Report and Accounts 2013–14
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I am delighted to present the annual growing family of CBSO benefactors and report of the City of Birmingham supporters. Symphony Orchestra for the period The public funding continues to play an to March 2014, my second full year essential part, of course, and we were as Chair of the Board of Trustees. pleased to hear this summer that our application to the Arts Council’s National Portfolio for 2015–18 was successful, with It has been another challenging year, but total funding held steady at the same level as once again we have a great deal to show for in the current year. Birmingham City Council, the efforts of our musicians, staff and Board, which has supported the Orchestra since both on the concert platform and in the 1920, has been facing very severe financial important job that goes on behind the scenes pressures of its own, and recently had to as we strive to achieve financial stability to make a significant cut in its funding for all the safeguard the Orchestra’s future. At a time arts organisations it supports, including the of ever-greater pressure on public funds, CBSO. But unlike so many funders elsewhere the Board has to remain focused on the twin in the UK and in Europe, Birmingham allowed strategies of growing our commercial and us to plan for these reductions by giving us fundraising income while also reducing costs plenty of warning, and it remains a committed if we are to be able to see the Orchestra and sympathetic partner in all that we do, as continue to thrive towards our centenary in well as being very proud of the Orchestra’s 2020 and beyond. important ambassadorial role overseas.
I am pleased to say that thanks to the efforts The pages that follow demonstrate the wide of all concerned, led by Clive Bawden our range of work undertaken by the CBSO Trustee for Finance and Annmarie Wallis family, and our commitment to building new our Finance Director, we are able to report a audiences for classical music, as well as to result for the year that is well ahead of our finding and indeed creating the performers of original budget. We have had to dip into our tomorrow, which remains absolutely central reserves but to a much smaller extent than to the mission of this organisation. I have we originally thought might be necessary, and personally enjoyed a really diverse series of along the way we were able to record another concerts at Symphony Hall and performances year of excellent ticket sales and strong by the CBSO Youth Orchestra, the adult fundraising income. A new contract agreed and youth choruses as well as joining the last year with our musicians has also helped Orchestra on tour in Brussels, Paris and us reduce the cost of delivering our varied Munich. and ambitious programme. Finally, I would like to extend my own thanks Our fundraising strategies have continued to the staff team, to my colleagues on the to develop, with Simon Fairclough making Board, to all our other volunteers, to our an immediate impact as Director of sponsors and donors and to you our loyal “we were able to Development since his arrival last autumn. audiences. Thanks to all of you I really do Simon and his team, ably supported by the believe that the CBSO adds up to much more record another Board and the CBSO Development Trust, than the sum of its parts. faced the triple challenge of increasing our year of excellent annual giving, growing our endowment (with the £1m challenge funding from the National ticket sales Lottery via Arts Council England still having a year to run) and raising the match funding and strong to enable us to undertake the much-needed transformation of CBSO Centre this summer. Bridget Blow, Chair of Trustees fundraising I’m pleased to say that they have been able to make good progress on all three fronts, income” helped by the outstanding generosity of a
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Looking back over the CBSO’s wide Mendelssohn cycle and associated ranging activities in 2013–14 as we recordings have been very well received and made an important statement about this prepare this annual report has made city’s link to that fine composer. Matching me feel extremely proud and more the artists to the repertoire is one of the than a little exhausted - it was not great pleasures in this job: other conductors who gave very memorable concerts with only our busiest year ever in terms us of music close to their heart included of total orchestra concerts (140) Andrew Manze (Vaughan Williams), Vassily and overseas touring (38 touring Sinaisky (Rachmaninov and Shostakovich), concerts), it also contained a great Alain Altinoglu (Bizet and Ravel), John Wilson (Gilbert and Sullivan) and Ed Gardner again many highlights and a lot of change. (Lutoslawski).
First of all, the concerts: this was another The CBSO’s continued skill at attracting year of outstanding performances and top conductors here is of course much in reviews, especially for our work with Andris the spotlight at present as we continue Nelsons. From the War Requiem to mark the search for Andris’s successor as music the Britten centenary, via the climax of director. The members of our seven-strong our Beethoven cycle, to the first part of search committee have been travelling far our celebration of the Richard Strauss and wide to look at potential candidates, as 150th birthday, Andris’s skill in large- well as talking to our extensive network of scale repertoire and the closeness of his friends, colleagues and spies; but ultimately relationship with the outstanding musicians we will only reach decisions as people come of the CBSO were once again highly to work with the CBSO itself, and it is in acclaimed by audiences, promoters and the next season that we will begin to see press alike. The strength and quality of this guest conductors who were booked after team was also a magnet for some of the the announcement of Andris’s departure in world’s great soloists: it was wonderful for the summer 2015. Ultimately it’s the chemistry Orchestra to work with Mitsuko Uchida, Anne- that matters, as well as their overall technical Sophie Mutter, Hilary Hahn, Hélène Grimaud, and interpretive skill, range of musical Kristine Opolais and others. interests and personal qualities.
The four overseas tours with Andris were Off the podium it has also been a year of also real highlights of our year, with the War change, as we have said farewell to a number Requiem in Dresden’s Frauenkirche, the four of musicians and staff as well as hello to concerts in Tokyo and the pair of concerts in a number of others. Among the former, we Vienna’s historic Musikverein standing out as were delighted to welcome Amanda Lake particularly memorable. As well as building and Caroline Simon to our violin sections, as its reputation (and by extension that of our well as Emmet Byrne and Rachael Pankhurst home city and nation), touring is such a vital in the oboes. On the staff side, we have a part of the Orchestra’s artistic life, with the senior management team that is almost opportunity to give repeated performances of completely new, following the departures of the same repertoire and play in some of the Alexandra Tomkinson and Simon Webb to senior roles at the University of Birmingham world’s finest concert halls helping us achieve and BBC Philharmonic respectively. Those some of our best performances. It was also who have replaced them are already showing really good to be able to have such a high themselves to be well up to the challenges “another year profile in London during 2013, with concerts that lie ahead: together, we look forward to an in all the main concert halls and appearances equally successful 12 months ahead. of outstanding at some very important festivals.
performances Back home, we continued to build strong relationships with a range of other conductors, not least our principal and reviews” Stephen Maddock, Chief Executive guest conductor Edward Gardner, whose 3 facebook.com/thecbso twitter.com/thecbso World-class concerts
The CBSO’s programme of 188 concerts – 140 orchestral Edward Gardner was back on the podium for three and 48 non-orchestral – showcased the versatility and concerts featuring the music of Mendelssohn, whose virtuosity of the Orchestra for over 215,000 people in connection with Birmingham was celebrated by recording repertoire ranging from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 to the all five of the composer’s symphonies at the Town Hall, a music of ABBA. We celebrated the busiest international venue where he had scored such conspicuous success in touring year in our history, and our performance in Tokyo the 1830s and 40s. was selected as Japan’s best concert of 2013 by 44 of the country’s leading music critics. Our commitment to new audiences, and to music beyond the classical mainstream, was again in evidence in our Friday Night Classics series, which featured hilarious The Birmingham season silent movies by Harold Lloyd, the songs of Frank Sinatra and a Gilbert & Sullivan night with John Wilson, The climax of Birmingham’s celebration of Benjamin in addition to the ABBA night. The summer of 2013 also Britten’s centenary, A Boy Was Born, came in May featured ambitious projects centred around Hollywood when our Music Director Andris Nelsons conducted a and Bollywood: a July concert with film critic Mark performance of War Requiem at Symphony Hall with Kermode (below), in which he chose his own favourite the same team who had given such an effective and movie scores and interviewed screen legend Jeremy memorable 50th anniversary performance at Coventry Irons about his career, then a September concert of Cathedral the previous year. music by India’s best-known composer A. R. Rahman.
Other composer anniversaries celebrated in the Birmingham season included the 100th birthday of Polish composer Witold Lutosławski, and the 150th birthday of Richard Strauss. The former was celebrated by Principal Guest Conductor Edward Gardner in June, with highly- charged performances of the song-cycle Chantefleurs et Chantefables and the Third Symphony. Andris kicked off the Strauss celebrations in January with performances of Don Juan and the Four Last Songs.
CBSO:2020, our ten-year journey towards the CBSO’s own centenary in 2020 via the music of 100 years ago, reached an important milestone in September: Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, the ballet that heralded the real start of musical modernism and paved the way for everything that followed, was the spectacular opener to our 2013–14 season. For the second of these concerts Andris and the Orchestra were joined by the celebrated violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter in Dvořák’s Violin Concerto.
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Beyond Birmingham the Orchestra gave 38 international performances – making 2013–14 the CBSO’s busiest year ever for overseas touring – as well as 20 around the UK.
The international performances were spread over four major tours, all with Andris Nelsons, which saw the Orchestra playing for audiences of around 61,000 in 25 different cities in eight countries in Europe and Asia.
The first of these tours included three performances of Britten’s War Requiem (for which the Orchestra was joined by the CBSO Chorus and French and German children’s choirs, plus soloists Erin Wall, Mark Padmore and Hanno Müller-Brachmann), bringing this masterpiece, premiered by the CBSO in 1962, to Hannover, Paris, and most memorably to the recently rebuilt Frauenkirche in Coventry’s sister city Dresden. We were also joined by the outstanding German pianist Martin Helmchen for a Mozart concerto, and these concerts also featured Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony.
In late August we headed for the mountains: two concerts high in the Swiss Alps at the Gstaad Festival, preceded by visits to Wiesbaden’s luxurious Kurhaus and the Our longest ever European tour took up the last two opening concert of the Ascona Festival in Locarno. The weeks of March: with 15 concerts in 17 days, this was tour ended in Bremen, one of several concerts in which exhausting but also exhilarating for all concerned, Andris was joined by his wife, soprano Kristine Opolais. including our two soloists Anne-Sophie Mutter and Other concerts had featured Argentine cellist Sol Gabetta Hélène Grimaud, who shared the first halves with as soloist in Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Brahms concertos. In the first of a pair of concerts in Vienna’s Musikverein we were also joined In November, three concerts in Germany – Düsseldorf, by the outstanding young pianist Igor Levit for Dortmund and Munich – were the prelude to a two- Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, as well as by a group week trip to the Far East, the first visit by the whole of 40 CBSO supporters who spent a few days with us in Orchestra since 2002. A concert in Taipei was notable that most musical of European capitals. Russian ballet for the enthusiastic, young audience and the long music provided an effective contrast in the second half of line for autographs at the end. We also gave a private each concert, with Stravinsky’s Petrushka and highlights performance for our sponsors Jaguar Land Rover (see from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. below), like the CBSO a successful Birmingham exporter. Four concerts in Tokyo with soloists Hilary Hahn and Closer to home, the CBSO family had a very good Hélène Grimaud all enjoyed packed attendances, and presence in London during 2013, with a series of the first of these had the distinction of being voted the distinctive performances. The Orchestra and Andris gave best classical concert of 2013 by a panel of Japanese one of the highlights of the Royal Festival Hall’s The Rest music critics. We finished the tour with a pair of concerts is Noise festival of 20th-century music, a performance in smaller Japanese cities which were blessed – as is the of Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony. Orchestra and country as a whole – with excellent concert halls. Chorus made their first ever visit to St. Paul’s Cathedral for a memorable account of Britten’s War Requiem with Edward Gardner. Our Mark Kermode tour went to the Barbican for a concert in which we were joined onstage by Jason Isaacs and Simon Mayo. And at the BBC Proms, our Youth Chorus formed part of Simon Halsey’s immense Proms Youth Choir for the opening night account of Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony under Andris Nelsons’ CBSO predecessor Sakari Oramo, while Andris and the CBSO gave a popular concert of Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák and Johann Strauss.
Elsewhere we gave the opening concert of the Cheltenham Music Festival, we played two premieres at the Aldeburgh Festival with Ilan Volkov, and the Orchestra also visited Gateshead, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham (twice), Reading, Manchester, Warwick Arts Centre and Malvern, among others.
5 facebook.com/thecbso twitter.com/thecbso Music for everyone: CBSO learning, engagement and talent development
In 2013–14 the impact of the CBSO’s work continued to extend far beyond the concert hall. Over the course of the year the Orchestra provided 72,000 engagement opportunities through its extensive learning, engagement and talent development programme.
Work with young people
The CBSO is committed to providing opportunities for young people of all abilities to engage with music, as both audiences and participants.
Over the year we gave 37 concerts for young audiences, including Notelets early years performances, Family Concerts and our popular Key Stage 1, 2 and 3 Schools Concerts.
Thanks to an ongoing partnership with Birmingham Services for Education the CBSO was able to provide every Year 7 child in Birmingham with the opportunity to hear the Orchestra perform at Symphony Hall - a fantastic way for young people to be introduced to an orchestral concert. The Head of Music at one participating school commented, “This was a very We engaged with around 29,000 children and young valuable bite-size learning opportunity that has left the people through our flagship Stay Tuned schools pupils wanting more. It was also great to go to a concert programme, generously supported by Deutsche Bank, where a bit of fidgeting from pupils was not a problem which reaches schools with little or no existing music and they felt able to express themselves a little.” provision. We also continued to deliver the In Harmony programme in schools in Stoke and Telford in partnership with Manchester Camerata.
The CBSO also provided opportunities for young people wishing to take their music-making to the next level through Sparks – a programme of masterclasses and mentoring for promising young musicians delivered with the 13 West Midlands music education hubs and Birmingham City University – and our highly successful Project Remix programme.
Project Remix brought 133 young instrumental players and singers together for an intensive six-week rehearsal period culminating with a final performance fusing classical orchestral and choral arrangements with well known rock hits on stage at Symphony Hall. It enabled us to support young people who would not normally access CBSO activities due to their cultural or social backgrounds, and also provided opportunities for people who have had previous instrumental or vocal tuition, but who struggled to maintain their motivation owing to the lack of available performance opportunities.
A participant commented, “I wanted to thank you for the opportunity to play in the project. It was a great experience to be in an orchestra and have such great tutoring.”
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150 children and young people sang in the CBSO Children’s and Youth Choruses. Highlights included performing two Mendelssohn motets with Edward Gardner and Britten’s War Requiem with Andris Nelsons. As mentioned previously, the Youth Chorus also participated in the BBC Proms Youth Choir performance of Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo on the opening night of the 2013 BBC Proms.
The CBSO Youth Orchestra continued to develop exceptionally talented young musicians, many of whom go on to professional careers. In 2013-14 136 young people took part in a year of courses and performances including the world premiere of Charlotte Bray’s Black Rainbow (a CBSO commission) conducted by Jac van Steen, and a performance of Messiaen’s Poèmes pour Mi with soprano Alison Bell conducted by Ilan Volkov.
The CBSO continued to work closely with the University of Birmingham and Birmingham Conservatoire, playing a leading role in the delivery of two MA courses.
March 2014 marked the end of our three-year residency as the Arts Champion for the Selly Oak district. During our tenure as their Arts Champion, we have been working closely with people living in the area to develop a new community choir - CBSO SO Vocal. Open to anyone aged 18 or over who lives locally, regardless of musical experience or knowledge, the choir has grown since 2011 and now boasts around 160 regular members, and has seen in excess of 500 participants since its inception.
CBSO SO Vocal has offered local residents an opportunity for both personal and artistic development through high-quality singing workshops with inspirational choral leaders. It has fostered the vocal skills of participants, inspired confidence and aspiration through public performance, helped broaden musical appreciation and understanding and helped open up engagement between the CBSO and Selly Oak residents. CBSO in the community The end of the CBSO’s Arts Champion Programme in In addition to its work with young people, the CBSO Selly Oak marks the end of a chapter, but not the end of reaches a wide range of people through its programme of the choir. With ongoing support from the CBSO this choir community engagement projects. will continue to develop and strengthen its status as a thriving community choir. In September 2013 we participated in the 4 Squares Weekender - a weekend of free live arts activity Handsworth Community Choir was founded in celebrating the new Library of Birmingham and re-opening partnership with Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health of The REP which was presented by Birmingham Arts Foundation Trust and Rookery School in Handsworth. Partnership. CBSO musicians performed across the city Originally a one-term pilot project in summer 2013, it centre squares, attracting new audiences outside of the continued throughout the autumn term and featured in concert hall setting. The 4 Squares Weekender attracted a pre-concert performance in Symphony Hall, with SO an estimated audience of 95,000 visitors, 66% of whom Vocal before the Festive Favourites concert in had made a special trip into the city for the event. December 2013.
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Working with the project architects, Associated Architects, we appointed one of the country’s leading construction companies, Speller Metcalfe, to carry out the works which include enhancement of our performance facilities with new acoustics, seating and lighting, as well as a transformation of the public open spaces. This work began in May 2014.
When the building reopens at the end of September 2014 we will be able to offer a more welcoming, flexible and contemporary experience for users and visitors alike. The region’s musical organisations will continue to benefit from access to our world-class facilities for many years to come.
Our home, CBSO Centre, includes a 310-seat auditorium, rehearsal space and offices. Since it opened 15 years ago it has become an invaluable resource not just for the CBSO but also for the broader West Midlands musical community. It provides a base for Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and Ex Cathedra, and was used by around 15 other local arts organisations.
During the course of the year the building hosted 534 events and rehearsals, highlights of which included 17 Centre Stage chamber concerts, a L’Oréal professional catwalk show, a performance by the European Doctors Orchestra and Bollywood concerts.
The building has been very well used over the last fifteen years. By 2013, the infrastructure had become outdated, inefficient, expensive to maintain and not fully fit for purpose. In October 2013 we were delighted to be awarded a major grant of £1.223m from Arts Council England and a further £250,000 from Garfield Weston Foundation to support the refurbishment and improvement of the Centre. Further trust funding was pledged early in 2014, including significant grants from the Wolfson Foundation, Fidelity UK Foundation and Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust.
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The CBSO has worked extensively throughout the year to seek out new and innovative digital engagement and communication initiatives which allowed us to raise the profile of our organisation and engage with an even wider number of audiences on a regional, national and international level.
The CBSO last year reached a younger, more digitally savvy and widely spread audience online. The website itself attracted 157,803 unique visitors in 2013–14, up from 133,012 in 2012–13. By the end of the financial year we had also reached 5,538 Facebook fans and 10,425 Twitter followers.
The CBSO has also widened its reach among those who cannot attend Symphony Hall via broadcasting and recording. In 2013–14 we made nine new recordings including, with Chandos, all five of Mendelssohn’s symphonies conducted by principal guest conductor Edward Gardner at the Town Hall (Mendelssohn’s connection with Birmingham making the Town Hall the natural choice). Other recordings included works by Stravinsky, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Strauss by Other digital development this year concentrated on Andris Nelsons and Orfeo. the upgrading of digital infrastructure within CBSO Centre. These included the selection of a new ‘industry- Broadcasts concentrated on BBC Radio 3 and included leading’ CRM system, Tessitura, which will allow us to performances of Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony with Andris develop greater insight and engagement opportunities Nelsons and Kristine Opolais as part of the BBC Proms at through more targeted segmenting of our audiences, the Royal Albert Hall last August through to the Ultimate the procurement of a new digital wall for CBSO Centre Vaughan Williams concert conducted by Andrew Manze and the upgrading of our servers with capacity to hold and featuring Orchestra Leader Laurence Jackson. Andris additional digital content in anticipation of a new CBSO Nelsons also became the star of his own documentary. website in the upcoming year. For two years film director Astrid Bscher followed our Music Director, going to his home city of Riga to meet Finally we have been working with our music hub partners his parents and wife, to produce her fifty-minute portrait on a series of collaborative digital proposals which we ‘Genius on Fire’ which was sold on Amazon. hope to execute later in the year.
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In his sixth season with us, Music Director Andris Nelsons was honoured to be shortlisted for Best Conductor in the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards. To demonstrate how vital it is to nurture future talented musicians, in December 2013 the CBSO appointed its first Conducting Fellow, Alpesh Chauhan (right). This season-long Conducting Fellowship is a professional development opportunity designed to enable aspiring young conductors to bridge the gap between full-time We welcomed new players Amanda Lake as tutti first study and the classical music profession. It also offers violin, Caroline Simon as tutti second violin, new principal unprecedented access to some of the best conductors, cor anglais Rachael Pankhurst and Emma Byrne as artists and musicians in the world. second oboe to the Orchestra.
The celebrations continued as Chorus Director Simon We were saddened by the passing of former percussion Hallsey celebrated both his 30 years with the CBSO and leader Huw Ceredig, cellist Elspeth Cox , platform the 40th anniversary of the Chorus. manager John Sunderland, and CBSO Chorus member Lesley Nickell, who had tirelessly supported us as a During 2013, we bid a fond farewell to two long-standing volunteer for almost 40 years. They had all been fantastic members of the Orchestra and wished them a long and supporters of the Orchestra and will be missed. happy retirement. Flautist Colin Lilley (below left) had been with the Orchestra for 42 years and was a founding Our senior management team was boosted by the member of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. appointment of four new Directors. Gillian McCurdy Principal second trumpet Wes Warren (below right) retired and Simon Fairclough joined the CBSO in 2013 in the this year after 32 years, taking many fond memories with newly created positions of Director of Marketing and him including his audition with Sir Simon Rattle. Digital and Director of Development respectively. Gillian moved from her former position as Head of Marketing and Communications at Birmingham Museums Trust and Simon was previously the Head of Fundraising at the Academy of Ancient Music. In the spring of 2014 we welcomed Zoe Poyser as Director of Concerts, joining from Birmingham Conservatoire, and Lucy Galliard from Live Music Now as Director of Learning and Engagement.
We said goodbye to two of our longstanding trustees this year, Diane Page and Roger Cunningham, who both finished their terms of office, and welcomed four new Board trustees: Jane Jarvis - HR Director at the NEC group; Peter Sinclair - former CEO of Business Link; Patrick Verwer - Managing Director at London Midland; and Sir Dexter Hutt - CEO at Ninestiles Plus.
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ORCHESTRA MANAGEMENT
VIOLIN I Mark Doust* Chief Executive Stephen Maddock* Laurence Jackson Sally Morgan PA to Chief Executive Niki Longhurst*† Leader Julian Walters Zoë Beyers Director of Concerts Zoe Poyser Lena Zeliszewska FLUTE Planning & Tours Manager Liz Baines Colin Twigg Marie-Christine Zupancic Jane Wright Assistant Planning Manager Anna Hirst Robert Bilson PICCOLO Concerts and Library Assistant Katy Wakeford-Brown David Gregory* Andrew Lane Orchestra Manager Claire Dersley Mark Robinson* Assistant Orchestra Manager Rebekah Cork Julia Åberg OBOES Librarian Ricardo Taquelim Andrew Szirtes* Rainer Gibbons Platform Manager Peter Harris* Elizabeth Golding Emmet Byrne Assistant Platform Manager Robert Howard Ruth Lawrence* Amanda Lake COR ANGLAIS Director of Learning and Engagement Lucy Galliard Byron Parish Rachael Pankhurst Learning & Participation Manager Katie Lucas VIOLIN II CLARINET Senior Education and Ensembles Coordinator Peter Campbell-Kelly Joanna Patton Richard Bratby* Moritz Pfister Assistant Manager, Schools Liaison Claire Armour Catherine Arlidge BASS CLARINET Learning & Participation Assistant Lucia Puricelli† Amy Marshall Mark O’Brien Research Assistant Adam Nagel† Graeme Littlewood* Dianne Youngman CONTRA BASSOON Chorus Manager Mike Flower Brian Horgan* Margaret Cookhorn Chorus Administrator Gavin Allsop Heather Bradshaw* † Austin Rowlands HORNS Chorus Assistant Lucy Wickens Gabriel Dyker Elspeth Dutch Bryony Morrison Peter Currie Director of Marketing and Digital Gillian McCurdy Caroline Simon Mark Phillips* Marketing Manager Abby Corfan Charlotte Skinner Peter Dyson* Marketing CRM and Insight Manager Melanie Ryan*† Martin Wright Publications Manager Helen Tabor*† VIOLAS PR Manager (maternity cover) Tracey Saunders† Christopher Yates* TRUMPETS Marketing Officer Sebastian Huckle Adam Römer Jonathan Holland Digital Officer Rebecca McGlynn† Eugen Popescu Jonathan Quirk* # Michael Jenkinson External Relations Volunteer Christine Midgley Angela Swanson TROMBONES Subscriptions Officer Tom White Elizabeth Fryer Edward Jones Myriam Guillaume Anthony Howe Director of Development Simon Fairclough Amy Fawcett Corporate Relations Manager Anthony Bisseker Julian Robinson* BASS TROMBONE Individual Giving Manager Gill Powell† Ulf Åberg David Vines Individual Giving and Events Officer Claire Watts Catherine Bower Development Officer Naomi Berry TUBA
CELLOS Graham Sibley Eduardo Vassallo Director of Finance Annmarie Wallis Richard Jenkinson PERCUSSION Payroll Officer Lindsey Sahota David Powell Adrian Spillett Finance Assistant Galia Bouhayed Kate Setterfield Andrew Herbert Management Accountant Dawn Doherty David Russell* Interim Management Accountant Fiona Watts† Jacqueline Tyler* HARP HR Manager Jenny Biggs† Helen Edgar Robert Johnston* CBSO Centre Manager Niki Longhurst*† Ian Ludford* CBSO Centre Operations Coordinator Daniel Rowlinson Catherine Ardagh-Walter Assistant CBSO Centre Manager Pete Clarke † BASSES Receptionists Elaine Russell* John Tattersdill* Paul Memmory† Julian Atkinson* Charles Wall* * Recipients of the CBSO Long Service Award Thomas Millar* † Part-time employee # Volunteer Mark Goodchild*
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CBSO Chorus
Chorus Director Simon Halsey Associate Conductors David Lawrence & Julian Wilkins
Sopranos Elizabeth Reid Kate Marriott Basses Nicola Reid Josephine Mesa Bandrés * Anna Allsop Charlotte Roberts-Rhodes Melody Morris Steven Bache Priti Bansel Sarah Russell ** Moyra Morton Lawrence Bacon ** Peter Beal Sally Bateman Jennifer Scholes ** Anna Parker Phil Beynon * Rachael Baylis * Marion Scholey * Carolyn Prentice * Sarah Beedle * Jean Scott ** Peter Brooks Elizabeth Roberts Paul Chambers * Ruth Bertram Victoria Shirtliff Stephanie Saffrey Rob Cleal * Lucy Broughton-Taylor Helen Smallwood ** Anneliese Sayes Tom Considine Alison Chapman Helen Smith * Laura Taylor ** Julian Davey Dianne Charles ** Lucy Smith Corinne Thomsett Alistair Donaghue Vincy Chau Sarah Snelling Julian Edwards Sarah Trinder * Beth Clay Siona Spillett Michael Foster * Tanya Cutts * Wendy Spinner * Roberta Turner Richard Fullbrook * Helen Davies Allison Taylor Katy Wakeford-Brown Steve Gibbs ** Rhiannon Davies Emma Thickens * Christina Warner *** Andrew Halstead Sheila Davies ** Diane Todd ** Rosemary Watts * Mike Hartley Lauren Dennis Helen Tunnicliffe Margaret Wilson *** Tom Henderson Isobel Edgar ** Elouise Waterhouse Toni Wright ** Hugh Houghton * Lisa Elkington-Bourne * Elizabeth Watson Alison York ** Ian Howarth Lynne Evans * Jacqueline White Anthony Jones John Keast ** Stephanie Evans Tenors Catherine Foster ** Altos Graham Kemp Peter Leppard ** Lucy Gale Jack Apperley Ian McFarlane Abigail Graceson Anne Almond ** David Barber * Martin Monks * Annabel Hartley Lara Bienkowska Charles Barwell Chris O’Grady * Prue Hawthorne ** Alison Bownass *** Millar Bownass ** Andrew Packer *** Alison Haynes Kath Campbell *** Tom Parker Richard Cook ** Claire Hughes Annette Carter Andrew Parkes Robyn Jennings ** Christine Chadwick ** Pete Davies Richard Prew ** Catherine Lander Helen Chamberlain * David Fletcher Phil Rawle *** Judith Le Breuilly Medina Cole *** Henry Fowler Calum Robarts Alexandra Lewis Catherine Duke ** Paul Glossop ** Anthony Rose Rachel Longfils Claudia Efstathiou Cliff Haresign Mark Senior Sophie Lumley Sarah Ennis *** Robin Lewis Mike Smith ** Gillian Machin * Gill Fletcher Howard Marriott Gordon Thornett ** Bob Tipping Eluned Mansell Sylvia Fox *** Peter Philps Alan White ** Alison Marlow * Judy Frodsham ** Allen Roberts * Catherine Mason * Christine Giles ** Tony Whitehouse Daniel Rollason Jan Wilke Val Matthews *** Lorna Hackett David Rowe Stefanie McMinn Jessica Harvey Harpreet Sandhu Dawn Mullard * Hazel Hughes *** Andrew Smith * CBSO Chorus Bronze Laura Munslow Barbara Hulse * 10 Year Long Service Award Eleanor Nixon Ruth Humphreys Gareth Thomas Hugh Thomson * Clare Noakes Sheila Koch ** ** CBSO Chorus Silver Emily Peverelle * Hannah Lack Sam Troth 20 Year Long Service Award Sarah Porter Clare Langstone Andy Ward Holly Radford Val Lewis Jon Wilson * *** CBSO Chorus Gold Sarah Rees * Sarah Mainwaring Alan Winwood * 30 Year Long Service Award
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Chorus Director Simon Halsey Chorus Director Simon Halsey Conductor Julian Wilkins Conductor Marc Hall Accompanist James Keefe Accompanist James Keefe
Maryam Azmat Hannah Lawrence Nina Adriano Lexi Jackson Sophie Bacon Molly Leyland Aisha Ali Noemi Jester Lucy Bailey Lydia Liburd Jessica Blissitt Sana Karim Alice Barrett Daisy Lloyd Katie Bown Aryah Khan Georgina Bateman Hannah Maddock Lucy Bown Amy Lusk Kiera Battersby Susannah Murphy Grace Bromfield Mollie Macpherson Hallé Bertie Grace Murray Scarlett Brunning Louisa Marsden-Smedley Ruth Bertram Nikki Nabavi Jazmine Buntin-Faveau Monty McEwan Eve Bolt Louisa Osei Mayci Buntin-Faveau Eleanor Niblett Lisa Bradburn Maddie Parkin Elizabeth Caird Joshua Oates Eloise Burchell Katharine Rowland Sophie Charlton Lara Ockleston Laura Clark Zara Ryan Oliver Collins Helen Petley Mary Core Charlotte Sabine Georgina Cooper Lucy Powell Imogen Davey Olivia Scott Ellen Crockett George Roberts Lara De Vos Ruchika Scott Alexandra Duckworth Tom Roberts Francesca DeGregorio Emily Semmens Theo Edwards Daisy Russell Marianne Fitzgibbon Hannah Shakeshaft Talya Ehrlich Kheera Sandhu Penny Fry Catherine Smith Millie Fisher Kseniya Savicka Jennifer Galvin Ellie Sterland Millie Flynn Polina Savicka Ellie Harper Tia Stylianou Niamh Flynn Ishani Sharma Zoe Hemington Katharine Todd Declan Foster Shriya Sharma Anna Higgins Anna Turitsyna Charlotte Frost Amelia Smart Sophie Hill Rose Vreugdenhil Michael Gameson Zoe Stephens Lauren Hockley Imogen Watson Sophia Gangardt Maisie Stewart Rosie Howl Milly Webb Lucy Ganss Fleur Street Holly Hughes Rosie Webb Pratyush Ghosh Connie Taylor Charley Johnson Demelza Werrin Erin Glover Betty Thompson Olivia Jordan Susannah Whitehouse Alice Green Poppy Underwood Shobi Keerthy Catherine Wickens Tara Haynes Hannah Vaughan Maddie Lavery Hollie Wright Anna Higgins Adam Visram Cipolletta William Hope Maisie Werrin Jade Horan Phoebe Werrin Charlotte Howdle Olivia Willoughby Olivia Howdle Evie Wynne CBSO Young Voices Amy Howe Yibo Zhang
Chorus Director Simon Halsey Conductor David Lawrence Assistant Conductor and Accompanist Ruairi Edwards
Heather Arnold Chavana Kelly William Bruce Beatrice Kessedjian Heather Butler Beth Leighton Franziska Clifford Henry Liggins Michael Coleman Matty Maylin Jessica Cook Molly McGinn Keiran Fisher Sarah Murphy George Graham Lydia Orr Charlotte Grist Erin Mae Scally Victoria Hackett Luke Smith Daniel Hebert Christian Walters Shaun Hill Megan Ward Anna Johnson Amy Wilkins Rhianna Keane Qunrui Zhang
13 facebook.com/thecbso twitter.com/thecbso CBSO Choruses as at 14 July 2014
CBSO SO Vocal
Chorus Director Simon Halsey Conductor Urszula Weber Accompanist James Keefe
Joan Adams Stephanie Cowin George Lewis Anna Ryman Kathryn Ainsworth Anne Cull Denise Leverton Jon Sadler Jan Akers Lois Daniels David Loveday Liz Sadler Paul Akers Katharine D’Souza Nancy Loveday Nicola Sandford Sang Ambegaokar Sam Dear Rachel MacGregor James Sawyer Chris Amies Jill Deering Louise Martin Barry Selwood Carla Amos Maureen Dolan Louise Martin Cathy Sharp Anne Ankcorn Anna Doran Ian McCallum Dave Sharp Rachel Astill Andrea Dowsett Patty McCulloch Val Bache Jo Dowsett Sue Mellor Jeromine Shroff Cathy Baines Frances Durcan Jeff Michelet Stacey Smith Liz Baines Jennifer Emery Sue Moodie Carolyn Spencer Anna Baines Margaret Evans David Morris Anna Stevens Deb Barnes Kerry Fair Yvonne Mullan-Evans Lesley Stewart Christine Berrow Jo Ferro Jennie Mumford Rachael Stidwill Liz Blakey Sarah Firth Stephanie Murphy Sam Stone Angela Blower Beccy Freeman Julia Neall Bob Sutton David Blower Peter Frere Pauline Newit Julie Swan Gareth Bowden Claire Gilliam Anita Novak Tessa Taylor Rachel Brackwell Jean Godfrey Isabel O’Connell Vicki Taylor Chris Bradley Carolyn Gordon Mary O’Connor Hannah Tedds Maggie Braniff Barbara Hallam Jane Officer Ann Terry Rachel Broomfield Dave Hammond Chris Olley Nicola Browett Margaret Harley Alison Oswald Wendy Tinsley Angie Brown Gemma Hawkesford Kate Palmer Velma Treasure Cas Buchanan Kate Hazlewood Paul Parish Elizabeth Tunstall Charlotte Butcher Sarah Hislam Kate Parsons Patricia Turner Adrian Buckley James Hodgkiss Fiona Parsons Brian Upright Eloise Cambier Deb Holt Heather Pereira Catherine Viles Linda Carter Val Hopkin Johanna Perreau Johanna Vine Katy Charles Kat Howell Ruth Phillips-Patel Sarah Walker Rebecca Chitty Glyn Hughes Maria Podsiadly Penny Webb Lynne Christie Usha Jayarajan Isabel Price Sharon Weldon Liz Clabon Mike Jenkins Rosie Price Emma Wilkinson-Clark Christine Clark Janet Jones Betty Pyle Karen Wilkinson-Clark Katie Clark Jerome Keane Llinos Rainbow Janet Willetts Sonya Clarke Adrian King Judy Reece Alan Clee Noula Knight Amanda Richardson Sam Wilson Carmel Clifford Hannah Lake Susan Richardson Joanne Winson Claire Coates Amanda Lamb Ann Marie Roberts Donna Winning Catherine Cook Deb Laslett Liz Robinson Megan Wood Janet Cooper Stuart Lattimer Julia Rowe Pat Woods John Couperthwaite Michelle Lester Joanne Russell Eileen Woodward
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Violin I Gabriel Wong Elliot Slater Matthew Firkins Diego Vassallo (leader) Daniel Pett Joe Wallace Matthew Frost Daniel Peev (guest leader) Katy-Ellen Bryce William White Ellis Thompson Sarah Farmer Percussion Ruth Sanderson Clarinet / Bass Clarinet Candida Bowtell Ruta Labutyte Cellos Henry Kennedy Miriam Kitchener Joy Hodkinson Christopher Brown (principal) Francesca Lombardelli Harriette Platt Dominic Martens Bassoons Luke Taylor Nia Orpwood Katy Nagle Bartosz Baran Felix Lo Lucy French Zoe Lumsden Harps Charlie Brookes Audrey Ng Glenda Allaway Rachael Parry Felicity Smith Bassoons / Aoife Miralles Dayna Townsend Sophia Ramnarine Contrabassoons Kinga Was Oscar Sinfield Lucy-Rose Graham Ross Cotton Amedeo Toso Ellen Porter Caroline Simpkins Organ David Dunphy Kate Taylor Jonathan Stamp Louis Morford Lily Hope Horns Leah Edwards Joseph Dawson Jacob Bagby Offstage Horns Malvina Jomard Mary Chapman Siân Collins Ranita Klimach Megan Hill Callum Ellis Elliott Howley Eddie Morgan Joshua Mountford Cameron McDonnell Peter Roberts Violin II Jack Pilcher May Samuel Walker Yu-Mien Sun (principal) Basses Chris McKay Anna Maria Olsson Danny Vassallo (principal) Oliver Sourbut William Chadwick Harry Atkinson Lizzi Tocknell Charlotte Strivens Patrick Phillip Anthea Ma Chris Dickenson Trumpets Harriet French Thomas Webb Gideon Brooks Jinpo Xiang Lucy Edmunds Eric Brookes Ann Lu Madi Edinger Mathew Hampton Charlotte Howdle Matthew Farrell Catherine Johnston Charlotte Sasse Alex Smith Holly Randhawa Flutes / Piccolos Helena Logah Eloise Kendall Trumpets / Cornets Georgina Hardy Elizabeth Meyer Matthew Frost Georgina Mabey Jonathan Sheppard Eloise Jones Flutes Nina Kumin Catherine Sazanova Tenor Trombones Ellena Taylor Savannah Bone ViolaS Joshua Large John Hird (principal) Oboes Joe Starbuck Matthew Johnstone Josh Hall Shang-Yang Sun Lauren Nicholls Bass Trombone William Croft Jennifer Wilkes James Blake William Harpum Woei Sim Chow Oboe / Cor Anglais Tuba Dominic Sterland Emma Cowper Owen Wallage David Millross Christopher Willoughby Clarinets Timpani / Percussion Gabriella Gemesi Lauren Brown Kizzy Brookes
15 facebook.com/thecbso twitter.com/thecbso City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Report of the trustees for the year ended 31 March 2014
The trustees are pleased to present their report Objectives and Activities together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2014. Principal Activity
The principal activity of the charity is to provide a wide access to Reference and Administrative details music for audiences and participants, within the West Midlands region and beyond, through its concert performances and its extensive Charity number: 506276 education and choral activities. Company number: 1262018 Registered Office: CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Mission and Objects Birmingham B1 2LF The mission of the charity is to offer musical excellence in Professional Advisers: performance and education, for the widest possible audiences, covering a broad repertoire including new music, via a family of Auditors - Baker Tilly UK Audit LLP, instrumental and choral ensembles, led by a world class symphony orchestra, which act as ambassadors for Birmingham, the West St Philips Point, Temple Row, Birmingham B2 5AF Midlands and the UK.
Bankers - HSBC Bank plc, The objects of the charity, as stated in its memorandum and articles, 130 New Street, Birmingham B2 4JU are:
Solicitors - SGH Martineau, • To carry on, as a going concern, the undertaking of the orchestra No. 1 Colmore Square, Birmingham B4 6AA known as the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
• To promote, maintain or improve musical education and to Insurance Brokers - JLT Speciality Limited, encourage the arts of music, mime, drama, singing and dancing. 3rd Floor, 45 Church Street, Birmingham B3 2RT • To undertake or assist in undertaking the organisation and Directors and trustees: management of bodies of musical performers, performances involving the playing of music, lectures in the studies of music, The directors of the charitable company (the charity) are other educational activities connected with music and bodies of its trustees for the purpose of charity law and throughout students or persons interested in music in any part of the world. this report are collectively referred to as the trustees. • To promote education in or the appreciation or practice of music, or the production of musical works, or the invention or The trustees serving during the year and since the year improvement of musical instruments or of any means of end were as follows: reproducing music, by financial or other inducements or awards.
Elected Trustees: Key Activities
Bridget Blow CBE (Chair) The strategy employed to achieve the charity’s objectives is to Charles Barwell OBE (Deputy Chairman) undertake the key activities listed below. Roger Cunningham (retired 7 November 2013) Diane Page (retired 7 November 2013) • Promoting concerts in Birmingham as the resident orchestra at Clive Bawden Symphony Hall, performing a wide range of music, including evening subscription concerts, a series of lighter symphonic Roger Pemberton repertoire on Friday nights, and schools, matinée and family concerts. John Osborn Jane Jarvis (appointed 7 November 2013) • Concert performances at other venues in the United Kingdom, Peter Sinclair (appointed 7 November 2013) including appearances at major arts festivals.
Nominated Trustees: • Concert performances around the world, acting as a cultural ambassador for the City of Birmingham. Sir Dexter Hutt (appointed 27 January 2014) Patrick Verwer (appointed 27 January 2014) • Regular broadcasting work on radio and television and the release of highly acclaimed CDs for a variety of recording companies.
Birmingham City Council Nominated Trustees: • An extensive education programme in schools and local communities, offering around 72,000 engagements each year, Cllr Matthew Gregson including a successful Youth Orchestra. Cllr Randal Brew • Running three unpaid professional choruses – one each for adults, Player Nominated Trustees: young people and children, as well as an unauditioned youth choir in partnership with Birmingham Music Service – which all perform with both the CBSO and other musical groups. Catherine Arlidge (resigned 11 July 2013) Joanna Patton (resigned 13 July 2014) • Management of CBSO Centre, which is the Orchestra’s rehearsal Julian Atkinson (appointed 11 July 2013) and administrative home, but also functions as a medium-scale John Tattersdill (appointed 13 July 2014) performance venue, and stages a series of mainly lunchtime chamber concerts by CBSO players as well as being let out to Company Secretary: Annmarie Wallis other arts organisations. Chief Executive: Stephen Maddock
Box Office 0121 345 0499 Book Online cbso.co.uk 16 Strategic Report • Our longest ever European tour in March 2014 performing 15 concerts in 11 different venues. The Trustees of the Charity are pleased to approve the following Strategic Report in their capacity as company directors. In addition, nine concerts were broadcast on BBC Radio 3 including a live performance of our August 2013 BBC Prom concert, with further overseas broadcasts in support of our touring activity. There were Achievements and Performance nine new recordings in the year including the final concerts in the Beethoven symphony cycle for Orfeo and all of the Mendelssohn The Orchestra gave 143 orchestral concerts during the year, the symphonies with Chandos. highest figure since records began. Once again the CBSO showed a strong commitment to new music and Just over half of these (73 concerts) were CBSO promotions in our living composers. The Orchestra gave world or national premieres of home at Symphony Hall, Birmingham. pieces by Hans Abrahamsen and Jonathan Harvey, and in addition we performed works by living composers including Colin Matthews, Highlights included: Rodion Shchedrin, Steve Reich and John Adams.
• Two concerts with world famous pianist Mitsuko Uchida, playing Meanwhile CBSO continued its extensive learning and participation music by Mozart and Messiaen. programme which engages annually with around 72,000 people across the West Midlands. At the centre of this work is a young talent • A performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, to mark the programme providing specialist training for gifted players and singers composer’s centenary. and strong engagement with schools and communities. The CBSO continues to be very involved with the Music Education Hubs working • A concert of music by the Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski, closely with all 13 West Midlands Music Education Hubs. Other to mark his centenary. highlights of the learning and participation programme included:
• A film music programme presented and curated by broadcaster • Three outstanding concerts by the CBSO Youth Orchestra and and critic Mark Kermode, with special guest Jeremy Irons, as part Academy, and flagship performances from the CBSO Youth and of a national tour. Children’s Choruses, including performances of Britten’s Spring Symphony in Birmingham and London. • A programme of music by Bollywood legend A R Rahman. • The continuation of our Key Stage 3 concerts providing all children • Two performances of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, in beginning secondary school in Birmingham with the opportunity to celebration of the work’s centenary; for the second concert hear the CBSO perform at Symphony Hall, in partnership with we were joined by star violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter in Dvorˇák’s Services for Education. Violin Concerto. • Ongoing involvement with the highly successful In Harmony • A cycle of Mendelssohn symphonies conducted by our Principal programme in schools across Telford and Stoke, funded by Arts Guest Conductor, Edward Gardner. Council England and in partnership with Manchester Camerata, Stoke & Staffordshire and Telford Music Education Hubs. • The beginning of our celebration of Richard Strauss’s 150th birthday, with performances of Don Juan and Four Last Songs • The inaugural performance by Birmingham University Singers with conducted by Andris Nelsons. the CBSO, in a Friday Night Classics Concert exploring the music of Gilbert & Sullivan under the baton of John Wilson. • Several successful concerts in our Friday Night Classics series, including a Harold Lloyd silent movie, a Frank Sinatra tribute, an • The development of the Sparks programme in partnership with the Abba Night and a Gilbert and Sullivan concert with John Wilson. 13 regional music services, providing over 100 gifted and talented young instrumentalists with inspirational master classes led by The Orchestra gave 48 performances at the CBSO Centre: 5 orchestral CBSO musicians. concerts for pupils in Key Stage 1, 15 Notelets concerts featuring small ensembles playing for children aged 3–5 and their families, • The expansion of the Stay Tuned schools programme with support 11 educational themed concerts and 17 Centre Stage concerts of from Deutsche Bank, building long-term partnerships with chamber music played by CBSO musicians. schools and working intensively with students in ten schools across Birmingham who have limited access to music provision. The Orchestra also performed 20 other concerts in the United Kingdom. These included a particularly strong presence in London: • A large-scale programme of work in Selly Oak schools to Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony at the Royal Festival Hall as part create a new musical and dramatic performance piece inspired by of their year-long series The Rest is Noise, Britten’s War Requiem at Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. St Paul’s Cathedral, our Mark Kermode tour at the Barbican Centre and our annual visit to the BBC Proms. We also gave summer festival • SO Vocal, the CBSO’s highly successful community choir in Selly performances at the Aldeburgh and Cheltenham Festivals; concerts Oak continued, enabling us to work with over 250 local residents in Gateshead, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham (twice), Reading and through weekly rehearsals leading to performances across the year. Manchester; and a series of performances at other venues in the West Midlands region, including Malvern and Warwick Arts Centre. • Notelets, the CBSO’s early years concert series, continued to go from strength to strength with a series of sell-out performances. The Orchestra made four overseas tours with Andris Nelsons in 2013–14: Financial Review • An eight-concert tour in May/June taking in Germany, Belgium and At £10m (2013: £8.5m) total incoming resources were in line with France and featuring performances of Britten’s War Requiem with expectations and reflected the significant increase in overseas the CBSO Chorus in Hannover, Dresden and Paris. touring activity during the year. The other principal funding sources of the charity were revenue grant income from Arts Council England • A short festival tour in August/September to Germany and of £2,172,170 and from Birmingham City Council of £1,423,623; Switzerland. sponsorship and donations of £700,745 received from trusts and from individual and corporate supporters; and other earned income from • The Orchestra’s first tour for 11 years to the Far East taking in charitable activities. Japan and Taiwan, and also including three concerts in Germany.
17 facebook.com/thecbso twitter.com/thecbso An additional Capital Grant totalling £188,319 was received from Arts ensure that the return on investments is maximised whilst having Council England towards the planned refurbishment of the Orchestra’s due regard to the risk profile of assets held. The next actuarial rehearsal and administrative home: CBSO Centre. This grant was valuation is due in April 2015. comprised of two elements: Alongside this we continue to plan an ambitious and exciting artistic • a £101k Development Grant which was awarded to support the programme, the highlights of which include: second stage of our Capital Grant application process and was spent during the year and • A War and Peace theme commemorating the World War 1 centenary.
• a further £87k which represents the first instalment of the Capital • A Shakespeare season delivered in partnership with Birmingham Grant itself and is being held in a separate restricted fund in line Royal Ballet. with the grant conditions. • CBSO:2020, a ten-year project exploring music composed in the Further support for this project totalling £277,000 was received during decade leading up to the Orchestra’s establishment in 1920. the year from other Trusts. These monies have been included within restricted funds; Capital grants and donations and been added to the • Shared festivals and themed series with other Birmingham arts existing restricted CBSO Centre Reserve. Building contractors were organisations. appointed in May 2014 and the building work will take place between May and September 2014 at a total cost of £1.83m. • Anniversary celebrations of Sibelius, Nielsen, Bernstein and other composers. The increase in touring activities was also responsible for the higher level of total resources expended: £9.5m (2013: £8.5m). This pattern Risk management of activity was as budgeted and also reflects an increase in recording activity with the Orchestra’s first studio sessions for some years. The trustees are aware of the need to assess the risks faced by The increase in CBSO Centre costs reflects the Development Grant the charity and respond in such a way as to manage those risks spending; whilst the lower Other cost is due to Endowment Fund appropriately. A risk register is maintained in which risks are scored donations going directly into the CBSO Development Trust rather than for likelihood and impact and appropriate risk management strategies via the CBSO. are established. Individual senior managers and Board committees are nominated to take responsibilities for each significant risk area. The The surplus for the year, as shown in the Income & Expenditure risk register is reviewed biannually by the Board and on a more regular account on page 14, was £113,360. This performance compares basis by the relevant Board committees. favourably to both that achieved in the previous year (a deficit of £18,325) and the charity’s budget which had again this year planned a The trustees consider that the major risks facing the charity are: draw on reserves. It represents a sixth successive year of on or better than budget performance and demonstrates the charity’s robust • Under funding of the (closed) CBSO Defined Benefit Pension Scheme; budget setting process and strong financial control. • The threat of reduced box office income; The charity continues to make good progress in building an Endowment Fund in which endeavour it is supported by Arts Council • The threat of reduced income from public funders, sponsors, England’s Catalyst award. This award provides match funding of trusts, foundations and individual givers; up to £1m for all monies received before the end of July 2015. The Endowment Fund is held separately from the charity’s assets and is • A significant increase in the cost of its use of Symphony Hall, its managed by the CBSO Development Trust. As at 31 March 2014 the main concert venue in Birmingham. fund stood at £498,600 (2013: £370,000) and since the balance sheet date it has received further pledges of support including a significant A focus on the relevant key performance indicators (KPIs) and good legacy donation of £150,000. To support its annual fundraising efforts, relationships with our key funders and suppliers ensure that these which are key to its future sustainability, the charity has continued to major risks are constantly monitored and appropriate corrective action invest in the size and skills of its Development team. taken. In addition we have a strong system of internal control and comprehensive management reporting processes which include: Following the completion of the April 2012 actuarial valuation of its (closed) defined benefits pension scheme there has been an increase • Consideration of all financial issues by the Finance Committee and in the level of the annual deficit payments into the scheme. This subsequent feedback to the Trustees. reflects the continued commitment of the charity to this scheme and maintains the previous recovery plan (as agreed in April 2009), which • Formal limits on staff members’ ability to authorise expenditure. aims to clear the deficit by May 2034. • Segregation of duties amongst members of staff in so far as it is Plans for future periods possible.
As part of its ongoing sustainability planning and to support its Reserves public funding grant applications the CBSO Board maintains a robust business planning cycle which covers the period up to its centenary in In accordance with best practice and Charity Commission guidance 2020. Our key priorities for the year ahead include: the charity maintains reserves in order to provide for contingencies that may arise in the future. This is particularly necessary given the • The appointment of a new Music Director to take over when Andris current public funding landscape and its dependence on a number of Nelsons leaves in July 2015. We have an expansive and robust variable income streams including a substantial level of ticket sales. search process in progress and given our excellent track record (with Andris, Sakari Oramo and Sir Simon Rattle before that); we are The trustees’ target range for reserves is between three to six attracting interest from a high calibre of candidates. months’ core costs, including costs associated with keeping its main Birmingham season operating at a viable level. Whilst the Trustees • Continued growth in our private sector income, building on acknowledge that its Accumulated Surplus may reduce in the short record levels of fundraising income in recent years and having term, as the charity works to replace the cuts in public funding, they made significant investments in both people and systems. have set a target for these reserves to be built up to the appropriate level by its centenary in 2020. • Completion of our refurbishment of CBSO Centre. At 31 March 2014 total reserves were £429,780 of which £3,492,705 • Careful management of our defined benefit pension scheme to were restricted and (£3,062,925) were unrestricted. Unrestricted
Box Office 0121 345 0499 Book Online cbso.co.uk 18 reserves are comprised of an Accumulated Surplus of £782,075 and a region has the opportunity to experience our work, regardless of age, deficit of £3,845,000 on the Pension Reserve. background or financial means. This is also informed by the priorities of our main public funders, including Birmingham City Council, who Investment Policy encourage the development of cultural activity into every area of Birmingham and aim to increase young people’s involvement in culture. The charity’s stated objective is that the real value of the assets and the income derived from them be maintained and enhanced over the We achieve this by: long term by investment in cash and other suitable investments in accordance with its future business plans and the annual budget that • offering substantial discounts on the price of concert tickets is approved by the Board of the CBSO. for families, students, and school children, and those in receipt of benefits. In order to meet these objectives the Trustees have appointed an investment adviser to manage its portfolio of cash and other suitable • working with community groups to provide free tickets and investments on an advisory basis. In the context of guidance issued by transport for vulnerable people living in disadvantaged areas who the Charity Commission, and following the appropriate assessments would not otherwise be able to attend CBSO concerts. the Board of the CBSO has instructed that the charity’s investments should be managed on a medium–low risk basis. • broadcasting our performances for free on radio and online, in partnership with BBC Radio 3 and others. The proportions of the Charity’s investments that are invested in cash, fixed income investments, structured investment products, and other • delivering a series of affordably-priced concerts specifically collectivised investment vehicles is reviewed with the appointed designed for families at Symphony Hall and for toddlers at CBSO investment adviser on a regular basis. Centre.
• targeting our learning and participation activity at schools and Public Funding and Going Concern communities where there are limited opportunities to get involved in cultural activity and where there are often multiple barriers to The charity is supported by grant aiding bodies. Revenue grant income participation. from this source amounted to £3,595,793, representing 36% (2013: 42%) of the charity’s total income. Further capital grants totalling • ensuring this participatory activity and our work with young £188,319 were received from Arts Council England during the year. musicians is free or heavily subsidised, to ensure financial barriers The charity is grateful for the support it receives from its public are removed. funders and works closely with both organisations to ensure that their funding objectives are met. • working in partnership with a range of organisations, including the 13 regional music services, Town Hall Symphony Hall, Birmingham Grants from Arts Council England are confirmed up to 31 March 2018, Conservatoire and the University of Birmingham to reach more at levels consistent with those currently received. The charity has a people. strong relationship with Arts Council England and during the financial year was successful in its Stage 2 Capital Fund application which, in • creating opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to addition to the monies already received, will provide a further £1.2m to perform in prestigious venues, often with the Orchestra, including support the refurbishment of the charity’s rehearsal and office space. regular events at Symphony Hall and performances at the BBC Proms. It also continues to benefit from participation in its Catalyst and Thrive strategic funding programmes. Structure, Governance and Management Grants from Birmingham City Council have been agreed for 2014–15 and 2015–16. Whilst these reflect a reduction of around 19% (£275k), Governing Document at around £1.1m this still demonstrates strong support for the work of the Orchestra and its role as an ambassador for the City. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is a company limited by guarantee governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Apart from its public funding, the CBSO has a broad range of other Association dated 7 June 1976 and amended by Special Resolutions income sources, including in most years the highest ticket sales dated 27 September 1994, 13 September 2000 and 31 July 2001. It income of any UK orchestra, and it is not critically dependant on any is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission. Anyone over other single organisation for funding. A number of sponsorship and the age of 18 can become a member, and there are currently 442 other funding agreements are in place which run for 12 months after members, each of whom agrees to contribute 50p in the event of the the balance sheet date. In addition to performances at Symphony Hall, charity winding up. a significant number of engagements including three overseas tours are confirmed for the coming 12 months. Organisation
As the charity has positive reserves, a significant cash balance, a The board of trustees, which can have up to 13 members, administers growing Endowment Fund as well as others sources of income and the charity. The board meets around eight times a year and there are the continued support of its major funders, the Trustees consider the Board committees covering Remuneration & Nominations, Human going concern basis to still be appropriate for the preparation of these Resources, Finance, Planning, Marketing, Learning & Participation financial statements. and an Artistic Forum and Fundraising Council. A Chief Executive is appointed by the trustees to manage the day-to-day operations of the Public Benefit charity.
In considering the strategies and policies of the charity the trustees Appointment of trustees have had due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission, in accordance with the Charities Act 2011. As set out in the Articles of Association, up to seven trustees are elected by the members, two are nominated by Birmingham City Our latest Business Plan continues to champion education, learning Council, two are elected by the players and two co-opted by the and audience/community engagement as key priorities and sets out Board. In addition, any casual vacancy among the elected trustees appropriate strategies and activities to enable us to deliver against our shall be filled by co-option by the Board. objectives in this area. Trustee induction and training A key priority is increased participation in musical activities across Birmingham and the West Midlands, ensuring that everyone in the New trustees undergo a thorough induction to brief them on their
19 facebook.com/thecbso twitter.com/thecbso legal obligations under charity and company law, the content of the Statement as to disclosure of information to auditors Memorandum and Articles of Association, the committee and decision making processes, and the budget and financial performance of The trustees who were in office on the date of approval of these the charity. During the induction process they meet key employees financial statements have confirmed, as far as they are aware, that and other trustees. Throughout their terms trustees are provided there is no relevant audit information of which the auditors are with regular updates on their duties as a trustee and general Charity unaware. Each of the trustees has confirmed that they have taken all governance and they are also encouraged to attend appropriate external the steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make training events which will assist them in carrying out their duties. themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that it has been communicated to the auditor. Connected Parties Auditors The CBSO Development Trust is a separate charitable trust established in 1994, the principal objective of which is to make A resolution will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting that donations to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at the Baker Tilly UK Audit LLP be re-appointed as auditors to the charity for discretion of its trustees. the ensuing year.
Following the successful application, by the CBSO, to Arts Council Acknowledgements England’s Catalyst Endowment Scheme, it has been agreed that the CBSO Development Trust will act as the vehicle for this and other The Board of the CBSO would like to express its deep appreciation Endowment monies. The Catalyst Endowment Fund provides for to the large number of people and organisations that support the funding, of up to £1m, to match gifts secured by the Trust, either activities of the Orchestra. Primary amongst these are: directly or via the CBSO, by July 2015. This, together with the CBSO’s centenary focused Endowment giving initiatives, will generate an • Arts Council England through their National Portfolio, Catalyst, increase in both the CBSO Development Trust’s activities and its assets. Capital and Thrive programmes;
During the year the CBSO Pension Trustee Limited was incorporated • Birmingham City Council who have provided continued Revenue to act as the corporate trustee for the CBSO Defined Benefit Pension Funding and other support; Scheme. • The CBSO’s major Donors, Chair Endowers, Music Director Circle Trustee Liability Insurance members, Patrons and Friends;
The charity holds Trustee Liability insurance on behalf of its Directors • The Orchestra’s corporate members and supporters; and Officers at a cost of £3,740 (2013: £3,615). • Trusts and Foundations who generously support our Learning & Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the financial Participation programmes; statements • The City of Birmingham Orchestral Endowment Fund; The trustees (who are also directors of City of Birmingham Symphony • Members of the CBSO Development Trust and Fundraising Council. Orchestra) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United The board is also appreciative of the deep commitment of the Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Orchestra’s musicians, administrative staff and volunteers who help to Accounting Practice). maintain its standing as a word-class orchestra. Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements This report, incorporating the Strategic Report, was approved by the for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of trustees on 14 July 2014. affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure of By order of the trustees the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
• observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; Bridget Blow CBE (Chair) • make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
• prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charity’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
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We have audited the financial statements of City of opinion ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for the year ended 31 March 2014 on pages 22 to 37. The financial reporting In our opinion the financial statements: framework that has been applied in their preparation is • give a true and fair view of the state of the applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards charitable company’s affairs as at 31 March 2014 (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, This report is made solely to the charitable company’s for the year then ended; members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of • have been properly prepared in accordance with Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable Practice; and company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the • have been prepared in accordance with the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume Companies Act 2006. responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company’s members as a body, for our opinion ON OTHER MATTER PRESCRIBED BY THE audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. COMPANIES ACT 2006
Respective responsibilities of TRUSTEES and In our opinion the information given in the Trustees’ Report Auditor and the incorporated Strategic Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees’ with the financial statements. responsibilities set out on page 20, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes MATTERS ON WHICH WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT BY of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the EXCEPTION financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, Our responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on the in our opinion: financial statements in accordance with applicable law and • the charitable company has not kept adequate International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those accounting records, or returns adequate for our standards require us to comply with the Auditing Practices audit have not been received from branches not Board’s (APB’s) Ethical Standards for Auditors. visited by us; or
• the financial statements are not in agreement with SCOPE OF THE AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS the accounting records and returns; or
A description of the scope of an audit of financial statements • certain disclosures of trustees’ remuneration is provided on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at specified by law are not made; or www.frc.org.uk/auditscopeukprivate • we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
25 July 2014 MICHAEL HUGGINS (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of BAKER TILLY UK AUDIT LLP, Statutory Auditor St Philips Point Temple Row Birmingham B2 5AF
21 facebook.com/thecbso twitter.com/thecbso City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Statement of Financial Activities including a Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses for the year ended 31 March 2014
2014 2013 £ £ £ £ Incoming Resources Notes Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total Funds Total Funds
Incoming Resources from Generated Funds: Sponsorship and Donations 558,160 142,585 700,745 730,866 Investment Income: Interest Received 16,345 - 16,345 28,847 Grant Income: Arts Council England - Grant 2,172,170 - 2,172,170 2,168,416 Birmingham City Council - Grant 1,423,623 - 1,423,623 1,423,623 Other: Capital Grants and Donations - 465,319 465,319 - Sub-Total 4,170,298 607,904 4,778,202 4,351,752
Incoming Resources from Charitable Activities: Birmingham Concerts and other UK Promotions 2,229,027 - 2,229,027 2,113,403 Engagements United Kingdom 483,127 - 483,127 635,397 Engagements Abroad 2,009,928 25,000 2,034,928 890,298 Broadcasting and Recording Income 94,410 - 94,410 94,267 Learning & Participation Income 40,093 68,214 108,307 107,348 Chorus Income 161,317 - 161,317 209,316 CBSO Centre Income 113,625 - 113,625 106,316 Sundry Receipts - - - 688 Disposal of Fixed Assets - - - 3,950 Sub-Total 5,131,527 93,214 5,224,741 4,160,983
TOTAL Incoming Resources 9,301,825 701,118 10,002,943 8,512,735
resources expended
Costs of Generating Funds Fundraising and Marketing Costs 2 758,352 - 758,352 761,187
Costs of Charitable Activities: Birmingham Concerts and other UK Promotions 4,407,153 - 4,407,153 4,709,718 Engagements United Kingdom 557,088 - 557,088 823,088 Engagements Abroad 2,579,350 55,985 2,635,335 1,170,929 Broadcasting and Recording 171,464 - 171,464 51,300 Learning & Participation 125,946 179,814 305,760 280,150 Chorus 246,979 - 246,979 302,871 CBSO Centre 123,074 101,237 224,311 121,441 Other 33,757 - 33,757 168,182 Total Costs of Charitable Activities 3 8,244,811 337,036 8,581,847 7,627,679
Governance Costs 4 171,209 - 171,209 162,064
Pension Finance 14 7,000 - 7,000 (29,000)
total resources expended 9,181,372 337,036 9,518,408 8,521,930 net INCOME / (DEFICIT) for the Year 120,453 364,082 484,535 (9,195)
gross transfers between funds 5 125,920 (125,920) - - net incoming / (outgoing) resources 246,373 238,162 484,535 (9,195) before other recognised gains & losses
actuarial LOSSES on defined (618,000) - (618,000) (622,000) benefit pension SCHEME 14
net movement of funds in year (371,627) 238,162 (133,465) (631,195)
Box Office 0121 345 0499 Book Online cbso.co.uk 22 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2014 (continued)
2014 2013 £ £ £ £ Notes Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total Funds Total Funds
net movement of funds in year (371,627) 238,162 (133,465) (631,195)
reconciliation of funds Total funds brought forward as reported 5 (2,691,298) 3,254,543 563,245 1,194,440
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 5 (3,062,925) 3,492,705 429,780 563,245
All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities. All gains and losses recognised in the year are included above.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Statutory Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 March 2014
2014 2013 £ £ Total Funds Total Funds
INCOME 9,622,516 8,483,888
OPERATING COSTS 9,518,411 8,521,930
OPERATING SURPLUS / (DEFICIT) 104,105 (38,042)
Investment Income 9,255 19,717
surplus / (deficit) on ordinary activities for the year 113,360 (18,325)
The summary income and expenditure account is derived from the Statement of Financial Activities on page 22 which, together with the notes to the accounts on pages 26 to 37 provides full information on the movements during the year on all the funds of the charity.
No separate statement of total recognised gains and losses is required as all gains and losses recognised in the period are included in the Statement of Financial Activities.
All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
Surplus on ordinary activities shown above differs from the Net Movement in funds shown in the Statement of Financial Activities by excluding restricted capital funds income of £364,082 (2013: £nil), unrealised gains on investment income of £7,090 (2013: £9,130) and actuarial losses on Defined Benefit Pension Scheme of £618,000 (2013: £622,000).
Income differs from the total incoming resources shown in the Statement of Financial Activities by excluding restricted capital funds income of £364,082 (2013: £nil), unrealised gains on investment income of £7,090 (2013: £9,130) and investment income of £9,255 (2013: £19,717).
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2014 2013 £ £ £ £ Notes fixed assets Tangible Assets 9 3,208,159 3,182,203
CURRENT ASSETS Stock and Work in Progress 10 44,619 60,440 Debtors 11 1,257,072 689,587 Investments 12 107,040 200,980 Short Term Deposits - 214,624 Cash and Bank Balances 1,123,727 1,032,804 2,532,458 2,198,435 CREDITORS - Amounts falling due within one year 13 (1,465,837) (1,287,393)
NET CURRENT ASSETS 1,066,621 911,042
NET ASSETS EXCLUDING PENSION LiabilitY 4,274,780 4,093,245
DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION SCHEME LIABILITY 14 (3,845,000) (3,530,000)
NET ASSETS INCLUDING PENSION LIABILITY 429,780 563,245 REPRESENTED BY CHARITABLE FUNDS Restricted Funds: CBSO Centre Reserve 5 3,279,431 3,089,862 Arts Council Capital Grant 5 87,082 - Capital Equipment Reserve 5 29,928 57,920 Youth Orchestra Reserve 5 96,264 106,761 3,492,705 3,254,543 Unrestricted Funds: Accumulated Surplus 5 782,075 838,702 Unrestricted Funds excluding Pension Reserve 782,075 838,702 Pension Reserve 5 (3,845,000) (3,530,000) (3,062,925) (2,691,298) total FUNDS 5 429,780 563,245
Bridget Blow CBE, Clive Bawden Trustees Approved by the trustees and authorised for issue on 14 July 2014
Box Office 0121 345 0499 Book Online cbso.co.uk 24 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Cash Flow Statement for the year ended 31 March 2014
2014 2013 £ £
net cash FLOW from operating activities (80,257) (95,843) return on investments 9,255 19,717 capital expenditure (153,729) (10,833) Disposal of fixed assets - 3,950 management of liquid funds Disposal of Investments 101,030 - Movement in Short Term Deposits 214,624 294,489 INCREASE in cash 90,923 211,480
reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net FUNDS Increase in Cash 90,923 211,480 Movement in Investments (93,940) 9,130 Movement in short term deposits (214,624) (294,489) Movement in Net Funds (217,641) (73,879) Net Funds at 1 April 2013 1,448,408 1,522,287 Net Funds at 31 March 2014 1,230,767 1,448,408
Notes to the Cash Flow Statement
2014 2013 £ £
a) NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Net outgoing resources before interest and market value movement (149,810) (660,042) Depreciation 127,773 130,078 Profit on Sale of Fixed Assets - (3,950) (Increase) / Decrease in debtors (567,485) 635,084 Decrease / (Increase) in stocks 15,821 (25,464) Increase / (Decrease) in creditors 178,444 (481,549) Increase in pension provision 315,000 310,000 (80,257) (95,843)
b) RETURN ON INVESTMENTS Interest receivable 9,255 19,717 Unrealised gain on investment 7,090 9,130 16,345 28,847 c) CAPITAL EXPENDITURE Payments to acquire tangible fixed assets (153,729) (10,833)
d) ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS At 1 April Cash Flow Non-cash At 31 March 2013 Movement 2014 £ £ £ £ Investments 200,980 (101,030) 7,090 107,040 Short term deposits 214,624 (214,624) - - Cash 1,032,804 90,923 - 1,123,727 1,448,408 (224,731) 7,090 1,230,767
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1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BASIS OF PREPARATION TAXATION
The financial statements have been The charitable activities of the company are not prepared under the historical cost subject to taxation, therefore no provision for taxation is required. convention, as amended for the revaluation of investment assets, in INCOMING RESOURCES accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice “Accounting • Incoming resources are stated net of value and Reporting by Charities” (SORP 2005) added tax and represent amounts invoiced to third parties and amounts receivable from issued in March 2005, the going concern members and donors. basis (see page 19), applicable UK • Income relating to concert performances is Accounting Standards and the Companies credited to the income account when the Act 2006. concert has been performed. • Income received in respect of future periods is deferred until such time as the charity has FIXED ASSETS AND DEPRECIATION entitlement • Gift aid donations are inclusive of recoverable Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets income tax. at rates calculated to write off the cost of each • Income from legacies is credited to the income asset evenly over its expected useful life as follows: account when the charity is legally entitled to the income, and the amount can be quantified Long Term Leasehold Property 50 years with reasonable accuracy. Technical & Stage Equipment 5 years Works of Art 10 years GRANTS RECEIVABLE Computer Equipment 3–5 years Motor Vehicles 4–7 years Grants of a revenue nature are credited to income Musical equipment 10 years in the period to which they relate.
Assets under construction are not depreciated until Grants of a capital nature are credited to a they are brought into use. restricted fund account and taken to income over the useful economic life of the asset in line with In line with the company’s capitalisation policy, depreciation. assets purchased with a value of less than £1,000 are written off in full in the year of purchase. RESOURCES EXPENDED The carrying values of tangible fixed assets are reviewed for impairment if events or changes in • All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals circumstances indicate that the carrying value may basis, and has been classified under headings not be recoverable. All tangible assets are held for that aggregate all costs related to that use by the charity. category. • Costs of Generating Funds are Fundraising and Marketing costs, which are incurred in STOCKS and work in progress raising funds for the charity and marketing its activities. Stocks, consisting of recordings and promotional • Costs of Charitable Activities include items, are stated at the lower of cost and net expenditure on the maintenance of the realisable value. Cost is defined as purchases on a Orchestra, staging concerts, broadcasting and first in first out basis. recording activities, learning & participation and chorus activities and activities at CBSO Work in progress, consisting of expenditure on CD Centre. They include both the direct and recordings not yet released, is stated at cost. support costs related to those activities. Orchestra costs have been allocated on the basis of the number of working days relating to INVESTMENTS each activity. • Governance costs represent direct and support Investments are included at market value at the costs incurred in the governance of the year end. Gains and losses on revaluation of charity and its assets and include Company investments are included in the Statement of Secretarial and Board expenses, audit, legal Financial Activities. and professional charges.
Box Office 0121 345 0499 Book Online cbso.co.uk 26 • Support costs include central functions and PENSIONS have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of The charity’s Defined Benefit Pension Scheme was resources. Staff costs have been allocated by closed on 30 September 2010 and all remaining time spent and other costs by their usage. contributing members became deferred members on that date. LIABILITIES Following the adoption of FRS 17, the regular Liabilities are recognised when either a service cost of providing retirement benefits to constructive or legal obligation exists. employees during the year is charged to costs of charitable activities in the year. TRANSLATION OF FOREIGN A charge within pension finance costs represents CURRENCIES the expected increase in the liabilities of the retirement benefit scheme during the year. This Transactions denominated in foreign currencies arises from the liabilities of the scheme being one are translated at the rate of exchange on the year closer to payment. This is netted off by a credit day the transaction occurs. Assets and liabilities representing the expected return on the assets of denominated in foreign currencies are translated the retirement benefit scheme during the year. This at the exchange rate ruling at the balance sheet is based on the market value of the assets of the date. Exchange differences are included in the scheme at the start of the financial year. Statement of Financial Activities. The difference between the market value of assets IRRECOVERABLE VAT and the present value of accrued pension liabilities is shown as an asset or liability in the balance sheet. All resources expended are classified under activity headings that aggregate all costs related to that Differences between actual and expected returns category. Irrecoverable VAT is charged against the on assets during the year are recognised in the category of resources expended for which it was statement of total recognised gains and losses incurred. in the year (incorporated into the Statement of Financial Activities), together with differences FUNDS arising from changes in assumptions.
General funds are unrestricted funds which are DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PENSION available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity SCHEME and which have not been designated for other purposes. Pension contributions are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities as they become payable. Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by LIQUID RESOURCES/FUNDS the donors. The costs of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. Liquid resources comprise current asset The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out investments and short term deposits that can be in the notes to the financial statements. readily converted into cash.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds which have been designated for specific purposes by the trustees.
2. COSTS OF GENERATING FUNDS 2014 2013 Notes £ £ Concert marketing and advertising 316,856 334,089 Fundraising expenses 70,136 48,900
Total Direct costs 386,992 382,989
Support Costs 4 371,360 378,198
Total Costs of Generating Funds 758,352 761,187
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3. costS of CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
Birmingham Engagements Engagements Broadcasting Learning & Notes Concerts UK Abroad & Recording Participation
COSTS OF PRODUCTION £ £ £ £ £ & PERFORMANCE
Maintenance of orchestra Basic Salaries 1,820,346 247,666 470,566 37,150 - Other Salaries 37,559 5,110 9,709 767 - Orchestra Staff Salaries 89,059 12,117 23,022 1,818 - Extra Players 574,238 78,128 148,442 11,719 - National Insurance 185,526 25,242 47,959 3,786 - Pensions 42,083 5,725 10,878 859 - Permanent Disability Insurance 19,655 2,674 5,081 401 - Players’ Instrument Insurance 16,851 2,293 4,356 344 - Total Maintenance of Orchestra 2,785,317 378,955 720,013 56,844 -
Concert Expenses Artists’ Fees 607,215 82,614 - 12,392 - Travelling & Subsistence 55,058 7,491 - 1,124 - Expenditure Abroad - - 1,678,209 - - Hire of Halls & Rehearsal Expenses 345,683 - - - - Chorus - - - - - Box Office Commission 208,808 - - - - Merchandise for Resale - - - - - Library, Music & Instruments 70,813 9,634 18,305 1,445 - Instrument Van Expenses 11,771 1,602 3,043 240 - Learning & Participation - - - - 177,788 Media Expenses - - - 69,994 - Other Expenses 6,678 909 1,726 136 - Total Concert Expenses 1,306,026 102,250 1,701,283 85,331 177,788
Total Costs of Production & Performance 4,091,343 481,205 2,421,296 142,175 177,788
Support Costs 4 315,811 75,883 214,040 29,289 127,972
Total Costs of Charitable Activities 4,407,154 557,088 2,635,336 171,464 305,760
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£ £ £ £ £
- - - 2,575,728 2,570,672 - - - 53,145 43,811 - - - 126,016 136,751 - - - 812,527 655,585 - - - 262,513 268,457 - - - 59,545 46,298 - - - 27,811 25,090 - - - 23,844 21,691 - - - 3,941,129 3,768,355
- - - 702,221 865,428 - - - 63,673 55,922 - - - 1,678,209 742,999 - - - 345,683 364,561 141,994 - - 141,994 176,956 - - - 208,808 206,930 - - 71 71 359 - - - 100,197 82,247 - - - 16,656 17,509 - - - 177,788 168,636 - - - 69,994 23,956 - - - 9,449 19,474 141,994 - 71 3,514,743 2,724,977
141,994 - 71 7,455,872 6,493,332
104,986 224,311 33,686 1,125,978 1,134,347
246,980 224,311 33,757 8,581,850 7,627,679
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4. SUPPORT COSTS Support costs are allocated as follows:
Birmingham Engagements Engagements Broadcasting & Learning & Concerts UK Abroad Recording Participation
£ £ £ £ £
Salaries 117,088 32,057 40,148 19,259 106,900 National Insurance 10,394 2,846 3,564 1,710 9,490 Pensions 1,474 404 505 243 1,347 Permanent Disability Insurance 1,337 366 459 220 1,221 Rent, Rates & Service Charge 34,911 7,567 31,871 1,479 1,696 Maintenance of buildings & equipment 39,712 8,607 36,254 1,682 1,930 Stationery, postage & telephone 11,741 2,545 10,719 497 570 Insurance 13,532 2,933 12,353 573 658 Professional charges - - - - - Motor & travelling expenses 3,595 779 3,282 152 175 Finance & credit card charges 2,248 487 2,052 95 109 Depreciation 48,065 10,418 43,880 2,036 2,335 General Expenses 21,259 4,608 19,408 900 1,033 CBSO Centre 10,455 2,266 9,545 443 508 Total Support Costs 315,811 75,883 214,040 29,289 127,972
5. RESERVES Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted CBSO Arts Council Youth Capital Overseas Centre Capital Grant Orchestra Equipment Reserve Reserve Reserve Reserve
£ £ £ £ £
Balances as at 31 March 2013 3,089,862 - 106,761 57,920 - Total incoming resources 277,000 188,319 - - 55,985 Total resources expended (87,431) (101,237) (10,497) (27,992) (55,985) Actuarial loss on pension scheme - - - - - Balances as at 31 March 2014 3,279,431 87,082 96,264 29,928 -
The CBSO Centre Reserve comprises amounts received by grant and used to fund the building of CBSO Centre. In accordance with applicable accounting standards, the grants, being deferred capital grants, are being reduced over the useful life of the asset, in line with its depreciation.
During the year the CBSO made a successful bid for an Arts Council Capital Grant and received monies from both ACE and other external Trust bodies to support its plans to enhance the CBSO Centre facility. In line with the ACE grant offer monies received from this source are shown as a separate restricted reserve whilst monies received from other Trusts are included within the existing restricted CBSO Centre reserve. The amount expended during the year on the Arts Council Capital Grant relates to monies awarded as a separate Development Grant which was spent before the Capital Grant was made.
The Youth Orchestra Reserve comprises funds donated by the Midland Youth Orchestra and a subsequent legacy, to be used in support of the activities of the CBSO Youth Orchestra.
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£ £ £ £ £ £ £
82,278 102,100 12,209 281,311 80,313 873,663 840,619 7,304 9,064 1,084 24,973 7,130 77,559 78,173 1,036 1,286 154 3,542 1,011 11,002 9,314 940 1,166 139 3,213 917 9,978 8,576 2,527 1,780 - 10,975 - 92,806 93,870 2,874 103,261 - 12,484 - 206,804 94,411 850 599 - 3,691 - 31,212 34,420 979 690 - 4,254 - 35,972 30,989 - - - - 81,838 81,838 81,166 260 183 - 1,130 - 9,556 14,260 163 115 - 707 - 5,976 5,552 3,479 2,450 - 15,110 - 127,773 130,077 1,539 1,084 20,100 6,683 - 76,614 213,695 757 533 - 3,287 - 27,794 39,487 104,986 224,311 33,686 371,360 171,209 1,668,547 1,674,609
Restricted Unrestricted Unrestricted Education Accumulated Pension Total Reserve Surplus Reserve Reserves
£ £ £ £
- 838,702 (3,530,000) 563,245 179,814 9,301,825 - 10,002,943 (179,814) (9,358,452) 303,000 (9,518,408) - - (618,000) (618,000) - 782,075 (3,845,000) 429,780
The Capital Equipment Reserve comprises amounts received by grants and donations to fund the purchase of fixed assets. In accordance with applicable accounting standards, these monies, being deferred capital grants, are being reduced over the useful life of the assets, in line with their depreciation.
The Overseas Reserve represents monies from Trusts and Corporate Sponsors to fund our overseas tour to Japan and the Far East.
The Education Reserve represents monies received from Trusts, Foundations and Corporate Sponsors to fund our learning and participation work in schools and the wider community.
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5. RESERVES continued...
The analysis of net assets between funds is as follows:
Restricted Unrestricted Total Funds Funds Funds £ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 3,309,359 (101,200) 3,208,159 Other net assets / (liabilities) 183,346 (2,961,725) (2,778,379) Total net assets / (liabilities) 3,492,705 (3,062,925) 429,780
The following transfers were made in the year from Restricted Funds to Accumulated Surplus: Transfer from CBSO Centre Reserve to match depreciation on the assets (87,431) Transfer from Youth Orchestra Reserve as a contribution to expenditure on the Youth Orchestra (10,497) Transfer from Capital Equipment Reserve to match depreciation on the assets (27,992) Total transfers to Accumulated Surplus (125,920)
6. AUDITORS’ REMUNERATION The auditors’ remuneration for the year of £11,400 (2013: £11,050) related solely to the audit, with additional taxation, £1,400 (2013: £3,480) and IT consultancy work £9,750 (2013: £nil) undertaken.
7. EMPLOYMENT COSTS 2014 2013 £ £
Wages & Salaries 3,628,552 3,591,853 Social Security Costs 340,072 346,630 Other Pension Costs 70,547 55,612 4,039,171 3,994,095
The average weekly number of staff was 108 (2013: 106) made up as follows: No. No.
Office and Management 33 33 Orchestra 75 73 108 106
The number of employees whose emoluments amounted to over £60,000 in the year was as follows:
£90,001–£100,000 1 1
Pension benefits are provided in accordance with the charity’s Stakeholder pension arrangements.
8. EMOLUMENTS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES Members of the Board of Trustees donate their services to the Company and accordingly no remuneration is paid. No expenses have been paid to Trustees in the year. A Trustee Indemnity Insurance premium of £3,740 was paid in the year (2013: £3,615).
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FIXED ASSETS Long Term Assets Technical Works of Computer Motor Musical Total Leasehold Under & Stage Art Equipment Vehicles Equipment Property Construction Equipment £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Cost At 1 April 2013 4,371,534 - 224,812 51,398 71,178 131,295 256,657 5,106,874 Additions - 58,032 - - 82,206 - 13,491 153,729 Disposals - - (3,209) - (59,685) - (5,135) (68,029) At 31 March 2014 4,371,534 58,032 221,603 51,398 93,699 131,295 265,013 5,192,574
Depreciation At 1 April 2013 1,281,671 - 177,888 51,398 70,148 115,024 228,542 1,924,671 Charge for the year 87,430 - 13,770 - 2,450 16,271 7,852 127,773 Disposals - - (3,209) - (59,685) - (5,135) (68,029) At 31 March 2014 1,369,101 - 188,449 51,398 12,913 131,295 231,259 1,984,415
Net Book Value At 31 March 2014 3,002,433 58,032 33,154 - 80,786 - 33,754 3,208,159 At 31 March 2013 3,089,863 - 46,924 - 1,030 16,271 28,115 3,182,203
10. STOCK AND WORK IN PROGRESS 2014 2013 £ £
Stock 3,366 3,584 Work in Progress 41,253 56,856 44,619 60,440
11. debtors 2014 2013 £ £
Trade Debtors 108,309 237,997 Other Debtors 120,621 89,536 Prepayments & Accrued Income 1,028,142 362,054 1,257,072 689,587
12. INVESTMENTS 2014 2013 £ £ Market value at 1 April 200,980 191,850 Disposal of investment (101,030) - Net gain on revaluation 7,090 9,130 Market value at 31 March 107,040 200,980
The Charity holds a £100,000 investment note with maturity date of 3 June 2014.
The purchase of this note is in line with the Charity’s investment policy which looks to enhance the overall return on its assets.
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13. creditors Amounts falling due within one year
2014 2013 £ £
Trade Creditors 406,471 655,600 Other taxation and social security costs - 897 Accruals and Deferred Income 1,059,366 630,896 1,465,837 1,287,393
Deferred Income £ £
At 1 April 201,668 318,699 Additional Income Deferred 228,711 201,668 Released to Statement of Financial Activities (201,668) (318,699) At 31 March 228,711 201,668
Deferred Income consists of ticket income for future Birmingham concerts and other earned income received in advance.
Included within creditors is £26,000 (2013: £23,652) of unpaid company pension contributions. This was paid across to the CBSO Pension Scheme in April 2014 in accordance with permitted timescales.
14. pensions
An approximate actuarial valuation of the Defined Benefit Scheme was carried out by a qualified independent actuary as at 31 March 2014. The major financial assumptions used by the actuary were:
31 March 2014 31 March 2013
Discount rate (% p.a.) 4.50% 4.40% Salary increase rate (% p.a.) 2.30% 2.80% Rate of revaluation in deferment (% p.a.) - CPI max 5% p.a. 2.30% 2.00% - CPI max 2.5% p.a. 2.10% 2.00% Pension increase rate (% p.a.) - RPI, capped at 5% p.a. 3.20% 2.80% - RPI, capped at 3% p.a. 2.50% 2.40% - RPI, capped at 2.5% p.a. 2.30% 2.20% - CPI, capped at 2.5% p.a. 2.10% 2.00% Price Inflation rate (% p.a.) 3.20% 2.80% Consumer inflation rate (% p.a.) 2.30% 2.00% Expected return on Scheme assets (% p.a.) 5.35% 5.20%
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The overall expected rate of return on assets is the actuary’s best estimate of returns expected over the period from dividends, interest and capital gains.
31 March 2014 31 March 2013 Life expectancy at age 65: Current Pensioners - Men 21 21 Current Pensioners - Women 24 24 Future Pensioners now 40 - Men 23 23 Future Pensioners now 40 - Women 26 26
The fair value of the assets of the Scheme and the expected rates of return were:
31 March 2014 31 March 2013 Expected Rate £’000 Expected Rate £’000 of Return of Return
Target Return 5.80% 5,168 5.30% 5,001 Equities 6.30% 4,250 7.20% 3,935 Property 5.80% 2,539 6.50% 2,265 Bonds - UK index-linked gilts 3.50% 1,753 2.70% 1,838 Bonds - Corporate 4.50% 4,435 4.10% 4,955 Insurance Policies Cash 3.50% 220 2.70% 220 3.00% 115 0.50% 43
Balance Sheet 31 March 2014 31 March 2013 £’000 £’000
Fair Value of Scheme Assets 18,480 18,257 Present value of Scheme liabilities (22,325) (21,787) Deficit in Scheme (3,845) (3,530)
In addition, the Trustees held insured annuities. The value of these annuities has been included in both the assets and the liabilities since the liability is matched directly by an asset of equal value.
The Scheme does not invest in the employer’s own property or other assets.
The employer’s best estimate of company contributions to be paid in respect of the Scheme during the financial year ending 31 March 2015 is £320,000.
FRS 17 requires the projected unit method to be used to determine liabilities.
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14. pensions continued...
Amount charged to Statement of Financial Activities 31 March 2014 31 March 2013 £’000 £’000
Interest on Scheme liabilities 947 910 Expected return on Scheme assets (940) (939) Total Expense 7 (29)
Actual Return on Scheme Assets 679 2,130 Changes in present value of the defined benefit obligation At beginning of period 21,787 19,855 Interest cost 947 910 Actuarial losses 357 1,813 Benefits paid (766) (791) At end of period 22,325 21,787 Changes in fair value of the Scheme assets At beginning of period 18,257 16,635 Expected return on assets 940 939 Employer contributions 310 283 Actuarial (losses) / gains (261) 1,191 Benefits paid (766) (791) At end of period 18,480 18,257
Recognition in the STRGL Actual return less expected return on Scheme assets (261) 1,191 Experience gains & losses arising on Scheme liabilities - (800) Change in assumptions underlying present value of Scheme liabilities (357) (1,013) Net actuarial losses recognised in the period (618) (622)
History of experience gains and losses 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 Experience arising on Scheme liabilities Amount - (800) (75) (544) 507 % of present value of funded obligations 0.0% (3.7%) (0.1%) (3.0%) 2.9%
Experience arising on Scheme assets Amount (261) 1,191 (72) 178 1,986 % of Scheme assets (1.4%) 6.5% (0.4%) 1.1% 13.3% Total amount recognised in Statement of Total Recognised Gains & Losses Amount (618) (622) (1,216) 70 (1,203) % of present value of funded obligations (2.8%) (2.9%) (6.1%) 0.4% (7.0%)
Present value of Scheme liabilities (22,325) (21,787) (19,855) (18,139) (17,229) Fair value of Scheme assets 18,480 18,257 16,635 15,927 14,972 Deficit in the Scheme (3,845) (3,530) (3,220) (2,212) (2,257)
Box Office 0121 345 0499 Book Online cbso.co.uk 36 15. CAPITAL COMMITMENTs
At the balance sheet date, there were capital commitments in respect of the refurbishment of CBSO Centre of £nil (2013: £nil).
16. RELATED PARTIES
The following trustees during the year were nominated by Birmingham City Council, a major public funder of the charity: Cllr M Gregson and Cllr R Brew.
The CBSO Development Trust, a separately governed charitable trust, is a connected party whose principal objective is to make donations to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at the discretion of its Trustees. At the balance sheet date the Trust’s net assets were £910,800 (2013: £802,400) largely comprising cash balances. The increase in cash balances during the year is due to the receipt of Endowment donations, of which £10,050 was donated by the CBSO (2013: £155,000), and matched funding from Arts Council England under its Catalyst programme.
On 22 April 2013 The CBSO Pension Trustee Limited was incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of the charity. The CBSO Pension Trustee Limited acts as the corporate trustee for the charity’s defined benefit pension scheme. Other than the issue of one £1 share there have been no transactions during the year and thus The CBSO Pension Trustee Limited is not consolidated within these accounts.
17. POST BALANCE SHEET EVENT
On 16 May 2014 the charity signed a contract with Speller Metcalf for £1.3m as part of their planned CBSO Centre refurbishment project.
The total cost of the project which includes improvements to the main concert/ rehearsal auditorium, essential repairs and energy saving changes is £1.83m. Funding for the project has been provided by Arts Council England under their large capital grant programme a condition of which was the granting of a legal charge over CBSO Centre for a period of 20 years from 15 May 2014.
Further funding for the project was provided by Garfield Weston Foundation, The Wolfson Foundation, Fidelity UK Foundation and Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust.
Works are well advanced and expected to be completed on schedule by end September 2014.
37 facebook.com/thecbso twitter.com/thecbso With grateful thanks to the CBSO’s Supporters as at 14 July 2014
CHAIR ENDOWERS Carolyn Crockett & Andrew Hardwick SIMON & MARGARET PAYTON in memory of Eileen Principal Double Bass (Julian Atkinson) MR M P & MRS J ADAMS Sub-Principal Cello (David Russell) Section Leader Cello (Eduardo Vassallo) ROGER PEMBERTON & MONICA PIROTTA MIKE & TINA DETHERIDGE Sub-Principal Viola (Angela Swanson) MISS J L ARTHUR Principal Percussion (Andrew Herbert) Tutti Double Bass (Julian Walters) JULIE AND TONY PHILLIPS DR JUDITH DEWSBURY Tutti Viola (Elizabeth Fryer) ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTS IN MEMORY OF TONY Section Leader Horn (Elspeth Dutch) Sub-Principal Cello (Kate Setterfield) MARGARET & ALAN ROGERS Principal Violin II (Moritz Pfister) LORD AUSTIN TRUST DR ANGELA O’FARRELL Principal Horn (Peter Dyson) Tutti Second Violin (Dianne Youngman) THE SAINTBURY TRUST Principal Trombone (Anthony Howe) Tutti Cello (Ian Ludford) ELISABETH FISHER John Bartlett & SheILa Beesley Principal Harp (Robert Johnston) GRAHAM SAXBY Principal Bass Clarinet (Mark O’Brien) Tutti Violin 2 (Austin Rowlands) GRIMMITT TRUST BETTY BARWELL Principal Contrabassoon PETER & SALLY-ANN SINCLAIR Tutti Violin 1 (David Gregory) (Margaret Cookhorn) Tutti Violin 1 (Ruth Lawrence)
THE BEVIS FOUNDATION DAVID & MARGARET HANDFORD MRS ELEANOR SINTON Second Horn (Peter Currie) Sub-Principal Cello (David Powell) Section Leader Percussion (Adrian Spillett)
ANN & ALAN BOND ALISON AND JAMIE JUSTHAM JERRY SYKES Section Leader Double Bass Section Leader Trombone (Edward Jones) Tutti Cello (Catherine Ardagh-Walter) (John Tattersdill) MRS T JUSTHAM IN MEMORY OF DAVID TENORS OF THE CBSO CHORUS JULIE BOWKER, IN MEMORY OF RONNIE Sub-Principal Violin 2 (Michael Seal) Principal Second Clarinet (Joanna Patton) Tutti Double Bass (Mark Doust) BERESFORD & KATE KING-SMITH Alan Titchmarsh mbe MRS JENNIFER BROOKS, Tutti Violin 2 (Heather Bradshaw) Leader (Laurence Jackson) IN MEMORY OF DAVID Tutti Violin 1 (Julia Åberg) LORRAINE & DAVID KNIBB SHERI TULLAH & JANET HILL Sub-Principal Violin 1 (Lena Zeliszewska) Sub-Principal Violin II (Graeme Littlewood) MARY BROWN, IN MEMORY OF NEVILLE Tutti Viola (Julian Robinson) Ian Lester BASIL & PATRICIA TURNER Tutti Double Bass (Mark Goodchild) Section Leader Flute (Marie-Christine ALLAN & JENNIFER BUCKLE Zupancic) Section Leader Trumpet (Jon Holland) VALERIE LESTER Tutti Cello (Jacqueline Tyler) THE DOUGLAS TURNER TRUST JILL S CADBURY Associate Leader (Zoë Beyers) Sub-Principal Double Bass (Charles Wall) MICHAEL LYNES Principal Bass Trombone (David Vines) Principal Cello (Richard Jenkinson) The Beatrice A V Cadman ROBERT WILSON Charitable Trust William & CAROL Mackinnon-Little Second Oboe (Emmet Byrne) Tutti Violin 1 (Robert Bilson) Principal Tuba (Graham Sibley) JOHN AND ANNA YELLAND CHARLES & SUE CAMERON-BAKER TIM MARSHALL Tutti Viola (Catherine Bower) Sub-Principal Double Bass (Thomas Millar) Tutti Violin 1 (Andrew Szirtes) MIKE AND JANE YEOMANS DR HELEN CHAMBERLAIN DEREK W MEAR & Maureen Al-kishtaini IN MEMORY OF JACK FIELD IN MEMORY OF ALLAN CHAMBERLAIN Sub-Principal Violin 1 (Colin Twigg) Sub-Principal Viola (Michael Jenkinson) Tutti Double Bass (Sally Morgan) MAURICE & SHEILA MILLWARD THE FOLLOWING PLAYERS ARE SUPPORTED GAY & TREVOR CLARKE Section Leader Viola (Christopher Yates) ANONYMOUSLY: Tutti Violin II (Bryony Morrison) Sub-Principal Violin 2 (Catherine Arlidge) ANNE & JOE O’MEARA Tutti Cello (Helen Edgar) RICHARD COBB IN MEMORY OF HELEN Tutti Viola (Ulf Åberg) Section Leader Oboe (Rainer Gibbons) Sub-Principal Second Violin (Amy Marshall) Tutti Violin 1 (Amanda Lake) THE NUNN FAMILY, IN MEMORY OF JACK Principal Cor Anglais (Rachael Pankhurst) JOHN COLE & JENNIE HOWE Principal Horn (Martin Wright) Tutti Violin 1 (Byron Parish) Section Leader Violin 2 Principal Horn (Mark Phillips) (Peter Campbell-Kelly) JOHN OSBORN Section Leader Viola (Adam Römer) Tutti Violin II (Gabriel Dyker) Sub-Principal Violin 1 (Jane Wright) ROY COLLINS IN MEMORY OF GWEN Tutti Viola (Myriam Guillaume) Principal Trumpet (Jonathan Quirk)
Box Office 0121 345 0499 Book Online cbso.co.uk 38 MUSIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Mr S J & Mrs A M Lloyd BEQUEST PATRONS Mr & Mrs A MacCuish Kiaran Asthana Mr & Mrs P McDermott The late Terence Baum Charles & Juliet Barwell Carole McKeown & David Low The late Elizabeth Bathurst Blencowe Michael Bates Miss C Midgley The late Mr Peter Walter Black Rob Brooke Philip Mills The late Miss Sheila Margaret Burgess Smith Mr C J M Carrier Elaine L Murray The late Colin W Clarke Tim Clarke & family Paul Murray Roy Collins Dr Anthony Cook & Ms Susan Elias Mr F & Mrs J North The late Mr Peter S. Day Professor and Mrs M H Cullen Ian C. Norton The late Mary Fellows Revd Dr and Mrs J W Davey Andrew Orchard & Alan Jones Valerie Frankland Anita Davies Dianne Page The late Mrs Marjorie Hildreth Tony Davis & Darin Qualls Gerard Paris Mr Trevor & Mrs Linda Ingram Mr Geoffrey Drake Phillipa & Laurence Parkes Robin & Dee Johnson Mr T I & Mrs V E Dudley Ian Richards Ms Lou Jones Alan Faulkner Mr William Smith William Jones Geoff & Dorothy Fearnehough Mr M & Mrs S A Squires The late Mr & Mrs F. McDermott Anne P Fletcher Rimma Sushanskaya & Mrs C. Hall Nicola Fleetmilne Jerry Sykes The late Myriam Josephine Major Mr W L Francis Mr R J & Mrs M Walls The late Peter & Moyra Monahan Mr R Furlong & Ms M Penlington Michael Ward The late Arthur Mould Anita & Wyn Griffiths Mr R P & Mrs S Ward Alan Jones & Andrew Orchard Tony Hall Diana and Peter Wardley Mrs Edith Roberts Richard Hartree Mr E M Worley CBE & Mrs A Worley Philip Rothenberg Mr A P G Hilton Frances & Bob Young The late Mr Andrew Roulstone Lord Hunt of Kings Heath The late Thomas Edward Scott Mr & Mrs J C & L M Kent Mrs C E Smith & Mr William Smith Pam Snell The late Mrs Sylvia Stirman The late Mrs Eileen Summers John Taylor Mr D M & Mrs J G Thorne Mrs Angela & Mr John Watts Alan Woodfield
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Roger & Angela Allen • Richard Allen & Gail Barron • Mr H & Mrs T Allibon • Mr J C & Mrs L Ankcorn & family • Mr P D Arculus • Viv & Hazel Astling • Mr M K Ayers • Professor P & Mrs J Bacon • Mr P & Mrs S Barnes • Mr A G C & Mrs M Barnfield • Mr P G Battye • Paul Beckwith • Mr I L Bednall • Miss H M Berry • Peter & Gill Bertinat • Gwyneth Bevins • Mr & Mrs Mark Billen • Miss Elizabeth Black • Michael & Beryl Blood • Mike Bowden • Mr M & Mrs T Brazier • Sid Brown • Mr W S Brown • Mr & Mrs J H Bulmer • Mr G H & Mrs J M Butler • Peter Büttner • Benedict & Katherine Cadbury • Peter & Jeannie Cadman • Mr A D & Mrs M Campbell • Mrs E M Canaway • Christine & John Carroll • Tony Cattell • Tim & Ruth Cherry • Dr J & Mrs S Chitnis • Dr A J & Mrs M C Cochran • Mr J E & Mrs D M Cooke • Professor J H & Mrs S M Coote • Luned Corser • Mrs Edna Cox • Mrs A P Crockson • Mrs Hilary Crosby • Mrs P E Culley • Mr A Dain • Mr G Davies CBE & Mrs J P Davies • Margaret Davis • Kath Deakin • Dr J L Dilkes, Mr K A Chippington & family • Carol & Mervyn Dobson • Linda and William Edmondson • Mr O H & Mrs J M Edwards • Robert van Elst • Miss E W Evans • Mr G L & Mrs D Evans • Dr D W Eyre-Walker • Stephen and Heather Fawcett • Ray Foulkes • Mark Frost • Professor J E Gilkison • Mr Stanley Gill • Stephen J. Gill • Averil & Terry Green • Mrs D R Greenhalgh • Roger & Gaye Hadley • Mary & Tony Hale • Mr W L Hales • Ros & John Hamburger • Malcolm Harbour MEP • Ann & Phil Haywood • Keith R Herbert • Keith Herbert & Pat Gregory • Mr E L & Mrs M J Hill • Mrs Heather Hine • Miss D A Hirons • Susan Holmes in memory of Peter • Mrs C Horton and the late Mr J A Horton • Brenda Howell • Cliff Hubbold • Mr R A Hudson • Margaret and David Hussey • Mr R M E & Mrs V Irving • Basil Jackson • Jean Johnson • Mr & Mrs G Jones • William Jones • John Jordan • Mr M N Jordan • Mrs P Keane • Charles & Jan Keil • Rebecca King in memory of Ian • Mr & Mrs R Kirby • Mr A D Kirkby • Professor & Mrs R J Knecht • Lorraine and David Knibb • Mr J F & Mrs M J Lloyd • Michael Lynes • Mrs B J Major • Dr P A Manfield • Geoff & Jean Mann • Professor Jillian Mann • Mr P N & Mrs W Martin • Mollie Martineau • Dr & Mrs Bernard Mason • Geoff & Jenny Mason • Fay Massey in memory of Paul • Mr Neil Maybury • David R. Mayes OBE • Mr A A McLintock • David & Pamela Milne • Dr Anne Milner • Patro Mobsby • Norah Morton • Mr A E & Mrs E Mould • P J & H I B Mulligan • Mrs M M Nairn • Miss B M Norman in memory of Eric • Ms E Norton OBE • Magdi and Daisy Obeid • Dr Angela O’Farrell • Jane Officer • S J Osborne • Liz and Keith Parkes • Mr R Perkins & Miss F Hughes • Mr J M Pierce • Eileen Poxton, in memory of Reg Poxton • Roger & Edwina Preston • Eileen & Ken Price • Peter & Phyllis Puddifoot • Dr Martin Purdy • Mr D J Reeve • Dr A L Reynolds & Miss B M Stenhouse • Dr & Mrs R C Repp • Kathy & Duncan Roberts • Trevor Robinson • Graham Russell & Gloria Bates • Vic & Anne Russell • Miss S Scott • Professor N K Shinton • Richard and Elizabeth Simons • Eve Smith • Peter J & Dorothy Smith • Dr B H & Dr U M Smith • Dr Barry and Mrs Marion Smith • Dr A T & Mrs U R Smyth • Gabrielle Stanley • Anne Stock • Mr & Mrs J B Stuffins • J E Sutton • Miss K V Swift • John & Dorothy Tesh • Mr C L & Mrs N Tilling • Alexandra Tomkinson • Mrs Lucy Turner • Mrs J H Upward • Professor & Mrs J A Vale • Tony & Hilary Vines • Stephen Vokes and Erica Barnett • Mrs S Wadsworth • Roy Walton • Angela & John Watts • Mrs M L Webb • Elisabeth & Keith Wellings • Bill & Helen Welsh • Mr & Mrs J West • Mr William & Mrs Rosemary Whiting • Pippa Whittaker • Mr G R & Mrs P Willcox • Mrs J Williams • Stephen Williams • Sarah & Kenneth Wilson • David Woolgrove • Geoff & Moira Wyatt
and all the FRIENDS of the CBSO
39 facebook.com/thecbso twitter.com/thecbso Thank You For Your Support The support we receive from thousands of individual donors, public funders, businesses and private foundations allows us to present extraordinary performances and to create exciting activities in schools and communities. Your support makes such a difference and is much appreciated. Strategic Partners Corporate Partners Platinum Partners
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