack, Sue Dyson, The English Restaurant,

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