HACKNEY MUSIC DEVELOPMENT TRUST Annual Report

2007-8 Contents

This past year has been a period of Artistic Excellence. Innovation. Passion. I. General Information remarkable achievement for HMDT. Inclusiveness. 2. Support As you read through this report, I think it These are core values that lie at the very will become clear that the Company is heart of everything HMDT does.Together, 3. Ensuring A Musical continuing to grow in ever changing they inspire all our teachers, administrators, Future directions.The volume of activity, the funders and Trustees and they are passed scope and breadth of our projects and the on to all the many thousands of people, 4. HMDT Music high level of inspiration and innovation young and old, who take part in our Centres which challenges conventional ideas of projects. music education is impressive. 5. HMDT in Schools For all of us at HMDT they also represent Confucius Says, our project celebrating the the motivation to create new challenges 6. HMDT in the Beijing Olympics, marks our first large-scale and opportunities, and during the course Community project commissioned and financed by of this past year and the year ahead, we schools themselves. Our CYM Xtra! Project are taking time to undertake a strategic 7. Financial Highlights involving a new commission by composer review of where we should be focusing Matthew King specially written for our talents and resources. Every project 8. Outreach Summary internationally renowned cellist Natalie and event in which HMDT has a hand Clein, demonstrates our continued enjoys a special integrity all of its own and 9. New Initiatives commitment towards exciting new works. all are delivered with educational integrity We are proud of the recognition we have and musical excellence in mind. 10. Looking Ahead received for groundbreaking projects, and hope to bring our projects to even more Much planning and organisation goes into people in the future. delivering all that we do. It is a critical component of our success, and comes to None of this would be possible without fruition under the professional leadership the tireless support of friends and of our amazing staff.They deserve our colleagues.Tremendous thanks go to the thanks for transforming a once modest many partners, musicians, artists and musical charity into a vibrant cultural project managers we have worked with company. throughout the year.Their hard work and inspiration have been responsible for our We are indeed fortunate to have the continued achievements. financial and moral support of The Learning Trust who, I believe, recognise that The culmination of these projects together quite apart from the consistently high with new ones in development such as standards of our work, we also deliver very Shadowball – a new Jazz opera combining good value for money. music and baseball, and others involving disciplines such as Science and the Arts, Everyone who has been associated with an and film, will continue to demonstrate our HMDT project has a lot to be proud of. I vision, that music and the arts have a place and my fellow Trustees feel privileged to be in every aspect of our lives, and that the associated with its ambitious mission of Company’s creativity will continue to take bringing the very best of musical us in unexplored directions. opportunities to all those who participate in its projects and we feel proud to be part of their success.

Adam S. Eisenberg Cover photo: Director, HMDT Patrick Maddams Photo Clive Barda Chairman I. 2. General Information Support

Scope of Report HMDT is very grateful to all those who have provided This report is for the fiscal funding to support our work. year 2008, and outlines the Their continued commitment activities of the Trust to music education helps us to throughout the period provide quality projects which between 1 April 2007 and change people’s lives. 31 March 2008. Our sincere thanks also go to those who have supported our work over the past decade: HMDT is grateful for core support from The Learning Trust, ensuring it Barratt East London directs all its fundraising activities The Britten-Pears Foundation towards the development and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation sustainability of projects. City University Draper’s Company ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND Dresdner Kleinwort Benson AWARDS FOR ALL Eidos plc THE BIG LOTTERY FUND Esmee Fairbairn Charitable Trust CHINA NOW The Foyle Foundation THE CITY BRIDGE TRUST The Foundation for Sport and the Arts CULTURE 2000 Guardian Royal Exchange EHSC EAZ Hackney Education Business Partnership ELEVATE Hackney YOT THE ERNEST COOK TRUST The Holocaust Task Force EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND HSBC Bank Trust THE FRIENDS OF CYM HACKNEY J.P. Jacobs Charitable Trust THE FRIENDS OF HMDT LAB/LEAP Partnership THE GARFIELD WESTON Lankelly Trust FOUNDATION Lloyds TSB Foundation HACKNEY MUSIC SERVICE London Arts HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITIES Making Music THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE Maurice Fry Charitable Trust FOUNDATION Midland Bank THE HENRY SMITH FOUNDATION Morgan Stanley International Foundation THE JACK PETCHEY FOUNDATION The Morris Charitable Trust THE LEARNING TRUST The Paul Hamlyn Foundation LSC, LONDON EAST The RVW Trust THE LONDON BOROUGH Save & Prosper Educational Trust OF HACKNEY Shoreditch Trust THE MERCERS’ COMPANY The Simon Heller Charitable Settlement PRS FOUNDATION Sir John Cass’s Foundation QUEEN ANNE’S GATE FOUNDATION Willis Corroon THE STANDARDS FUND FOR MUSIC The Woodroffe Benton Foundation SURE START HOMERTON / Worshipful Company of Information HACKNEY WICK Technologists YOUTH MUSIC Yamaha-Kemble (UK) Ltd. and PRIVATE DONATIONS 3. Ensuring A Musical Future

What is HMDT? increase access to high quality arts community.The scope and breadth of HACKNEY MUSIC DEVELOPMENT experiences, raise achievement and HMDT’s projects, and the high level of TRUST (HMDT) is a dynamic charity, harness creative energy. inspiration and innovation they which creates a variety of music demonstrate, are designed to challenge projects encompassing a broad range of HMDT’s comprehensive approach and compliment conventional ideas of cultural traditions and talents, working includes commissioning new music education. closely with schools and many other performance works, creating enduring organisations to sustain a legacy of partnerships with other arts HMDT supports initiatives which music education for people of all ages organisations, planning music initiatives broaden the role of music in the and abilities in Hackney and beyond. according to identified need and educational and cultural life of the HMDT is a leader in developing bringing professional artists and other communities in which it works, designing inspiring arts projects which support music industry professionals together to long-term sustainable projects to other areas of learning, and works to work with schools and the wider continue ensuring a musical future!

Vision HMDT’s vision is of a society in which people believe music to be a great art form which is critical to making a positive difference in all areas of learning, and should be shared and enjoyed by everyone.

Mission HMDT exists to contribute to the cultural and educational enrichment of the communities which it serves by producing a diverse programme of performances, events, community and education projects of the highest quality, which reach the widest possible public.

Core Values Artistic Excellence Innovation Balance HMDT values the very best the arts have HMDT values projects which promote HMDT believes that music must be to offer, and wants others to share its achievement and inspire individuals by experienced in all its exciting forms, and is belief and share in its work, through the challenging and complimenting committed to creating and developing creation of education projects and arts conventional ideas of music education. projects which explore a variety of productions of the highest quality. musical styles.

Community Passion Inclusiveness HMDT believes in fostering a sense of HMDT believes that artistic excellence is HMDT values the diversity of the people community through education by built upon the passion of artists, staff and and communities with whom it works, and addressing areas of social responsibility participants. HMDT is dedicated to strives to be inclusive in all aspects of its and creating projects which raise supporting artists and the variety of art work. community aspirations and expectations.. forms they bring to the communities in which they work. The Company in 2007-08

Hackney Music Development Trust HMDT Board of Trustees HMDT Staff (HMDT) is an independent charity (Registration No: 1050520) established The Trustees who have served Adam Eisenberg in October 1995, with the support of throughout this year are: Director, HMDT The London Borough of Hackney and the Hackney Local Education Authority Patrick Maddams, Chair Sarah Godfrey (LEA). Since August 2002, support for Manager HMDT’s core costs has generously been Fiona Bryce given by The Learning Trust, a private Zoe Kilb company responsible for the delivery of Tony Clark Projects Administrator education services in the London Borough of Hackney. Michael Helston Sandrine Schwartz Intern The success of the Company is Tina Jones maintained through a close relationship HMDT Project Director 2007-08 between HMDT’s Board of Trustees and Farquhar McKay Tertia Sefton-Green HMDT Staff.This relationship is based Project Director – Schools and upon the Board’s trust in the Emuoborhwo Siakpere Community Learning professional approach of staff when promoting the vision of the Company, Adult Learning Programme and their abilities in meeting the ideals Music Advisor Confucius Says and objectives set out by the Jonathan Dove Hear Our Voice Company’s Mission and Core Values. Odyssean Variations Trustees are committed to providing an Special Schools Programme arms length approach to management while ensuring proper support is given Auditors to fundraising and statutory needs. Westlake Clark Chartered Accountants 7 Lynwood Court Priestlands Place Lymington Hampshire SO41 9GA 4. HMDT Music Centres

One of HMDT’s important Centre for Young Musicians goals is to support long-term (Hackney) initiatives that enable students to realise and CYMH is Hackney Music Development Choir focuses on developing singing skills, develop their musical talents. Trust’s Saturday Music School which breathing, posture, intonation, timbre and Its two music schools – The aims to enrich the lives of young people learning to sing as part of a large group. Centre for Young Musicians through music making. Hackney and Young Jazz Musicianship explores aspects of the Hackney, provide consistent The Centre offers students ages 5 and musical curriculum, developing musical weekly lessons for students upwards, an extensive curriculum literacy and understanding through a interested in studying music including group and individual variety of methods. Beginners focus on and playing an instrument. instrumental tuition, singing, musicianship singing, playing percussion instruments and Each school has a unique and ensembles, as well as the Orchestra musical participation, while more musical style and teaching and Choirs of CYM Hackney. Its staff advanced students will develop listening emphasis – offering students are all experienced music teachers and skills and sight-singing. a wealth of choices with professional artists who foster a greater which to further their talents. appreciation and understanding of Instrumental lessons give students an different types of music. opportunity to learn a range of string, wind and brass instruments in small and CYMH plays a prominent role in the large groups and in individual lessons community, offering a range of based upon each student’s curriculum. performance opportunities specialising in new works and frequently performs Ensemble sessions continue the in venues in Hackney and neighbouring practice of encouraging students to play boroughs. The Centre runs on and learn together.Teachers design special Saturdays each academic year and offers arrangements, tailored not only to the students the following programme particular group of instruments, but also, depending upon age and ability: on many occasions, to the particular instrumentalists. CYM Xtra! Young Jazz Hackney and Super Jazz Funded by Youth Music, CYM Xtra! has Orchestra gives students the chance to offered students at CYM Hackney three Led by trumpeter and coach, Phil explore a wide range of repertoire, new, exciting strands of learning. Revens, Young Jazz Hackney addresses including contemporary music and Implementation of several new vocal the need for learning practical skills in occasionally new commissions.The strategies by our Head of Vocal ensured Jazz, encouraging participants to work orchestra may also accompany the choir that singing at the Centre really with professional Jazz musicians to or other performers at some of the developed this year. In addition, the develop their musical creativity, technical school’s many performances. CYMH curriculum was augmented by skills and individual emotional composition workshop led by tutors, expression through improvisation. In This past year, students were asked to following a tutor INSET with Composer addition, they learn about the history perform at the Spitalfields Festival in the Matthew King, and next term students and development of jazz, and embrace summer and winter season. End of Year from Jubilee Primary School will be its unique qualities which require performances took place at the Gayhurst involved in a music technology project. performers to develop both their group Primary School, as part of the Hackney Matthew and guest artist, internationally and solo artistry through listening to Music Service’s School Music Festival. renowned cellist Natalie Clein worked each other and making informed musical with students at the Centre over the decisions.Through this course of study, Autumn term to create and develop the students discover a personal voice their composition ideas into a new large and a musical vocabulary with which to scale piece for cello and orchestra.The express themselves. new work Odyssean Variations specially written for Natalie and the Orchestra of The Jack Petchey Foundation’s Young SUPPORTED BY CYM Hackney will be performed at LSO Jazz Hackney’s big band Super Jazz, St. Luke’s later in the year. offers free training, masterclasses with The Friends of professional jazz musicians, and CYM Hackney performance opportunities ranging from music service private parties to theatre gigs and outdoor venues.

This year’s funding from The Jack Petchey Foundation funded a series of practical workshops and music business lectures in a project called Super Jazz: A Career Path for Young People. After a hugely successful workshop with saxophonist and bandleader Denys Baptiste, the band have continued their weekly rehearsals and have been performing across London in both public concerts and private functions and events.

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HMDT brings the finest Hear Our Voice at Confucius Says quality arts programming to The Anne Frank Awards schools, ranging from In May 2007, nine schools from the composition and singing HMDT was invited by The Anne Frank East London Consortium Education projects to instrumental Trust to perform excerpts of its cantata Action Zone commissioned Hackney tuition and full-scale musical Hear Our Voice set to children’s Music Development Trust to create a productions. All of HMDT’s in- Holocaust texts, at the Anne Frank piece of work celebrating the cultural school projects involve Awards Ceremony at the Hackney richness of China.The result was experienced workshop leaders Empire.This was a welcome Confucius Says – a large scale and fine musicians who engage opportunity to bring the cast of programme which engaged over 3500 and challenge both students Hackney students together to present students, staff and artists in both cross- and teachers. the highly acclaimed project at an event, curricular work and a range of creative which honours young people who have activities, which will culminate in a combated prejudice and discrimination. spectacular new opera performed by 350 of them at the Hackney Empire in Special Schools Project July 2008.

HMDT’s Special Schools programme Writer Stephen Plaice created a enables new skills and techniques to be libretto, comprised of six Chinese introduced to students and staff, myths and legends enabling each engaging students with a range of primary school to create, produce and learning opportunities not always perform their own scene whilst available to them and develops composer Richard Taylor led a series of performance opportunities, in which workshops to develop musical ideas students gain confidence, increase and themes for setting the texts which communication skills, enjoy themselves he subsequently integrated into the and gain a sense of achievement. Work finished work as well as giving children included an Indian dance project at the opportunity to try their hand at Stormont House School, Face 2 Face a some Chinese instruments. film and soundscape project with Horizon School and The Emperor’s Coat; a music theatre project with Downsview School linking into their participation in Confucius Says.

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City Bridge Trust Our composition workshops with Richard During my time researching about were incredibly rewarding. His calm, totally China I really enjoyed myself. It was great encouraging approach resulted in the finding out new things about China. I drew children creating together collaboratively a Chinese shoe and had a great time and with total commitment. learning about Chinese lifestyles. Veronica Frankland, Project Lauren, Orchard Primary School Co-ordinator St Dominic’s RC Primary School Chinese Dancer MeiMei taught after-school classes to engage children in The process of integrating China into the different aspects of Chinese culture. curriculum began with an introductory All the students gained an understanding INSET with the British Museum. of the art form through being Curriculum Co-ordinators from each introduced to various elements of school worked together to develop ideas traditional and folk dance and their on how to embed China and the themes use of props such as fans, ribbons of the piece across the curriculum, so and handkerchiefs.The classes that all students in each school could be culminated in performances to parents involved in the project in different ways. and the schools.

This enabled the schools to share ideas, Designer Neil Irish, built huge art tasks resources, display their work and for each school into his design, so that promote discussion and dialogue amongst students could be engaged in making each other.Work included pagodas, fans, large-scale elements of the sets and dragons, lanterns, calligraphy, mosaic props.This was launched with a staff maps, willow plates and the creation of INSET run in partnership with Central over 500 terracotta warriors. School for Speech and Drama. Confucius Says

The teachers’ art workshop designed to prepare all art coordinators for the task of producing props, set and some items of costume was such a success ... Skills and techniques were learned there that were then applied in classrooms and gave another dimension and scale to work done by the children. Peter Sanders Art Co-ordinator, Lauriston School

6. HMDT in the Community

HMDT continues to be a OPPORTUNITIES ADULT LEARNING creative force in the THROUGH MUSIC community, ensuring that HMDT is committed to making the arts musical and cultural diversity One Spirit an important part of everyone’s life and flourish both in Hackney and offers a variety of exciting and enjoyable beyond. Its unique initiatives One Spirit is a music skills development opportunities for adults to develop offer opportunities to a broad and rehabilitation project for young lifelong learning and discover their range of people, from the offenders and those at risk aged 13-19 artistic talents. Participants can improve under 5s to over 60s, who years of age.Through the use of their English, literacy and numeracy and want to develop their songwriting and music technology even develop their childminding skills potential, either as a first activities, One Spirit aims to break the and employment potential though our experience or a step towards cycle of offending and social exclusion accredited courses Skills for Life courses a musical career. and also to equip young people with as part of our Operaction Hackney relevant life and work related skills. project which use the arts as a tool for Creative writing, including letters and learning, or improve their musical skills, poetry from a group of inmates on experience performance opportunities death row at a U.S. prison, is used to and meet new friends through our vocal explore offending issues and in turn and dance courses. contribute to the creative process. One Spirit has worked closely with all its All of HMDT’s projects offer partners this year to establish links with participants a chance to work with high new groups to work with.Two half-term quality professional artists, be involved projects took place with young in performances of new music, and offenders and young people at risk of experience the best of what the arts offending at Youth House (Newham) have to offer. and on the Fawcett Estate (Hackney). A longer, more intensive project took SUPPORTED BY place with students at Daniel House Pupil Referral Unit (Hackney).

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Healthy Hearts Dance Project

HMDT’s keep-fit-to-music classes are specifically designed for the over 50s. This class offers suitable dance exercises in a variety of styles, including Line Dancing, Salsa and Merengue. Classes are made available in different locations throughout Hackney and allow dancers to master dance concepts whilst helping to maintain physical fitness. HMDT RobinSing Academy THE MUSIC BOX HEAR OUR VOICE PACK Gospel Course The Music Box at the Hear Our Voice:Teaching the Holocaust HMDT collaborated with The RobinSing Library continued this year Through the Arts examines the subject Music Academy to run a hugely popular at Hackney’s Homerton through the eyes of the children gospel course which developed group Library.This year who experienced it.This resource aims and solo singing, vocal skills and Composer Matthew King to confront the complexity and techniques and singing in harmony and and Project Director controversies of this subject, which is culminated in a performance with guest Tertia Sefton-Green often omitted from the school gospel artists. worked with under 5s curriculum, by offering a direct route to and their families to understanding through the arts and the create the words and music for a new experiences and activities of the song book – Songs to Get you Through Hear Our Voice project.The Teachers’ the Day. Pack is now available to schools on the HMDT website. PUBLICATIONS The Hoxton Singers The Music Box resource packs, 1, 2, 3, Sing In April 2007,The Hoxton Singers were and Move with Me! and Cherry Pie are filmed by the BBC as part of a now available for sale on the HMDT documentary Power to the People which website. Plans are underway to expand led to several members appearing as The the marketing of the packs and the Zimmers to realise The Who’s ‘My songbooks. Generation’ which hit the charts and launched their new touring careers. In the summer The Hoxton Singers premiered their new song cycle created for them by Matthew King and Alasdair Middleton at the Shoreditch Festival at Hoxton Hall. The Autumn saw them performing for Age Concern before their Christmas debut at The Geffrye Museum and Stamford Hill Library before embarking on a term of study to learn SUPPORTED BY new repertoire and further develop their vocal skills and techniques.

SUPPORTED BY 7. Financial Highlights

The following information is derived from the full audited financial statements. Income and expenditure account the year ended 31 March 2008

Turnover 800000 Continuing Operations £704,820 700000

Net Operating Expenses (£566,683) 600000

500000 Operating surplus Continuing Operations (£108,137) 400000 Receivables £8,240 300000

200000 Retained Surplus 100000 To be spent on Projects (£116,377) 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 2007-08

Restricted to projects for which grants recieved in financial year 2007-8 will be spent in 08/09

800000 Total income in the year 2007 – 2008 was £713,060 700000 600000 500000 400000 300000 200000 100000 0 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 2007-08

Sources of Income 2007/08 This breaks down as follows: Grants/Donations £422,790 Service Level Agreements £256,135 Fees/Charges £22,865 Other Income £12,270 Interest and Investments £8,240

8. Outreach Summary

Age Groups of Participants 2007-08 Participants and Audience 6000 0-5 Number of Participants 5000 6-11 Audience 12-1 4000 16-18 3000 19+ Not Known 2000

Total: 3838 1000

0 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 9. 10. New Initiatives Looking Ahead

THE PRSF YOUNG Odyssean Variations which links the creation of a jazz musical COMPOSERS’ SCHEME 28 June 2008 about Black baseball players to a sports LSO St Luke’s programme for primary schools and This year we are pleased to announce the communities, using the arts both as a opening HMDT’s PRSF Young Composers’ After a year of hard work on the part of learning tool for other areas of the Scheme.The Scheme was set up to offer CYM Xtra! students and faculty of the curriculum, and to stimulate interest in this composers a training programme to learn Centre for Young Musicians Hackney, June sport. Shadowball is a unique and exciting skills and techniques with which to develop 28 will see the premiere of Matthew King’s project; engaging young people through the new music for schools and community Odyssean Variations with Natalie Clein at arts, and sustaining project impact through groups.The Scheme enables trainees to LSO St Luke’s.The piece is a traditional set a sports programme.The project will follow the process from devising of variations on a theme, but it also will deliver a range of outcomes from the high workshops to composing and overseeing contain a musical narrative based on quality performances to the establishment rehearsals of a finished commission.This Homer’s Odyssey, describing of school clubs, local baseball leagues and a year’s young composers, Sam Q. Smith and the perilous journey of Odysseus, King youth mentoring programme inspiring Joseph Finlay attended introductory of Ithaca as he travels home from the teenagers to assist with the development sessions by consultant composer Matthew Trojan War. and progression of their peers, while King before leading their own training and addressing the difficult issues of prejudice devising sessions.They then led workshops and discrimination in an unthreatening with the groups for whom they were Confucius Says forum linked uniquely to this little known writing, to develop material which could be 3 & 4 July 2008 sport. incorporated into each commission, giving Hackney Empire Theatre them an ownership of their material and The Negro Leagues was a thriving experimenting with a range of creative All of the nine schools involved in the institution, not only for sport, but also for ideas. Following a session with composer Confucius Says project are involved in the Black Jazz musicians connected with Jonathan Dove on how to transfer ideas creating various aspects of the production the game such as Duke Ellington, Louis gleaned in the workshops into a which will culminate in large-scale Armstrong – who owned a baseball team, commissioned work, they produced works performances of the new opera based Cab Calloway – who played on one, and for their designated performance groups at upon myths and legends of China.The cast Bo Jangles who was known to tap dance CYMH, to be performed at LSO St Luke’s will also include a staff choir and on dugout roofs during ball games; in June 2008. professional soloists and orchestra. Leading themselves combating racism and up to the performances will also be an discrimination as they battled to define a Alongside of this both composers assisted Adult Learning costume making course, new art form. HMDT is delighted to be on HMDT’s upcoming commissions which will be instrumental in producing working with renowned jazz artist and enabling them to gain experience following costumes for the production, as well as an composer Julian Joseph on this exciting a large scale project from the devising exhibition of student artwork at the project. stage through to rehearsals and public Assembly Rooms of Hackney Town Hall. performances. More Shadowball Future projects also include the move of We’ve got no army.There’s virtually CYMH to new premises at B6 Sixth Form nobody on our side. No owners, no College, which offers a state of the art umpires, very few newspapermen. And I’m theatre and recording studio thus opening afraid that many fans will be hostile. We’ll a range of new opportunities, as well as be in a tough position. We can win only if Tutti Frutti, a new Early Years project to we can convince the world that I’m doing create a storybook with musical score this because you’re a great ballplayer, a based on the stories of fruits from around fine gentleman. the world and linked to Healthy Eating Photo credits: Manager Branch Rickey to programme. Confucius Says and Hear Our Jackie Robinson Voice performances: Clive Barda Ken Howard, benedictJohnson.com, Bruce Eisenberg Hackney Music Development Trust’s Shadowball is an innovative new project HMDT TECHNOLOGY LEARNING CENTRE 1 READING LANE LONDON E8 1GQ TEL: 020 8820 7410 FAX: 020 8820 7118 EMAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: WWW.HMDT.ORG.UK

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