Annual Review 2018 - 19 This year, I am pleased to report that we At a time when there is increasing pressure on have continued to build on our reputation as the public purse, it is important to recognise Welcome to a renowned performance centre and artist those organisations, individuals and businesses development hub. We have widened our whose support is vital as we continue to develop critically-acclaimed Learning & Inclusion work our unique work. We never take their commitment Snape Maltings’ Annual Review and we are an emerging leader in the field of for granted. Each year their contribution enables creative health. us to develop our distinctive work and to reach 4 Achievements as many people and communities as possible. With this in mind, we now look to the future. Our 10 Artistic Planning & Performance plans remain ambitious and build ever stronger We are hugely grateful to Arts Council England resonance with the vision of our founders, and for the regular financial support from the 12 Learning & Inclusion and . Britten–Pears Foundation, without which so 16 Young Musicians many of our activities would not be possible. In the exciting year ahead we are planning our 18 Britten–Pears Young Artist Programme merger with the Britten–Pears Foundation with 20 Residencies the aim of launching our new organisation in 2020. 22 Creative Health 24 Financial Summary On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I would like to extend our personal thanks to you – our 26 Support Us Friends, Individuals, Trusts and Foundations, Corporate supporters and audiences – for all that you do for us. Without you, we simply could not hope to deliver this extraordinary programme of activity, as together, we change even more lives through the power of music.

Sir Simon Robey, Photos relate to activity in 2018-19 Chair, Snape Maltings 4 5 Achievements

Snape Maltings is a registered charity using music to change and enrich thousands of lives every year: from nurturing young emerging artists to young people performed at Snape supporting people in challenging Maltings as part of Celebration and conditions, all whilst bringing 86,429 of bookers visited us for the first time our Big Sing initiative world-class music to . tickets sold: more than a fifth of these were £10 or less Inspired by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears’ founding vision, our Broadcasts reached more than creative campus at Snape is a place where artists at all career stages are given the time and space to develop. 807 It is also home to life-changing listeners around the world music-based community projects, making the Learning & Inclusion most of music’s ability to help in the sessions were most difficult of circumstances. delivered

Our Learning & Inclusion team reached out to 9,464 Figures relate to the financial year ending 31.03.18 people, including young people, those with life-limiting conditions and people in areas of social deprivation 6 7

New partnerships brought together musicians, researchers people took part in health & and communities to explore the wellbeing sessions to support positive impact of music on health conditions including dementia and Parkinson’s

61 residencies gave 235 The Britten–Pears Young Artist Programme The Jerwood Opera artists the career-enhancing offered development opportunities to Writing Programme opportunity to develop days of life-changing courses were 250 emerging professional artists from saw 10 emerging new work offered to 54 Aldeburgh Young 22 countries around the world artists develop 4 Musicians aged 8-18 original operas Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel at Ely Cathedral at 2018 10 To See The Invisible by Emily Howard at Aldeburgh Festival 2018 11 photo: Stephen Cummiskey Artistic Planning The Belcea Quartet, Anne Other notable newcomers & Performance Sofie von Otter, Vilde Frang, included Gretchen Peters and Orsino Ensemble and Cedric Abdullah Ibrahim amongst a The 71st Aldeburgh Festival Tiberghien were all featured third of the artists who made opened with the premiere of performers and special projects Snape debuts – refreshing and Emily Howard’s new opera such as the theatrical concert revitalising our performance To See the Invisible. Howard’s Bye-Bye Beethoven and programme. Feldman at Sunrise provided music was featured in the The Britten Weekend celebrated unique musical experiences. Festival and there was new work his work for string quartets New life was breathed into by other British composers, with the Doric Quartet in The Pumphouse fringe including Harrison Birtwistle residence, and included a programme. Major residencies and Simon Holt. dramatised interpretation of from Le Concert Spirituel and the Third Quartet. Two one-off The conductor John Wilson the Mahler Chamber Orchestra events - Blind Boys of Alabama led the opening weekend in provided unforgettable musical in October and The Lost Words celebration of Britten and experiences. his American connections. in February - were artistic Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja The Snape Proms were notable highlights and brought new and flautist Claire Chase also for the sheer variety and quality audiences to Snape. on display. West-Eastern Divan curated significant parts of We continue to develop a public Orchestra and Daniel Barenboim the Festival. programme that both reflects made their Snape debuts, and and absorbs the creative energy other performers included of our year-round work. Britten-Pears Orchestra with Marin Alsop, Hailey Tuck, The Dime Notes and Courtney Pine. 12 Friday Afternoons Big 13 Sing 2018 Learning & Inclusion: In March 2019, Celebration New activity working with Pupil Young People offered over 1,500 young Referral Units in Ipswich will people from Suffolk schools the help support engagement with Our Learning & Inclusion team chance to participate, learn and those at risk of offending. discover their potential with connects communities through Friday Afternoons has enabled the opportunity to perform music, working in a variety of me to kickstart projects that on the world-famous Snape settings from schools, care would not otherwise have Maltings stage for the first time. homes and prisons, to events happened. It has enabled these In-school performance skills taking place at Snape Maltings. projects to have a far greater workshops provided creative value in terms of the music, The Friday Afternoons bridges for schools and teachers the playing and singing level programme continues to from the classroom to the that is expected from students expand its reach nationally; Concert Hall. over 60 songs, including all and that they could reach. It our new commissions, are now Group A is an un-auditioned has shown pupils and local available free of charge to youth group for 8-18 year olds in teachers that high aspirations support singing in schools at Suffolk that uses music to build at national and international fridayafternoonsmusic.co.uk positive communities by singing levels can be achieved locally. together. A second group was Teacher, Friday Afternoons In November, 800 school pupils launched in Ipswich in 2018 and performed at Snape Maltings follows the successful model as part of the Big Sing. New of workshops and performance resources were developed that we have delivered in for teachers to create further Lowestoft since 2013. engagement pathways into Friday Afternoons. 14 Tea Dance, Friday 15 Afternoons Big Sing, Learning & Inclusion: Our 20 year partnership with Celebration Building Communities HMP Warren Hill delivered high quality song-writing Participate, monthly music- and performance to develop making sessions for carers and cohesion between residents cared-for, went from strength and officers. This is the longest to strength, developing an collaboration between a prison inclusive and cross-generational and an arts organisation in the creative community group for UK. A new training programme all ages. was developed for ex-offenders to work within the community Our Tea Dances, in which people as music leaders. of all ages and abilities come to dance together, continued The Tea Dance gave my parents to celebrate community a much-needed lift. It has diversity with our highest ever been a difficult year and as the attendance at two events. atmosphere was so relaxed and friendly, it has given them hope Prior to these events, activity that they can still socialise and within local care settings aimed enjoy music and dancing again. at those affected by dementia, continued to explore the use of Daughter of Tea Dance music as a tool for communication. Participant Artists also provided learning and support for carers and staff. 16 Aldeburgh Young Musician, 17 AYM @ Ten Aldeburgh Young AYM continues to answer the Musicians need for high-quality tuition and mentorship for the most Aldeburgh Young Musicians promising young musicians (AYM) continues to flourish as a outside London conservatoires, distinctive Centre for Advanced regardless of means. Training, designed to realise … AYM is a shining example the artistic potential of up of how to put together an to 60 exceptionally talented inspirational and creative young musicians across a wide programme that has a great range of disciplines. Through vision yet retains an inherent intensive residential courses, flexibility that allows it to mentoring and performance, respond to the realities that AYM nurtures the innovative young musicians face. musicians of tomorrow. Aldeburgh Young Musician After more than ten years of this ground-breaking programme, many Alumni are now emerging as professional musicians. Many have developed their own ensembles or recorded their own projects on site using facilities and other support made available under AYM’s Open House programme. 18 BPO with Marin Alsop, 19 Britten–Pears Young Artists Britten–Pears Young Our instrumental offer ranged Alongside the above, alumni and Artist Programme from Transatlantic Encounters current Britten–Pears Young for string quartets and trios, Artists performed in concerts Established in the 1970s, the led by Alasdair Tait and eminent across the season, including internationally-renowned chamber musicians from the US the Aldeburgh Festival and Britten–Pears Young Artist & EU. Brass Elements explored Snape Proms. The Tunnard Programme is the UK’s biggest orchestral skills for Brass Young Artist Scheme supported residential artist development players. For the first time, Marin one outstanding collaborative programme. Alsop’s large-scale symphony pianist in creating their first orchestra course also included professional recording. The 2018-19 season began an element for emerging The Britten–Pears Young Artist with Handel’s Theodora, conductors, who were taught Programme is absolutely vital taught by Christian Curnyn and by Marin and her assistant for a developing young artist. Sarah Connolly. Vocal courses Valentina Peleggi. covered a wide range of skills. To be able to study the music Our Classical Song course was The composition element this of Britten in the very place he led by Anne Sofie von Otter season featured a newly-devised composed and premiered it is a and Kristian Bezuidenhout. and exceptionally well-received once in a lifetime opportunity. John Fisher, Julia Faulkner and course, Composition, Alternative The audiences’ warm and Matthew Rose focused on how Performance and Performance welcoming energy gives us the to be a singer in the 21st century Art, led by Larry Goves. freedom and comfort to take and Roger Vignoles concluded risks and discover new facets our vocal year with a course on of musicality. Wolf Lieder. Britten–Pears Young Artist 20 Perhaps Contraption 21 Residency Residencies In September 2018, we launched our first Festival of New, which Our Residencies programme was curated to celebrate gives artists at any stage of the diverse range of music their career space to be creative, genres that come through the curious and to experiment with Residency programme. new ideas, which will enable We continue to deepen our a significant step-change in European connections through their professional lives. The the European Network of scheme is bespoke and tailored Opera Academies and Ulysses to each artist’s individual needs. programmes. Both networks The programme was over- enable better connection with subscribed, with the quantity European music organisations, of applications being matched primarily with a focus on by their quality and ambition. operatic and contemporary We were therefore able to work repertoire and the creation of with a hugely varied array of new work. Participating artists artists, as well as continuing are sent on “artistic journeys” relationships with ensembles between the organisations Bastard Assignments and and are thus able to take Perhaps Contraption, who have part in much broader artist had long-term development development projects, tailored opportunities with us through to their needs. the Open Space scheme. 22 Sing to Beat Parkinson’s 2018 23 Creative Health Residencies brought together I still think about the week musicians, researchers and every time I play. I feel so, so Over the next ten years, we are communities to investigate the lucky to have been a part of it, placing health and wellbeing role of singing for those living it was without doubt one of at the heart of our work. Our with chronic pain. MOT courses the most valuable weeks of my creative campus will continue provided time and space for professional life. musicians to refresh, develop to support musicians as Participant, MOT for Musicians creators, collaborators and and test their practice. performers alongside new Cross-sector training was partnerships exploring the delivered to early years impact of music on health specialists, singing leaders, and wellbeing. language therapists and In 2018, we continued to expand international early career our network across a variety researchers. Creative Thinktanks of sectors as we developed also brought together people this new strand of work. Our from different disciplines aim is for Snape Maltings to and contexts to come up become a global laboratory for with new ideas, proposals or all those engaged in music – a further questions for research site buzzing with activity and around the topics of ‘Singing & bringing varied people together Wellbeing across the Lifespan’ through a wide-ranging and ‘Singing and Maternal programme with international Mental Health’. reach, national benefit and local impact. 24 25 The valued contributions from In particular, the long-term Financial Summary TOTAL INCOME £5.3m box office and our trading relationships with Britten–Pears activities do not fully cover Foundation and Aldeburgh This is the annual review of BREAKDOWN BELOW: the cost of delivering our Music Endowment Fund are Snape Maltings (reg. charity Arts Council England £1.4m (26%) no 261383), which is an Arts charitable activity, and we rely highly valued. Significant grants Britten–Pears Foundation £0.2m (4%) Council England National on donations to support the from both organisations over Total income Portfolio Organisation. majority of our work. The small the years have made a hugely Other Philanthropy £1.5m (28%) £5.3m amount spent on fundraising positive impact on the range and Ticket Sales £1.0m (17%) Key Findings: to achieve the significant levels quality of the performances we Trading £0.4m (7%) of income generated means can present and the distinctive • The grant from Arts Council that 96% of all income we artist development work that is Other Earned Income £0.4m (7%) England represents only a receive is used in the delivery offered throughout the year. Other Public Funding £0.4m (7%) quarter of our income and operational support of our We also gratefully acknowledge Endowment Fund £0.2m (4%) activities. • Ticket sales make up less the receipt of legacies from our than 20% of the costs of We are indebted to many supporters to help strengthen individuals, organisations and our Endowment Fund. our activities TOTAL EXPENDITURE £5.2m businesses for their generous • We rely on donations to support of our artistic activities, BREAKDOWN BELOW: support the majority of including: Arts Council England, Total expenditure our work. Department for Education, Artistic Activities £3.7m (71%) Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Operational Support £1.3m (25%) £5.2m Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Fundraising £0.2m (4%) The Leverhulme Trust and The Monument Trust.

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