Royal College of MusicAnnual Review 2012 I 2013

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Contents

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Chairman’s message 5

Director’s report 7

Progress of the RCM’s Strategic Plan 2007 to 2017 9 Never standing still

Inspirational teaching 11 Equipping the complete musician

Musical performance 13 Bringing the notes to life

Research and innovation 15 Enhancing the research environment

Celebrating success 17 Shining examples

Employability 19 Taking the lead

Learning for all 21 Including everyone

Playing our part 23 Caring for the environment Ensuring fair access

Fundraising 25 Transforming lives

Facts and figures 28 Student profile

Facts and figures 29 Financials

Governance 30

Front cover RCM soprano Rowan Pierce

Opposite RCM Historical Performance musicians

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The Royal College of Music continues to thrive, in spite of the uncertain economic environment, and in 2012/13 we took a leading role in Conservatoires UK promoting the importance of conservatoire education nationwide.

This case was strongly supported in the press with the Guardian newspaper asserting that government ministers have a responsibility to ensure future generations can enjoy music and dance when considering university funding cuts:

“In their off-duty lives, George Osborne and Vince Cable appreciate the value of music. Both of them know that musicians and dancers need to be trained to reach the top. They also know that young artists need specialist conservatoire training which is, by its very nature, expensive […] So Mr Osborne and Mr Cable also have a unique responsibility to ensure thriving conservatoires so that future generations can enjoy the music that has enriched their own lives.”

I’m pleased to report that our rationale for specialist funding for conservatoires was accepted by government, with funding continuing for at least the next three years.

During the year I was able to bring my passion for music to the airwaves. My BBC radio series “The Science of Music”, covered topics ranging from music’s evolutionary origins to the physics behind what we hear. The series presented informative conversations with music and science experts including the RCM Director, Professor Colin Lawson, and Professor of Performance Science, Aaron Williamon. The RCM also featured prominently in David Starkey’s BBC television series “Music and Monarchy”, with the final episode focused on the 19th- and 20th-century revival of British music, in which the RCM played a crucial role.

Since our establishment in 1882, we have recognised the importance of scholarships in transforming the lives of young gifted musicians and we continue to be at the forefront of scholarship giving. The RCM Council has set a target for 2017 to increase scholarship awards by £900,000 per annum and I am pleased to report that we awarded £1.9 million in 2012/13, £288,000 more than in 2011/12.

My chairmanship of the RCM Council is greatly enhanced by the valuable input and support of Council members and, this year, we welcomed Julian Metherell and Bob Wigley as new members. I must also thank the outgoing Students’ Association President, Pablo Ortiz de Urbina, for his outstanding work. I wish him well with his continued studies at the RCM.

Professor Lord Winston Chairman

Chairman’s message

Opposite Violin Masterclass with Nicola Benedetti

In 2012/13 we took a leading role in Conservatoires UK promoting the importance of conservatoire education nationwide

Professor Lord Winston

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We aspire in our current vision statement to be: “A dynamic conservatoire that reflects and engages with modern life”. This year we demonstrated that with an increase in our popular series of live broadcasts. Vladimir Ashkenazy’s return to conduct the RCM Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Rachmaninov’s Symphony no 2 sold out in just 48 hours, but all those who missed out on a ticket were able to enjoy the performance live on the RCM website.

For the first time we also broadcast our Graduation Ceremony; with graduands from more than 60 countries, this gave a unique opportunity for families and friends around the world to share in this special day. We also held our first overseas graduation ceremony, when our collaborative BMus degree with Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts graduated its first cohort of students. RCM Deputy Director, Kevin Porter, attended the ceremony in Singapore to confer RCM degrees – we are the only conservatoire in the world to offer a collaborative degree with an overseas partner.

At the same time as all this innovation, this has been a year to look back and reflect on our rich heritage, and on the people who have contributed to our success. In April, we were very sad to learn of the death of Michael Gough Matthews, RCM Director from 1984 to 1993 and a student of the RCM from 1939. Michael was loved and respected by students and staff alike for his kindness and generosity of spirit and his legacy is still much in evidence today.

Also this year we looked back on 20 happy years of HRH The Prince of Wales as RCM President. He himself celebrated this milestone by endorsing a new honour, The President’s Award, which he presented in person at the RCM’s annual awards ceremony. The inaugural award, which honours a student for outstanding work in the community, was presented to Irish percussionist Ruairi Glasheen, for his work on the RCM’s Sparks Juniors programme.

Visitors to the RCM are inevitably impressed with what they discover here. Our distinguished alumnus the pianist John Lill wrote to me after his masterclass in October: “Everyone was cheerful, optimistic and enthusiastic – clearly well at home with kindred spirits and the vibrant, admirable environment. It was inspiring to hear such outstanding playing, for with music-making of this order, I could then discuss far more important and intangible topics than simply the printed page”. And after a visit in July to direct an informal presentation of scenes from his opera The Life to Come, Stephen Fry simply tweeted: “the students are stupendous”.

I myself never cease to be amazed by the musical impact made by our students and graduates, whether on stage, in competition or in their community. Our gifted and hardworking students and staff are a source of great pride to the RCM and I look forward to celebrating their further achievements in the coming year.

Professor Colin Lawson Director

Director’s report

Opposite RCM percussionist Ruairi Glasheen receives The President’s Award

I myself never cease to be amazed by the musical impact made by our students and graduates, whether on stage, in competition or in their community

Professor Colin Lawson

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Never standing still

Mission and principal objectivesThe RCM provides specialised musical education and professional training at the highest international level for performers and composers within an environment that stimulates innovation and research. This enables talented students from all backgrounds to develop the musical skills, knowledge, understanding and resourcefulness which will equip them to contribute significantly to musical life in this country and internationally.

RCM Strategic PlanIn setting the RCM’s objectives and planning its activities the Council gives careful consideration to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. The RCM’s ten-year Strategic Plan identifies the following priority areas for the period 2007 to 2017: access to an inspirational learning experience; artistic vision; research and innovation; communications; people; technology; estate; finance.

To realise the Strategic Plan, these priority areas are complemented by detailed strategies for specific areas. The RCM has established key performance indicators in order to measure achievement against these objectives, and the RCM’s performance against its benchmarks is reviewed each year by the Council.

In 2012/13, the Plan was reviewed and revised to reflect evolving priorities and changing external environment. Major initiatives during the period 2012 to 2017 include:

Courtyard development: the museum and the percussion suite will be demolished to make way for a new development including two new recital halls, a new percussion facility, and an integrated RCM Museum of Music and visitor concourse. There will be an associated fundraising programme to raise £30 million (£25 million plus £5 million for scholarships).

College Hall development: a programme of new-build will extend and modernise College Hall, funded by means of a commercial partnership with Campus Living Villages.

Pre-18 provision: a major review will explore the integration of Sparks Juniors, RCM Sparks and the RCM Junior Department, in order to enhance our access and progression agenda.

Marketing and communications: we will seek to maximise our impact at national and international level, maintaining and enhancing our profile as a natural first choice for students and staff from around the world.

Outlook for 2013/14The economic outlook continues to be uncertain and there will be further public spending cuts over the life of the coalition government. The RCM is determined to achieve a sustainable surplus and has set targets for income, savings and surplus as a percentage of turnover.

The targets for 2012/13 were exceeded, and a new Financial Sustainability Strategy was agreed for the period to 2017. The five-year financial forecasts were updated in July 2013, and these were tested using sensitivity analyses for a range of potential risks. Set against an uncertain economic background, acceptances to study at the RCM in 2013 are higher than ever, as were registrations for 2012/13.

HEFCE conducted a review of ‘institutional specific targeted allocation’, which recognised additional high costs associated with study at music conservatoires, and committed to continue this funding until at least 2015.

Progress of RCM Strategic Plan 2007 to 2017

Opposite RCM trumpeter Toby Street

Above Artist impressions of College Hall development

We’re delighted to have been awarded the contract with the RCM and thrilled to support such talented musicians during their time at the College

Sean McKeown Commercial Director at Campus Living Villages

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Inspirational teaching

Equipping the complete musician

Programme developmentIn 2012/13 the RCM reviewed its BMus and Artist Diploma programmes.

The BMus review involved staff, students, heads of faculty and professors in a re-evaluation of the relationships between principal study, faculty-led provision, and the academic curriculum.

The crucial balance between core requirements, student-based options and extra-curricular activity required the RCM to refine and review its assessment processes and manage the student experience clearly and flexibly. To this end the BMus programme team and the ICT department worked together to develop an online system of personal portfolios, which allow students to chart and reflect on the rich range of experiences provided by their programme.

The BMus review also clarified how the RCM helps students to become the ‘complete musician’. Distinctive resources are offered in a number of areas including ensemble performance, applied skills, music in context and contemporary music, all of which relate to areas of the RCM Artistic Strategy and the RCM Learning, Teaching and Enhancement Strategy.

A comprehensive programme portfolio is vital for providing students with advanced entry into the profession and the Artist Diploma review approved a new high level programme focussing on chamber music skills. This complements the current Artistic Diploma programmes in Performance and Opera, and the new (from September 2014) Artist Diploma programmes in Composition and Animateurship.

In 2012/13 a curriculum enhancement project on dissemination of good chamber music practice was also completed.

Faculty developmentIn 2012/13 the RCM reviewed the Vocal Faculty and Percussion Faculty.

The Vocal Faculty review considered a range of issues, including aspirations to extend the RCM’s vocal repertoire reach to areas such as Music Theatre and Jazz.

The Percussion review explored how the RCM might expand the range of student career options while maintaining a core focus on orchestral skills. It investigated developing professional experience for students through collaborative outreach projects, concerts events and external road shows; and making greater use of RCM Sparks and the Woodhouse Professional Development Centre.

Further discussion of the potential for integrating RCM Sparks and the Woodhouse Professional Development Centre into faculty and programme provision will be included in the Masters programmes’ review, planned for 2013/14.

Opposite The RCM International Opera School’s summer production of La vie parisienne

Above RCM percussionist Elsa Bradley

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Musical performance

On twitter

Excellent performance of Turangalîla Symphony by RCMSO at the RFH tonight. Such a magnificent piece of music @RCMLatest

Laughed till I cried at #RCMParisienne Well done @RCMLatest!

What an uplifting evening @RCMLatest #RCMParisienne

Absolutely fantastic day at the #RCMPercFest @RCMLatest and seeing and meeting the great John Riley!

Bringing the notes to lifeThe RCM’s performance profile continues to develop. In the last year, there has been a particular focus on coherent programming and thematic linkage between events. Performances in 2012/13 included:

• London Calling: celebrating music created in and influenced by the capital

• a celebration of the music of Olivier Messiaen

• a Lutosławski festival in conjunction with the Philharmonia Orchestra

• an orchestral performance with Sir Roger Norrington highlighting treasures from the RCM Special Collections.

The autumn’s series of ten wide-ranging ‘London Calling’ concerts included ‘London’ symphonies by Haydn and Vaughan Williams, conducted by Christopher Hogwood and Sian Edwards. The RCM Chamber Choir, fresh from their success at the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant, presented a programme entitled ‘A Garland for the Queen’. The RCM Big Band entertained with the best of British cabaret, and the RCM Wind Orchestra’s concert ‘Pageant of London’ included works by RCM composers past and present.

The spring began with two anniversary concerts of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, including the orchestral and original four-hand piano versions. The RCM collaborated once again with the Philharmonia Orchestra in Woven Words: “Music begins where words end”, a celebration of the music of Witold Lutosławski that took in chamber concerts at the RCM and the Purcell Room as well as an RCM Symphony Orchestra performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. A specially devised drama by Iain Burnside exploring the music of Benjamin Britten and the life of the poet Rimbaud displayed the dramatic talents in the vocal faculty. Visits from Vladimir Ashkenazy and Sir Roger Norrington brought remarkable performances from our orchestras.

In the summer term, as part of the Southbank Centre’s The Rest is Noise festival, the RCM Symphony Orchestra gave an exuberant performance of Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie to a packed Royal Festival Hall. Further performances of Messiaen’s works, including the Quartet for the End of Time, took place at Cadogan Hall and the RCM, and the RCM International Opera School rounded off an active year with a vivacious performance of Offenbach’s La vie parisienne.

Alongside these large-scale performances, the RCM continued its wide-ranging concerts of solo and chamber music, both at the RCM and beyond. Major festivals in the year included the five-day keyboard festival ‘Planet Piano’, the RCM Festival of Percussion and the International Festival of Viols.

Many concerts were streamed live on the RCM website, and many were recorded and made available on the RCM intranet as essential tools for students to use and review as part of their total learning.

Opposite The RCM Symphony Orchestra performs Messian’s Turangalîla-Symphonie at the Royal Festival Hall

Above RCM singers in a specially devised drama by Iain Burnside exploring the music of Britten

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Enhancing the research environment

Collaborative partnershipsThe Royal College of Music continues to extend its research collaborations, working closely with museums (including a joint exhibition on Music, Science and Technology with the Science Museum), concert-giving organisations (including the Southbank Centre’s The Rest is Noise festival) and other universities.

In January 2013, the RCM led a consortium of conservatoires in an investigation of AHRC research studentships and research training.

The Centre for Performance Science (CPS) continues to go from strength to strength. During 2012/13 the CPS collaborated with the AHRC Centre in Musical Performance as Creative Practice, and with the Institute of Musical Research. CPS staff also organised the 2013 International Symposium of Performance Science in Vienna.

Externally funded projectsIn 2012/13, two successful research funding applications were submitted to the AHRC:

Musical Impact: a cross-conservatoire study of health and well-being among musicians, led by the RCM

Mutual Recovery: a collaborative project with the medical department of Nottingham University to study the impact of music on mental health.

These projects have facilitated new research appointments, enhancing further the critical mass of researchers in the CPS and we are currently awaiting the outcome of three further research bids submitted in collaboration with the Science Museum. The cohort of doctoral students attached to CPS also increased over the year.

The RCM Special Collections continued to be an important resource for performance practice research. In 2012/13 a project was begun to edit and perform the piano concertos of William Sterndale Bennett. This project will be linked to Grove Forum events and will be part of our programme of temporary exhibitions in the RCM Museum of Music. Such exhibitions provide a forum to disseminate Collections-based research to the performance community within the RCM, the UK and internationally.

Preparation for submission to the Research Excellence Framework (REF)The REF is due for completion in 2014 and the RCM will submit examples of its research excellence across the fields of composition, performance practice, musicology and performance science. It will also present the ‘impact’ of its research on audiences, the profession, and the wider educational environment.

Research and innovation

Opposite Professor Ashley Solomon

Above RCM Museum of Music

Nothing is more important to the members of CUK than the health and wellbeing of our students

Professor Colin Lawson on Musical Impact

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Celebrating success

Shining examplesIn order to help achieve their full potential, all of the RCM’s exceptionally talented students are treated as unique musicians. Each student is helped to develop a sense of direction and is provided with the means to transform his or her dreams into reality, and a livelihood.

Success at the RCM takes many different forms, from a small improvement discerned in an aspect of technique to the ‘light-bulb moment’ which catapults a performer to international recognition. Each RCM student has individual successes to report, some very personal, others more public. Every single one of them deserves to be celebrated.

Royal Over-Seas League CompetitionOnce again, RCM students dominated this hugely prestigious competition. Having won the singers’ section, baritone Morgan Pearse won the coveted Gold Medal and overall First Prize. He was joined in the final by RCM violinist Michael Foyle, winner of the string section. Other winners not competing for the overall prize were the Françoise-Green Piano Duo, who claimed the Ensemble Prize, and Accompanist Prize winner Jennifer Hughes.

Honens International Piano CompetitionRCM Pianist Pavel Kolesnikov won the highly prestigious First Prize Laureate Award at the final of the Honens International Piano Competition in Canada. In addition to a lucrative money prize, Pavel was awarded a three-year artistic and career development programme which included worldwide representation and a recording on the Hyperion label.

Vocal successesAmong vocal students, soprano Louise Alder gained Second Prize in the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, Sinead O’Kelly was crowned Northern Ireland “Opera Voice 2013” and Emilie Renard scooped First Prize and the Audience Prize at the Cesti International Singing Competition.

A highlight of the year was watching recent graduate Ben Johnson compete in BBC Cardiff Singer in the World, where his sparkling performances saw him win the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize, voted for by audiences in the hall and across the globe. Ben was also announced as one of five RCM graduates accepted onto the 2013/14 ENO Harewood Artist Programme, alongside Eleanor Dennis, Anthony Gregory, Rhian Lois and Catherine Young.

Composition collaborations and successes RCM composers continued to reap success and push the boundaries in projects within and outside the RCM. Arne Gieshoff was awarded the coveted Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize while John Chua won the European Talent Award at the Soundtrack-Cologne 9.0. RCM composers also provided the soundtrack to a sculpture exhibition at the Royal British Society of Sculptors and collaborated with the English National Ballet to create a series of new pieces to be performed at The Place. In addition, composition for screen composer Pierre O’Reilly organised the largest film-scoring session undertaken in the RCM with a 70 strong session orchestra of RCM musicians recording music for two short films.

Opposite 1. Pavel Kolesnikov 2. Emilie Renard 3. Pierre O’Reilly

Above Françoise-Green Piano Duo

The jury’s choice of Pavel Kolesnikov – a thoughtful and inquisitive young musician – is a testament to Honens’ commitment to discover musicians with an original voice

Stephen McHolm President and Artistic Director of the Honens Competition

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Taking the leadThe Woodhouse Professional Development Centre is the RCM’s flagship careers department. It offers bespoke career advice, guidance, referrals, resources and a broad spectrum of professional opportunities to students and graduates (for up to five years after graduation).

Passionately driven by and constantly adapting to the parameters of an increasingly competitive and complex music industry, the Centre continues to enjoy a global reputation as a leading light in the challenging field of student-professional transition.

Careers servicesIn 2012/13 the Centre’s services were more popular than ever, with a record 142 musicians benefitting from one-to-one appointments focusing on CV, self-promotion and career advice. More students attended a successful pilot series of career events in the spring, featured talks and presentations from organisations such as English National Opera, the Musicians’ Answering Service and Live Music Now. In the summer, 170 RCM musicians attended the Centre’s largest ever annual Leavers’ Event, and enjoyed hearing from more than 20 guest speakers.

All of these services help to prepare RCM students and graduates for a successful and lifelong career in music.

Performances The Centre offers a range of concert opportunities at prestigious venues, helping students to establish a reputation, profile and artistic identity as a professional musician. In 2012/13, some 233 RCM musicians undertook concert performances at a wide range of notable venues including St Martin-in-the-Fields, Steinway Hall and Fairfield Halls. The RCM’s unique and creative music/art collaboration with the National Gallery continued to flourish, where unique projects included an innovative composers’ project linked to a Barocci exhibition, and an historic electronic sound and string ensemble performance, which was reported in the national press.

Professional engagementsThe RCM’s professional engagements service continued to thrive, with some 360 different musicians gaining a wide variety of opportunities: performing at special events or working as freelance orchestral and session players, accompanists, repetiteurs, chorus members and composers.

In 2012/13, RCM musicians performed at some of London’s most prestigious venues, including the Royal Opera House, Saatchi Gallery, Coutts & Co. Bank, Hampton Court Palace, the House of Lords, Buckingham Palace, the British Library, the British Museum and the Savoy and Ritz hotels.

Employability

Opposite and above A Woodhouse Centre led project with artist Jo Lewis, which saw RCM composers write a brand new work inspired by Britten’s Four Sea Interludes

It has been a fantastic, creative experience working with a huge variety of RCM composers and musicians

Jo Lewis Freelance artist and educator at the National Gallery

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Including everyone

RCM SparksRCM Sparks is the Royal College of Music’s ground-breaking learning and participation programme, providing opportunities for everyone to make or learn about music.

Events include workshops and short courses, which offer inspirational learning experiences for all. There are free or subsidised places available to all children (and their families) who are eligible for free school meals, live in local authority or foster care, or live in social housing. In 2012/13, RCM Sparks worked with more than 3,500 members of the local community and trained 150 RCM students in more than 50 events.

As members of the Tri-borough Music Hub, RCM Sparks enhanced its strategic partnership with the Royal Albert Hall to offer innovative learning and participation activities for young people and families. The unique combination of educational expertise and diverse concert programming allows for engaging activities, and access to two iconic institutions.

RCM Junior DepartmentThe RCM Junior Department’s (RCMJD) mission is to offer an inspirational learning experience for all, regardless of financial means. The RCMJD offers advanced training at the highest level to young musicians aged 8 to 18; this includes individually tailored one-to-one tuition for instrument, voice and composition supported by chamber music, orchestra, choir and musicianship programmes.

Entrance to RCMJD is by competitive audition. Financial assistance is available for successful applicants who would otherwise be prevented from attending because of financial hardship; in 2012/13 more than £200,000 was provided in bursary support.

RCMJD students participated in more than 80 concert performances throughout 2012/13. These included performances at the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room, the Carpenter’s Hall, the Beaumaris Festival in Wales and the Spivakov Festival in Moscow. The year culminated with a well-received concert at Cadogan Hall.

Sparks JuniorsThis unique scheme, which allows a wider range of children from local boroughs to access the excellent teaching and learning resources of the RCM, is now in its fourth year. In 2012/13 eight students ‘graduated’ from the scheme and joined an extension programme, while four new mini tuba and trombone players joined the RCM. They will receive instrumental lessons and attend choir, musicianship and practical musicianship classes.

In May 2013, Sparks Juniors performed in front of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales at the RCM’s annual awards ceremony. The Prince celebrated 20 years as President of the RCM by endorsing a new award: The President’s Award, which honours an RCM student for outstanding work in the community. He presented the inaugural award to Irish percussionist Ruairi Glasheen, who has been mentoring RCM’s Sparks Juniors students. Ruairi and the Sparks Juniors students entertained The Prince with their performance of a brand-new piece, specially created for the occasion.

Learning for all

Opposite and above RCM Sparks Summer Music

We’re very keen to support organisations that bring music to young people who would not otherwise have access to it

Nigel Brotherton on behalf of John Lewis

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Caring for the environmentThe Royal College of Music is committed fully to its responsibility for minimising the environmental, social and economic impacts of its operations.

In 2013 the RCM was awarded a 2:1 rating by the People and Planet Green League, and for the fourth year running is proud to be recognised as the UK’s greenest conservatoire.

In 2012/13 the RCM implemented the following environmental improvements:

• achieved Fairtrade university status

• purchased 100% of electricity from renewable generation

• recycled 97% of construction waste

• participated in the Shred-it confidential recycling programme

• reduced water consumption by 5,700m3 compared to 2010/11

• participated in Go Green Week

• implemented ‘intelligent’ monitoring of printing reducing printing by 38,000 pages (200 kg of CO2 ).

By the end of 2012, the RCM achieved a 15% reduction in total carbon emissions. This increased the RCM’s DEC rating (Display Energy Certificate) to an energy efficiency category ‘C’.

Since achieving BREEAM In-Use accreditation in July 2012, the RCM has been working towards ISO 14001 accreditation. This Environmental Management System is a formal, structured approach to managing the aspects of a site’s activities, products and/or services. The RCM aims to achieve ISO 14001 accreditation in 2013/14.

In May the RCM was awarded £350,000 from the HEFCE Revolving Green Fund. This recoverable grant will be used for carbon saving projects with “payback” ranging from one to five years.

Ensuring fair accessDrawing on the vision of Prince Albert for the advancement of the Arts and Sciences, the RCM’s Strategic Plan 2007 to 2017 outlines a vision for providing access to an inspirational learning experience for the widest possible range of students.

The RCM believes the area for most effective investment is its outreach activity delivered by RCM Sparks. Evaluation of the programme shows that young people engaged in sustained activity with the RCM are more confident in a university environment, particularly if their families had no previous higher education experience. Most participants also demonstrate increased level of skills and feel more comfortable working in teams.

In September 2012 the Royal Albert Hall hosted the launch of the new Tri-borough Music Hub, supported by Arts Council England. The hub comprises three strategic partners: the RCM, the Royal Albert Hall and the Aurora Orchestra who will provide music services to children in three London boroughs: Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham and Westminster.

The launch evening featured an appearance by the folk-group Tir Eolas, founded at the RCM by four students. In attendance were head teachers and music teachers from some of the 150 schools across the three boroughs, all of whom will benefit from the new hub. The RCM’s contribution to the Tri-borough Music Hub will be provided by RCM Sparks, building on its existing partnership with the Royal Albert Hall.

Playing our part

Opposite RCM Sparks

Above Tir Eolas perform at the launch of the Tri-borough Music Hub

We see it as a great responsibility to be involved in strategically planning music education in schools and, alongside the RCM and Aurora Orchestra, are extremely honoured to have been appointed in this role

Chris Cotton CEO of Royal Albert Hall

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Transforming lives The RCM’s income comes mainly from government grants, tuition fees and trading activities. This does not cover all our costs and the RCM is increasingly reliant on a valued family of supporters for fundraised income. This is especially important in the current economic environment and with cuts in government grants. Last year, the Development Department raised £1.1 million in donations and sponsorships (£889,000 in 2011/12), £445,000 from legacy gifts and £1.1 million in endowment investment income. This allowed the RCM to award £1.9 million in scholarships (£1.6 million in 2011/12), which went some way to meeting the target of increased scholarship awards to £2.5 million per annum by 2017.

Scholarships transform the lives of young, gifted people in a profound way and the RCM is at the forefront of scholarship giving. In 2012/13, the RCM provided financial support to more than 380 students (45% of all students), and was delighted to welcome new supporters including the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation, Andrew & Karen Sunnucks, Lark Insurance, Russell Race and Richard Ward. For these generous donors, supporting a scholarship is an ideal way of getting to know students and to see at first hand the fascinating process of professional development that RCM scholars experience.

The RCM’s annual gala fundraiser, the Soirée d’Or, was again held at the V&A’s Raphael Gallery with a stellar performance from RCM alumnus Sir James Galway. Its tremendous success is a tribute to the hard work of a dedicated committee chaired by Lady Carr and its many loyal supporters. The resulting fundraised income of more than £200,000 was a vital boost to the RCM Scholarship Fund.

The RCM was delighted to welcome an increasing number of individuals and charitable foundations as major donors, supporting particular areas of work which help transform the lives of young people. External funding to RCM Sparks, the RCM’s acclaimed learning and widening-participation programme, reached £100,000 per annum, including new support from the Hedley Foundation, Stanley Foundation and John Lyon’s Charity.

There are now more than 500 RCM Friends, whose enthusiastic attendance at concerts, recitals and masterclasses is greatly appreciated by students and staff. The RCM’s patron programme was relaunched in early 2013 as Circles for Excellence and is a community of loyal individual supporters giving more than £12,000 per annum. A Patrons’ Committee was established to ensure that numbers continue to grow.

Since its foundation, the financial support that the RCM has received from donations and legacies has helped to cement its position as an internationally acclaimed institution. All of the generous people and organisations that help the RCM – far more than there is space to mention – deserve the sincerest gratitude. Their continuing support and commitment will have a lasting impact on the future of classical music in this country and beyond.

Fundraising

Opposite Director of Development Samir Savant talks to RCM alumni RCM supporters and RCM students

Above Soirée d’Or 2012

The RCM is a lovely place to have a relationship with. It’s wonderful to be able to give young musicians the chance to succeed

Ruth West RCM Scholarship Supporter

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Thanks to...

Music has the power to transform lives. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, generations of gifted students from around the world have been guided and inspired at the RCM. The RCM would like to thank in particular those who have made donations of £1,000 or more in the last academic year. Gifts are listed in descending order.

Supporters of named scholarships, bursaries and Junior Fellowships

Estate of Dr Neville Wathen ABRSM Leverhulme Trust Soirée d’Or Scholarships The John and Marjorie Coultate ScholarshipEstate of Humphrey SearleEstate of Roselyn Ann Clifton Parker The Richard Carne Charitable Trust Laurie Barry and the John Barry Scholarship for Film Composition Estate of Dr John Birch FRCM The Wolfson Foundation H R Taylor Trust H F Awards John Lewis Partnership Scholarships The Tsukanov Family FoundationRichard and Rosemary Millar The Worshipful Company of Musicians Hester Laverne Award Charles Napper Award Lydia Napper Award The Michael Bishop Foundation The Big Give Trust The Reed Foundation Croucher Hong Kong Charitable Trust The Hon Ros Kelly Opperby Stokowski Collection Trust The Lee Abbey Award Celia and Andrew Curran Scholarship Stephen Catto Memorial Scholarship The Worshipful Company of Drapers The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers The Estate of Mr Charles Knoll Lord and Lady Lurgan Trust Ian Stoutzker CBE FRCM Ian and Meriel Tegner The Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation UK Gilbert and Eileen Edgar Junior Fellowship Phoebe Benham Junior Fellowship The Mills Williams Foundation The Dasha Shenkman ScholarshipThe Derek Butler Trust Andrew and Karen Sunnucks Monica and Guy Black Scholarship The Charles Peel Charitable Trust

The Ackroyd Trust The Richard Toeman/Weinberger Opera Scholarship The Wyseliot Charitable Trust The Wall Trust The Stanley Picker Scholarship Professor Lord Winston Lark Insurance Scholarship Steinway & Sons The Boltini Trust ScholarshipJonathon Bond Richard and Debbie Ward David Laing Foundation Scholarship Rayne Trust Scholarship Independent Opera Artist Scholarship South Square Trust Sir Peter and Lady Walters Edward Brooks FRCM Sir Gordon Palmer Scholarship Douglas and Kyra DownieMark Loveday Scholarship Arthur Wilson Trombone Award Else and Leonard Cross Charitable Trust Yehudi Menuhin Award Midori Nishiura Bell PercussionKirby Laing Foundation Paul BoothThe Donald Paterson Award The Bliss Trust Norman Reintamm

Supporters of RCM Sparks

J Paul Getty Jr Charitable Trust John Lyon’s Charity David Ross Foundation The Ernest Cook Trust EMI Music Sound Foundation The Hedley Foundation John Lewis Partnership Dr Susan Sinclair and Rodolphe Olard Anonymous The Oldhurst Trust HPS Trust Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation

Members of the RCM Chairman’s Circle

Philip Carne HonRCM and Christine Carne* Michael and Ruth West* Dr Leonard Polonsky and Dr Georgette Bennett* Jane Barker* Sir Roger and Lady Carr HonRCM* Guy Dawson and Sam Horscroft Emma Rose (Deceased 12 November 2013) and Quentin Williams* Linda and Tony Hill

Becoming an RCM Friend took me back to such happy days at the College that I just had to introduce my music-loving friends not only to its warmth, but to the joy of hearing tomorrow’s musicians

Sue Pudifoot Stephens RCM Friend, Alumna and Legacy Pledger

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James and Clare Kirkman* John and Catherine Armitage* Gisela Gledhill* Alethea Siow and Jeremy Furniss* Dr Mark Levesley and Christina Hoseason*

Members of the RCM Director’s Circle

Vivien McLean Richard and Sue Price Victoria Sharp* Charles and Kaaren Hale Terry Hitchcock Judy and Terence Mowschenson Sir Peter and Lady Middleton FRCM Metherell Family John Nickson and Simon Rew* The Vernon Ellis Foundation Peter and Dimity Spiller Louisa Treger Sir Sydney and Lady Lipworth

Members of the RCM Patrons’ Circle

Russell Race* Ellen Moloney Mrs Piffa Schroder Rhoddy Voremberg John Ward Barbara Simmonds Betty Sutherland Mrs Victoria Moore-Gillon FRCS David and Sue Lewis Sir Anthony Cleaver FRCM and Lady Cleaver Halina and John Bennett Dimity and Kerry Rubie Tania ChislettMrs Carol J Hagh Mr and Mrs John Heywood Monica Moezinia David Poultney (Deceased 10 October 2013)Mr and Mrs Charles Robinson Mrs R Rothbarth Dr Yvonne Winkler John Cheng Costas Kaplanis

Corporate Partners

Royal Garden HotelHatch Mansfield

Other generous donors

Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation**Jane Kessler Leopold de Rothschild 1959 Charitable TrustThe Farthings Trust

The Henry Wood Trust The Robert Fleming Hannay Memorial Charity John Topham Karen Cook Miss Kathleen Beryl Sleigh Charitable Trust The Seary Charitable Trust St Marylebone Educational Foundation Roland Rudd Interros The Sharp Foundation Centrica plc The Rothermere Foundation Geoffrey Richards HonRCM Daniel ChapchalMark Messenger FRCM, LRAM, ARAMAnn Driver Trust Fidelio TrustSerena Fenwick Mark Wood Paul Wayne Gregory Bill Bolsover Fiona Wilson Webster and Davidson Mortification for the Blind Sir David Cooksey The Derek Hill Foundation Professor Colin Lawson FRCM The Hon Richard LyttletonPhilip Jackson Janis Susskind HonRCM Peter Granger Blair Wilson Award Moira D WittyDavid D SieffIrisa FrankleClifford and Maggie Abrahams Michael Steen OBE HonRCM Mrs Terry Collins-Tveter Miel de Botton Helena Morrissey Nicola Jones Knights of the Round Table Nonna Materkova Sir David Lees Kilfinan TrustRichard Davey Friends of the National Libraries Brian and Hana Smouha

* also support a named award ** also support RCM Sparks and the String Faculty

For more information about supporting the RCM, visit www.rcm.ac.uk/supportus

In supporting the College we hope to contribute to both education and the arts by enabling talented young musicians to study at this famous conservatoire and go on to enrich the lives of many

Sir Roger and Lady Carr Chairman’s Circle Patrons

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Facts and figures

Principal study by faculty

Brass 51

Composition 57

Conducting 2

Keyboard 147

Percussion 29

Strings 254

Vocal 79

Woodwind 92

DMus/MSc 61

Total 772

Student profile 2012/13

Gender Programmes

Male – 46%

Female – 54%

Undergraduate – 51%

Postgraduate – 43%

Doctoral – 6%

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Year Ended 31 July 2013

£

Year Ended 31 July 2012

£

Funding council grants 4,145,945 4,461,305

Academic fees and support grants 9,032,944 7,998,485

Research grants 93,135 36,928

Other operating income 4,341,033 4,709,198

Endowment and restricted income and interest receivable

2,878,052 2,473,557

Total income 20,491,109 19,679,473

Year Ended 31 July 2013

£

Year Ended 31 July 2012

£

Staff costs 10,297,874 9,831,681

Other operating costs 6,693,067 6,190,521

Depreciation 1,358,938 1,538,954

Interest and other final costs 123,008 131,682

Total expenditure 18,472,887 17,692,838

Financials

Income account for the year ended 31 July 2013

Expenditure account for the year ended 31 July 2013

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Governance

PatronHer Majesty The Queen

PresidentHis Royal Highness The Prince of Wales KG KT GCB OM AK QSO PC ADC

Vice-PresidentsThe Most Revd and Rt Hon the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury

The Most Revd and Rt Hon the Lord Archbishop of York

The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor of London

Sir Anthony Cleaver FRCM

Mr Michael Gough Matthews FRCM (Deceased 11 April 2013)

Lady Middleton FRCM

Mr Humphrey Norrington OBE FRCM

Dame Janet Ritterman DBE

Mr Ian Stoutzker CBE FRCM

Sir David Willcocks CBE MC FRCM

CouncilThe President

Professor Lord Winston (Chairman)

Mrs Jane Barker (Deputy Chairman)

Mr Nicholas Ward (Honorary Treasurer)

Mr Richard Price (Chairman of Audit Committee)

Mr Nigel Woolner (Chairman of Estates Committee)

Lord Black of Brentwood

Mr Andrew Haigh

The Hon Richard Lyttelton

Mr Julian Metherell Dr Munira Mirza

Ms Gillian Moore MBE FRCM

Mr John Nickson

Mrs Victoria Sharp

Ms Alethea Siow

Mr Rhoderick Voremberg

Mr Bob Wigley

Ex-officio or electedProfessor Colin Lawson FRCM

Professor Vanessa Latarche FRCM

Mr Ashley Solomon HonRCM

Miss Ann Somerville

Mr Pablo Ortiz de Urbina

Clerk to the CouncilMr Kevin Porter HonRCM

Opposite RCM baritone Luke D Williams

Design The Design Avenue

General photography Chris Christodoulou

Additional photography Ben Larpent (page 12) Olivia Woohouse (page 20) Sheila Burnett (pages 21 and 22)

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