Annual Review 2012/13

Taking Music Further

Contents

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Introduction• Our Impact• Welcome• What we Delivered

Skills Development• First Time Live – Youth• Rochford Young Music

Leaders• Music of Dreams

Young People• First Time Live – Early Years• Street Symphony• The Thoresby Suite

Highlights of the YearA month-by-month snapshot of some of the many highlights of the past year.

Concerts• AFTER:hours• Celebrations in Wiltshire• Hull City Hall Classics• Academy of Ancient Music

on tour• Ask the Audience

New Music • Composer Centre Stage• Relay• South Holland Symphony• Music of Place• Moon

Future Plans• What Next?• How to Support Us

About Us• Financials• Partners & Supporters• Staff & Trustees

Our Impact

Orchestras Live is a national music charity that brings orchestral music to thousands of people in under-served areas across England. Our mission is to inspire, motivate and empower the widest range of people through excellent live orchestral music.

Orchestras Live works throughout England, where cultural investment is most needed, prioritising areas of low orchestral provision.

Our projects and concerts inspire people and encourage innovation from our orchestra partners.

We work across the orchestral sector and across the country: from chamber to symphony orchestras; from Early Music to the music of today; from Cumbria in the North West to Ashford in the South East; from Wiltshire in the South West to Hull in the North.

Partnership is at the heart of everything we do. We work with local authorities, music education hubs, promoters, orchestras, composers and music leaders to deliver world-class orchestral programmes with lasting legacies.

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Welcome to our Annual Review for 2012/13. I’m delighted with what we’ve achieved over the past year, producing, devising and leading multiple projects, all with the common aim of bringing inspirational live orchestral experiences by world-class British orchestras to audiences who would not otherwise have the opportunity to hear them.

In 2012/13, we delivered nearly 700 orchestral concerts and events, working with 84 orchestra and promoter partners. Arts Council England remains our principal – and very supportive – investor. I’m also very pleased that our success has been recognised by an increasing number of Trusts and Foundations, many of whom have made long-term financial commitments to support our work.

We are very aware of the ongoing pressure on public funding, and I want to acknowledge the commitment of our many investing partners nationwide, including local authorities and an expanding number of music education hubs who continue to invest significant resources to work with us to bring the best British orchestras to their communities, an increasing number of whom live in areas of the lowest cultural provision in the country.

We are committed to making our operation as efficient and well governed as possible, with due care for the environmental impact of our work. My thanks to our small team of staff and trustees for their tireless and resourceful work, to bring such an amazing range of orchestral work to so many people across England.

I hope you enjoy reading about our work.

Mark Bromley Chairman

Out of the many hundreds of concerts and projects that we delivered in 2012/13, I’m particularly proud of what we have achieved in the first year of our ‘First Time Live – Youth’ project. In the space of a few short months, our belief in empowering young people by giving them the chance to produce an orchestral concert became a reality. This was made possible by additional investment by Arts Council England, and the commitment and imagination shown by our orchestra partners and music leaders as well as the championship of our many local project partners. As with all our work, our aim with First Time Live – Youth is to challenge and inspire our audiences to further orchestral explorations and I’m very much looking forward to the second year of the project with more concerts in March 2014.

We also expanded our Beyond the Premiere programme to take cutting edge new orchestral music to our growing number of promoter partners across England. Last year we worked with Aurora Orchestra to bring their pioneering Battle programme with Julian Philips’ new work Maxamorphosis, a visually stunning fusion of street dance and orchestra, to audiences outside London. This is just one aspect of our passionate commitment to renewing the repertoire and promoting the orchestral music of today. Last year, 28% of our Orchestras Live Concerts programmes featured work by living composers including three world premieres.

I think there’s much to celebrate about our work over the last year and I hope this review gives you a flavour of the extensive range of orchestral work that we now routinely deliver throughout the year and across the country.

Henry Little Chief Executive

Welcome “ I want to acknowledge the commitment of our many partners who invest significant resources to bring the best British orchestras to their communities.” Mark Bromley Chairman

“ As with all our work, our aim is to challenge and inspire our audiences to further orchestral explorations.” Henry Little Chief Executive

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What we Delivered

Events

60,801Audiences and participants

East

East Midlands

North West

South East

South West

West Midlands

Yorkshire

Where we worked

Find out about us online www.orchestraslive.org.uk/about-us

Concerts

148 Including:

Reaching:

15 School concerts

17 Family concerts

17% of all concerts included work by living composers

47,513 Audience members

As part of:

Reaching:

49 Education projects

13,288 Participants

Workshops

551

Mixed & adult

64%

Under 18s

36%

Orchestras

21Promoters

63 Venues

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Creating Lasting Legacies

Skills Development

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“ These young people were able to make classical music relevant to the young people in the audience who responded energetically.” Pauline David, Director of Regeneration, Hull City Council

Supported by the Arts Council’s Strategic Touring Fund, First Time Live – Youth set out to break the mould of the traditional schools’ concert by putting young people in control of the whole production.

They chose repertoire, designed lighting, operated cameras, mixed sound, composed music, stage managed, wrote the script and presented the concerts.

The results were remarkable and, for many of the young producers, life changing with a whole new range of skills and career choices revealed.

We, the orchestras and the venues were pleased to have been able to offer information, advice and guidance to these young people on further training and future career options.

KeY PARtNeRS• City of London Sinfonia• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra• Makewaves• Hull City Hall• The Baths Hall, Scunthorpe• UK Centre for Carnival Arts, Luton• Harlow Education Consortium• Luton Music Service• Hull City Council Music Service• North Lincolnshire Music

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FIRST TIME LIVE – YOUTHDeveloping the skills of young people in all aspects of production was the focus of our major touring programme this year.

Watch the Scunthorpe film www.orchestraslive.org.uk/news/ FTL-film-scunthorpe

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Rochford Arts@rochford_arts

In March, 60 young musicians from #Rochford District will join our 6th annual music education project with @philharmonia & @OrchestrasLive

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An increasingly important aspect of our work in Rochford with the Philharmonia Orchestra over the past four years has been the highly successful skill-sharing and mentoring work with young musicians, an investment in the cultural economy which will help to make creative music-making more sustainable in south east Essex.

The project in spring 2013 involved 25 young musicians from FitzWimarc School in Rayleigh working with animateur Tim Steiner over several days before themselves leading a day of workshops

with groups of younger students from eight local primary schools, as well as a separate workshop for older people at a nearby sheltered housing centre.

This also contributed towards the young musicians’ Arts Award.

KeY PARtNeRS• Essex County Council• FitzWimarc School• Philharmonia Orchestra• Rochford District Council

Successful skill-sharing and mentoring work with young musicians in Essex.

Discover more online www.orchestraslive.org.uk/rochford

Building on our Early Years work in Suffolk with City of London Sinfonia, a year-long project was held in the Newmarket area to take a more long-term, detailed approach towards creative work with young children and particularly in developing the skills of Early Years practitioners at nursery settings.

Led by specialist musician Claire Bloor and a team of CLS players, Music of Dreams also involved a trainee music leader, Hannah Vesty, working alongside Claire throughout the project in order to gain new skills and be an ongoing resource for similar activity in west Suffolk.

The project – supported by Youth Music – culminated in a CLS family music day in Newmarket, co-presented by the two music leaders. A music training day was also held, enabling Early Years practitioners from other parts of the county to gain skills and inspiration from the project.

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“ Music of Dreams has been an inspiring and fulfilling project. This opportunity has been exciting and enriching, teaching me there are no creative boundaries when working with children.” Hannah Vesty, trainee music leader

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MUSIC OF DREAMSCultivation of skills for sustainable Early Years music activity in Suffolk.

KeY PARtNeRS• City of London Sinfonia• Forest Heath District Council• Suffolk County Music Service• Youth Music

Discover more online www.orchestraslive.org.uk/news/ music-of-dreams

Engaging Young People

Young People

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KeY PARtNeRS• City of London Sinfonia• Essex County Council• Essex Music Services• Suffolk Coastal District Council• Suffolk County Music Service• Youth Music

“ I thought that the whole thing was great. Lovely for the children to hear some professional live classical music, and then be able to have a go too – really impressed.” Audience memberFIRST TIME LIVE –

EARLY YEARSEnabling very young children to experience live orchestral music remains a priority. An award from Youth Music last year meant we could extend the reach of our successful Lullaby concerts to Felixstowe, Jaywick, Thurrock and east Ipswich.

“ Working within Early Years settings, delivering training sessions for Early Years practitioners, working collaboratively with professional musicians and presenting Lullaby Concerts has had a dramatic impact on my career. Gaining such experience has led to leading roles within the BBC Concert Orchestra, Wigmore Hall, Elias String Quartet and I was also invited to the Birth To Five conference to talk about Lullaby activities.” Claire Bloor, Project Leader, First Time Live – Early Years

With an extended series of workshops in each area helping to embed music-making at participating nursery settings, bespoke learning resources supported practitioners in their own music leadership with young children.

In autumn 2012, working again with City of London Sinfonia, Lullaby Concerts on the theme of Water Music were held at community venues in Felixstowe and Jaywick (near Clacton-on-Sea), with a particular aim to engage with more ‘hard to reach’ families.

One of the positive outcomes was a commitment by Barnardo’s to support two further projects at Jaywick, beginning with workshops, a training day and two concerts in spring 2013. This coincided with our first visit to Thurrock, where several local young adults were recruited to help manage the events, forming the start of their pathway through a range of local arts events until adopting their role as young producers in our First Time Live – Youth project early in 2014.

Lullaby Concerts also took place during the year in Louth, Lincoln, Grantham, Newmarket, Sudbury and Stowmarket.

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Discover more online www.orchestraslive.org.uk/FTL-Early-Years

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“ You don’t go to a school and see some of the world’s most talented musicians every day. It’s a once in a life time opportunity.” Young participant

“ It felt amazing. I couldn’t believe that I was there! I listened to the violins playing when I wasn’t performing and it took my breath away. I felt really proud of myself and feel very lucky to have the opportunity to perform with the RPO. I enjoyed the experience very much.” Young participant

KeY PARtNeRS • Braintree District Arts • Braintree Youth Project Charity • Essex County Council • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the aim was to build a sustainable approach to collaborative music-making in Braintree by establishing an eclectic ensemble of young musicians supported by local adult music leaders.

Awareness was raised through a series of RPO presentations and workshops in schools, after which a number of young musicians committed to the new ensemble.

Other young people were drawn in through Braintree Youth Project Charity, a drop-in centre for 15–19 year olds.

In workshops led by Tim Steiner the participants developed material for an original piece, Street Symphony, which they performed with the RPO in a public concert at Tabor Leisure Centre in Braintree. Mentoring for local teachers and community musicians provided an additional layer of support for the ensemble and a legacy from the project.

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STREET SYMPHONYStreet Symphony was a signature music development project we co-produced in Essex during the 2012 Olympic celebrations.

Discover more online www.orchestraslive.org.uk/news/ sparks-will-fly

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“ My attitude has changed a lot as I didn’t realise how just something as simple as walking around the forest could inspire a whole orchestra and us to make up our own pieces.” Student, The Dukeries Academy

“ Truly inspiring and an enjoyable experience for my children. If they aren’t encouraged to keep playing now I’ll be surprised!” Audience member

KeY PARtNeRS • The Dukeries Academy • Nottinghamshire Arts & Sports

for Children & Young People • Orchestra of the Swan • St Mary’s Primary School,

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Young people from The Dukeries Academy in New Ollerton attended the concert and explored the grounds of Thoresby Estate to gather ideas which would inform their own music.

Composer James Redwood and Orchestra of the Swan musicians helped to develop these ideas into a series of contrasting pieces, orchestrated by James to become The Thoresby Suite.

In a separate strand, a large group of young string players at St Mary’s CE Primary School in nearby Edwinstowe were supported with learning parts of certain movements from Vaughan Williams’ Concerto Grosso.

They played these alongside Orchestra of the Swan in a public concert which also featured pastoral orchestral repertoire, devised pieces and the premiere of The Thoresby Suite involving all 84 young participants performing with the orchestra.

It was one of those special concerts for me when I get shivers of emotion and excitement and I’m aware I’m lucky enough to be a part of something quite magical.” Vanessa Murby, Orchestra of the Swan co-principal viola

Download the evaluation report www.orchestraslive.org.uk/news/thoresby-evaluation

THE THORESBY SUITEA concert of English string music by Orchestra of the Swan at Thoresby Theatre formed the starting point for a creative project with a pastoral theme.

Highlights of the Year

LONDON SINFONIettA IN SOUtHAMPtONGavin Bryars’ iconic Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet featured alongside works by Steve Reich, Laurence Crane and Graham Fitkin during the season at turner Sims Concert Hall, one of our Orchestras Live Concerts promoters.

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AURORA ORCHeStRA At DeAL FeStIVALMaxamorphosis, a major new work by Julian Philips and choreographed by Mickael ‘Marso’ Rivere for chamber orchestra, dancers, and Aurora Orchestra’s Principal Viola Max Baillie (a trained dancer as well as an instrumentalist), premiered at Dover town Hall as part of Deal Festival alongside a new breakbeat arrangement of Holst’s Mars by Chris Willis.

PARALYMPIC tORCH eVeNt IN MID SUFFOLKA City of London Sinfonia brass ensemble, music leader Claire Bloor and a sign language interpreter held workshops and performances during the Suffolk Paralympic torch celebrations at Needham Market, enjoyed by around 500 people who have additional needs.

‘ BRIGHt SPARKS’ IN DeRBYSHIRe‘Bright in the Corner’ (a partnership of artists from South Africa and Derbyshire) worked with Sinfonia Viva, music leader John K Miles and 38 young people, creating music and giving performances at Glossop and at Nottingham Contemporary during the World event Young Artists festival.

‘ OH HOW tHAt VALLeY DID CHANGe’ IN DeRBYSinfonia Viva, folk band Mills & Chimneys, Derbyshire Poet Laureate Matt Black and composer Jack Ross worked with 147 young people from six schools, including song writing inspired by Masson and Cromford Mills and a large-scale performance at Derby Assembly Rooms.

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‘ ANtHeM FOR A CHILD’ IN KINGS LYNNAs part of a national tour of Olympic projects, Orchestra of the Age of enlightenment and 120 young musicians from four primary schools shared the stage at King’s Lynn Corn exchange in concerts supporting whole-class instrumental learning.

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tHe KAtONA tWINS IN eGReMONtPart of a highly successful tour, SASRA Arts – one of our four Cumbria promoters – presented the talented Katona twins with City of London Sinfonia. enabling places like egremont on the west coast of Cumbria to present soloists and orchestras of this quality is a vital part of our work.

‘ tHe GeNIUS OF MOZARt’ IN CHeSteRFIeLDIn the second year of the evolving residency, Orchestra of the Age of enlightenment worked with 170 people in schools and care homes, exploring aspects of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 and a new piece by James Redwood, linked to a concert of Mozart orchestral repertoire at the Winding Wheel.

‘ SONGS OF tRAVeL’ IN LINCOLNthe annual residency by Sinfonia Viva at Lincoln Drill Hall never ceases to produce excellent work. Led by James Redwood, with baritone Robert Davies, young people from four Lincoln schools created a new work based on Vaughan Williams’ Songs of travel performed on stage with the orchestra.

‘ MUSIC SHOtS’ IN NORtHAMPtONtied to the residency of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Royal & Derngate, Music Shots gave more advanced young musicians the opportunity to work with professional musicians on a regular basis to hone their performance skills. they also got the chance to attend the RPO rehearsal and perform before the concert.

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tHe HALLÉ IN HULLAs part of our partnership with Hull City Hall and Hull City Council Music Service over 1,000 primary school children enjoyed the Hallé on the Orient express presented by tom Redmond and conducted by Jamie Phillips. One lucky young man even got to conduct the orchestra!

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AUDIeNCe DeVeLOPMeNt IN LeICeSteRMade in partnership with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Shruti Arts, a series of videos were commissioned to support the development of culturally diverse audiences for Philharmonia concerts at De Montfort Hall, Leicester. the second video featured Adrián Varela and Kirpal Singh in conversation about similarities and differences of string instruments.

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Reaching and Engaging Audiences

AFTER:hours

An aspiration shared by Nottingham Classics and Orchestras Live to develop new audiences through adventurous programming has borne fruit through a succession of late-night performances following mainstream orchestral concerts at the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham.

The 2012/13 season included Sinfonia Viva and Norwegian trumpet soloist Tine Thing Helseth performing works by Mark Anthony Turnage, James MacMillan and Arvo Pärt.

As well as attracting new audience members, AFTER:hours has proved popular with the mainstream audience who are interested in exploring unfamiliar repertoire, especially high quality contemporary music presented through an informal format.

“ AFTER:hours has given Nottingham Classics a vital extra dimension. It’s been one of the best things we’ve done in the last decade, so much so that it’s hard to imagine how we could programme a future Nottingham Classics season without the late-nighters.” Neil Bennison, Music Programme Manager, Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham

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In rural Wiltshire one of our long-standing Orchestras Live Concerts partners, Wiltshire Music Centre in Bradford on Avon, celebrated its 15th anniversary this year with a concert by the European Union Chamber Orchestra and Nicola Benedetti.

Sold out months in advance, this partnership is a good example of where we have worked together with the promoter for some years to develop the high quality artistic programme and broaden the audience appetite for a range of orchestral music, from the baroque with Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment to the contemporary with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.

CELEBRATIONS IN WILTSHIRE

HULL CITY HALL CLASSICS

Our new partnership in Hull saw us work intensively with the City Hall team to revitalise the concert series. Programme, pricing and communications strategy were all reviewed and revised with many new features introduced, such as pre-concert talks and special ticket prices for students and groups. Hull City Hall Classics launched in June 2012 with a programme including City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, The Hallé, Orchestra of Opera North, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Manchester Camerata and City of London Sinfonia all appearing, many for the first time in years, in the magnificent City Hall. Audience and media response to the changes has been positive and we are looking forward to year two of the partnership.

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC ON TOUR

“ Orchestras Live was instrumental in securing many of the UK performances for this tour and their support and partnership was invaluable in its success.” Michael Garvey, Chief Executive, Academy of Ancient Music

The opportunity to hear the highest quality and more unusual programmes is something we aim to do and this year we were able to take the Academy of Ancient Music, under the directorship of Richard Egarr, to Shrewsbury, Hereford, Bury St Edmunds, Southampton and Cockermouth with a rarely heard performance of all four of JS Bach’s Orchestral Suites.

Discover more online www.orchestraslive.org.uk/news/ hull-1314

ASK THE AUDIENCEBetween September 2012 and March 2013, Orchestras Live carried out audience research at 10 selected concerts across England.

76% of respondents said they listen to Classic FM – this is an increase on the 72% figure from 2011/12. Of those respondents who do listen to Classic FM, 39% had heard Orchestras Live trails, compared with 32% in 2011/12. Increased awareness of Orchestras Live coverage on Classic FM is an indicator of the success of our media partnership.

“ It is a pleasure and a privilege to hear live music without having to travel great distances, we are a relatively small community and, relatively speaking, at a distance from large cultural centres.” Audience member, Cockermouth

“ This was an excellent concert and I hope it will be repeated next year.” Audience member, Bridlington

“ First rate performance by a first rate orchestra.” Audience member, Bury St Edmunds

“ exciting experience – intimate surroundings – perfect for chamber music.” Audience member, Keswick

623audience members responded to our questionnaire in 2012/13

We undertake audience research each year to take a snapshot of audience behaviour, enabling us to track trends from one year to the next. It also provides us – and our promoter partners – with invaluable feedback that we can share with the orchestras.

Audience research took place at:Bridlington LincolnBury St Edmunds LudlowCockermouth OswestryHull ShrewsburyKeswick Trunch

New orchestral music

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Percentage of respondents attending a concert locally for the first time:

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33% of respondents said they find new orchestral music exciting and stimulating and would like to hear more of it.

78% of respondents said they enjoy new orchestral music when it is part of a broader concert programme.

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New music

Contrary to popular belief, people aren’t afraid of new music – they just need to be better prepared and have the opportunity to experience more of it. Vital to this is building promoters’ skills and confidence in presenting and marketing contemporary orchestral music. This includes helping them to enhance and deepen the audience experience, perhaps by providing video interviews with the composer talking about the work that can be accessed online or by having the composer present at the performance.

For orchestra and composer, the opportunity to perform the work in a variety of different settings and to different audiences allows them to refine and perfect the work in a way they couldn’t do in a single performance. This year we were pleased to support the world premiere of Fraser Trainer’s Percussion Concerto with Sinfonia Viva at Derby Assembly Rooms as well as performances of music by Gavin Bryars, Alan Bullard, Duncan Chapman, Laurence Crane, Ludovico Einaudi, Graham Fitkin, Nigel Hildreth, Tunde Jegede, Elena Kats-Chernin, Adam Mackenzie, James MacMillan, Anna Meredith, Daniel Merrill, Arvo Pärt, Julian Philips, James Redwood, Steve Reich, Jack Ross, Alec Roth, Michael Spearman, John Tavener, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Jane Wells.

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Championing New Music

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It’s not often tractors on full throttle, Brussels sprout fields and Fenland birdsong feature in a symphony but that’s what communities in South Holland, Lincolnshire managed to evoke with the help of composer Duncan Chapman. Over the course of six months, adults and young people from across the area participated in workshops in the rural villages that meet the Wash in this picturesque, unspoilt part of England, to explore what inspires them about their surroundings in a musical setting.

South Holland Symphony was premiered at a gala concert in Spalding at the South Holland Centre in July 2012 conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton and performed by the London Mozart Players. Integral to the performance was a live projection of animator, artist and film-maker Reza Ben Gajra who worked with local families and school children to produce the visual backdrop for the concert.

For the celebrations surrounding the arrival of the Olympic Torch in Norwich, Orchestras Live produced a collection of nine daytime recitals at historic venues by small ensembles from Britten Sinfonia. The five venues, including a museum and a former Victorian skating rink, were within easy walking distance of each other and the recitals were timed to enable people to attend all of them by taking a creative trail through the city centre.

To mark the occasion we commissioned Norfolk-based composer Jane Wells to write a new piece, Relay, for performance by the different instrumental ensembles, giving an artistic thread running through the series of recitals. The recitals were enjoyed by almost 600 people, and the project was made possible thanks to partnerships with Norwich City Council and Norwich & Norfolk Community Arts.

“ I loved the idea of a Relay and passing on the baton as we raced around the different venues.” Audience member

“ You could feel a real sense of pride and excitement from those who helped to compose the South Holland Symphony at its world premiere. I was particularly intrigued by Holbeach Fog, where ‘soundmarks’ such as birdsong and tractors contributed to the creation of the music. The result has set South Holland on the classical music stage nationally. Fabulous.” Nick Worth, Deputy Leader, South Holland District Council

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SOUTH HOLLAND SYMPHONYRELAY

Sinfonia Viva’s spring 2012 residency in Derby focussed on the creative links between science, space and time and involved more than 160 local young people. Composer Anna Meredith was commissioned to write a new work, which she based upon the twelve full moons of the Algonquian Native American calendar. She wrote five movements for electronics and orchestra, whilst the remaining seven were written by young people in a series of workshops led by composers James Redwood and Jack Ross.

A separate strand of workshops saw illustrator Eleanor Meredith and young people produce a series of art pieces that formed the basis of t-shirt designs worn by all participants. During the final concert she performed a series of live drawings, interacting with the music and movement of the participants on the stage, projected onto a large ‘moon’ on the floor of the Assembly Rooms. The performance also included a staged performance of Charles Ives’ Unanswered Question from Sinfonia Viva. Moon was a great example of local partnership working, involving Derby City Council, Derby LIVE, Derby Museums and Derbyshire County Council.

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“ Learning to work with the other musicians was a great opportunity, and I enjoyed composing for Viva and hearing my ideas used on stage.” Participant, Derby College

Colchester’s Heritage Open Days in September 2012 were laced with new music as Orchestras Live and Colchester Arts Centre commissioned four local composers to write short pieces for specific musicians and heritage sites. 24 performances took place with Britten Sinfonia ensembles, ranging from a brass duo playing from the Mayor’s balcony of the Town Hall to a flute and harp duo performing in a beautiful medieval church, and were enjoyed by more than 4,000 people as they explored the town.

The combination of percussionist Joby Burgess with the two members of locally-based Dead Rat Orchestra provided an experimental sound world at Colchester Library, whilst the public was invited to themselves become composers in workshops led by James Redwood at the firstsite contemporary visual arts gallery. A Britten Sinfonia concert at Colchester Arts Centre completed the weekend, giving an opportunity to hear all of the new works together with orchestral pieces by Vivaldi, Bartok and Britten. Music of Place was a partnership project with Colchester Borough Council.

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“ [Orchestras Live] really made all the difference and I’m very grateful for your swift enthusiasm and skills.” Anthony Roberts, Director, Colchester Arts Centre

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Future Plans

FIRSt tIMe LIVe‘First Time Live’ is our national programme of work for children and young people. It is divided into two strands; our Early Years programme which includes our series of Lullaby Concerts for pre-school children and their families and our ‘First Time Live – Youth’ programme of inspirational live professional orchestral concerts for children aged 10 to 14 years living in culturally under-served areas. Each strand is unique to the British orchestral sector and each will see us working in partnership with a network of 13 music education hubs across the country.

First time Live – Youth (Phase two)In March 2014, working with the City of London Sinfonia and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, we will deliver the second phase of our pioneering First Time Live – Youth concerts in Grimsby, Doncaster, Fenland, Peterborough, Mansfield and Thurrock; all areas which fall in the bottom 20% of cultural engagement in England.

First time Live – early YearsAs part of our First Time Live – Early Years programme, our now established series of Lullaby Concerts by City of London Sinfonia for very young children and their families will be repeated in Suffolk and Essex with longer-term plans to bring these concerts to more audiences across England. We want to expand the remit of our First Time Live work to include a new strand of Relaxed performances that offer inspirational live orchestral experiences to young people with additional needs.

WHAT NEXT?Orchestras Live remains passionate about bringing orchestral projects and concerts to thousands of people every year, regardless of their location, age or background.

BeYOND tHe PReMIeReOur Beyond the Premiere programme will continue to build on our successful track record of taking orchestral work by living composers to new audiences. Our new partnership with the Royal Philharmonic Society and PRS for Music Foundation’s Composer in the House programme will enable more performance opportunities of Little Symphony, the new orchestral work created by the partnership between by Huw Watkins and the Orchestra of the Swan, to reach a wider audience through our network of regional promoters including Cockermouth, Bradford on Avon, Southampton and Chelmsford. This is just part of our Beyond the Premiere programme and we estimate that 42% of our Orchestras Live Concerts programmes in 2013/14 will contain work by living composers.

ORCHeStRAS LIVe CONCeRtSOur national series of Orchestras Live Concerts will continue to deliver world-class British chamber orchestras to the doorsteps of audiences across England. Working across seven English regions, 2013/14 will see an expanded programme of 42 concerts, 22 promoters in 26 venues showcasing 15 British chamber orchestras, each with vibrant and eclectic concert programmes.

Over the next year we will deliver at least 150 concerts, residencies and projects in partnership with local authorities, music education hubs, promoters and professional British symphony and chamber orchestras throughout England, reaching 40,000 people. We will maintain

investing partnerships with over 35 local authorities and music education hubs. We have had long-standing collaborations with many of these and all of them continue to invest significant resources to work with us to bring Britain’s finest orchestras to their communities.

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HOW TO SUPPORT USHelp us ensure that Britain’s finest orchestras reach audiences living in the most culturally under-served parts of England.

We need your help to realise our ambitious plans to bring more orchestral projects and concerts to more people in more places.

We want to ensure that people from all backgrounds and locations are given the opportunity to enjoy excellent live orchestral music and we are seeking partnerships with charitable trusts and foundations, businesses and individuals who share our vision.

Supporting Orchestras Live is a sound investment. Whether we are enabling disadvantaged young people to experience the thrilling power of a live orchestra for the first time, bringing newly commissioned orchestral work to wider audiences, or investing in local promoter skills and infrastructure so that orchestral music can continue to thrive, our work has a profound effect.

And an investment in Orchestras Live benefits the whole orchestral sector because of our unique partnerships with the full range of British symphony and chamber orchestras.

Your support has never been more important because although we are one of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio organisations, we rely on significant extra investment in order to turn our ambitious plans into a reality. We are the only organisation of our kind working in the orchestral sector and as a registered charity we rely upon your generosity and vision.

To find out more about how your investment will make a difference and the benefits of working with us, or to see our work in action, please contact Caroline Porter, Funding Development Manager on 020 7520 1494 or email caroline@orchestraslive.org.uk

MUSICMIx IN NORFOLKOur collaboration between the BBC Concert Orchestra and a consortium of all eight county and district local authority partners in Norfolk will see the return of MusicMix; a series of four large-scale orchestral concerts held at Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn, attended by thousands of young people from across the county.

UNDeRSeRVeD AReAS; 20:2020% of our funds will be invested in work that takes place in some of the most culturally deprived parts of England, and particularly those that fall within the bottom 20% of cultural engagement. This is significantly ahead of our 14% target for the year and is also greater than the 17% level we achieved in 2012/13.

NeW AND tRANSFORMeD PARtNeRSHIPSWe will expand our reach into new under-served areas for Orchestras Live in the South West, the North West and the North East. We will also enhance the orchestral offer by a range of British ensembles to regional audiences in Chelmsford and north Cumbria.

The creation of a strong local infrastructure and the development of expertise in orchestral programming are two common threads that will continue to run through all of our work. This will create a healthy, vibrant and viable market for the British orchestral sector that will enable this country’s world-class ensembles to reach new audiences in new places across England.

Download our Business Plan Summary www.orchestraslive.org.uk/businessplan2012-15

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About Us

FINANCIALS2012/13INCOMe 2012/13 was the final year of a £75,000 grant from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation to support our core costs, and the start of a £75,000 three-year core cost grant from the John Ellerman Foundation. Foyle Foundation funding supported Orchestras Live Concerts in Hull and Cumbria, while funding from the PRS for Music Foundation and the Royal Philharmonic Society is enabling us to bring new orchestral work to wider audiences. Looking ahead, we have secured £50,000 of unrestricted funds over the next two years from the J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust, £150,000 over the next three years from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation towards core costs, and £90,000 towards core costs from The Monument Trust for the same period.

Youth Music supported the expansion of our First Time Live – Early Years programme to Thurrock, Ipswich, Felixstowe and Jaywick and, thanks to additional funding from Barnardo’s, this activity will continue in north east Essex into 2013/14.

We continue to enjoy a constructive relationship with Arts Council England at both regional and national level. 2012/13 was the first year of our relationship with ACE as a National Portfolio Organisation with a funding agreement in place to March 2015. ACE made a further significant investment of £317,932 from their Strategic Touring funds towards our First Time Live – Youth programme. This was also supported by a grant of £25,000 from the Garfield Weston Foundation.

In January, we were awarded a £350,000 share of a substantial legacy left to Arts Council England by the late Ms D Kurzman which will be used to enable opportunities for British orchestras to reach new audiences across England over the next three years, including an expansion of our work into new areas.

Our partnerships with investing partners yielded more than £300,000 towards activity; from 2012/13 a percentage of income from these partners has directly contributed towards the provision of our services, creating a new income stream towards our core costs.

exPeNDItUReFunding from Arts Council England and other charitable income enabled us to sustain ongoing partnerships with 43 investing partners, including local authorities and music education hubs, and also levered significant further local funding.

We delivered 699 events, involving 21 professional orchestras in activity which included orchestral residencies, community and education projects and work devised for specific audiences and places. ACE funding and other charitable income also enabled us to curate a series of 39 Orchestras Live Concerts with 22 promoters in seven English regions.

tRUSteeS’ StAteMeNt ON tHe SUMMARISeD FINANCIAL StAteMeNtSThe summarised financial statements are not the statutory accounts, but a summary of information relating to both the Statement of Financial Activities and the Balance Sheet. They may not contain sufficient information to gain a complete understanding of the charity’s financial results and its financial position at the year end.

The statutory accounts were audited and an unqualified audit opinion was issued on 11 July 2013. The statutory accounts, including the audit report, can be obtained from Nancy Buchanan, the Company Secretary, who can be contacted on 020 7520 1494. The statutory accounts were approved on 4 July 2013 and have been submitted to the Charity Commission and Companies House.

Mark Bromley, Chairman31 August 2013

AUDItOR’S StAteMeNt We have examined the summarised financial statements set out on page 23.

ReSPeCtIVe ReSPONSIBILItIeS OF tRUSteeS AND AUDItORSThe Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the Annual Review. Our responsibility is to report to you our opinion on the consistency of the summarised financial statements within the Annual Review with the full annual accounts and Trustees’ Report and its compliance with the relevant requirements of Section 427(4) of the Companies Act 2006 and the regulations made thereunder. We also read the other information contained in the Annual Review and consider the implications for our report if we become aware of any apparent misstatement or material inconsistencies with the summarised financial statements.

BASIS OF OPINIONWe conducted our examination in accordance with Bulletin 2008/3 ‘The Auditor’s Statement on the Summary Financial Statements’ issued by the Auditing Practices Board for use in the United Kingdom. In forming our opinion we have not considered the effects of any events between the date of our audit report (11 July 2013) and the date of this report.

OPINIONIn our opinion the summary financial statements are consistent with the full financial statements and Trustees’ Report of Orchestras Live for the year ended 31 March 2013 and complies with the applicable requirements of Section 427(4) of the Companies Act 2006, and regulations made thereunder.

DNG Dove Naish, Statutory Auditors Eagle House, 28 Billing Road, Northampton NN1 5AJ31 August 2013

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SUMMARY StAteMeNt OF FINANCIAL ACtIVItIeS FOR tHe YeAR eNDeD 31 MARCH 2013 2013 (£) 2012 (£)

Incoming Resources Incoming resources from generated funds: Investment income 16,679 14,487 Voluntary income 866,018 912,831Incoming resources from charitable activities 312,886 216,531total incoming resources 1,195,583 1,143,849

Resources expended Cost of generating funds: Cost of generating voluntary income 36,011 36,546Charitable activities 1,167,720 1,133,227Governance costs 32,657 33,054total resources expended 1,236,388 1,202,827

Net movement in funds (40,805) (58,978)

total funds brought forward 839,524 898,502total funds carried forward 798,719 839,524

BALANCe SHeet FOR tHe YeAR eNDeD 31 MARCH 2013 2013 (£) 2012 (£)

Fixed assets Tangible assets 7,790 13,817

Current assets Debtors: falling due within one year 90,371 103,011Debtors: falling due after more than one year 60,000 60,000Cash at bank and in hand 36,795 241,619Cash on deposit 1,298,829 728,564 Creditors: falling due within one year (636,066) (248,487)

Net current assets 849,929 884,707Defined benefit pension scheme liability (59,000) (59,000)

Net assets 798,719 839,524

Funds total totalUnrestricted funds – general 362,464 230,780Unrestricted funds – designated 402,761 521,214Restricted funds 33,494 87,530

total 798,719 839,524

Academy of Ancient Music

Ashford Borough Council

Association of British Orchestras

Aurora Orchestra

Babergh District Council

Barnardo’s

Baths Hall, Scunthorpe

BBC Concert Orchestra

Bolsover District Council

Braintree District Arts

Brandenburg Sinfonia

Brentwood Borough Council

Britten Sinfonia

Broadland District Council

Buxton Festival

Cambridge City Council

Cambridge Summer Music

Cambridgeshire County Council

Cambridgeshire Music

Charnwood Borough Council

Chelmsford City Council

Chesterfield Borough Council

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

City of London Sinfonia

Cockermouth Music Society

Colchester Borough Council

Corby Borough Council

Deal Festival

Derby City Council

Derbyshire County Council

east Lindsey District Council

east Riding of Yorkshire Council

essex County Council

essex Music Services

european Union Chamber Orchestra

Fiori Musicali

Forest Heath District Council

Heritage Orchestra

Hertfordshire Music Service

Hull City Council

Hull City Council Music Service

Ipswich Borough Council

Ipswich Regent theatre

Julie’s Bicycle

Keswick Music Society

King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council

La Serenissima

Lincoln Drill Hall

Lincolnshire County Council

London Mozart Players

London Sinfonietta

Ludlow Assembly Rooms

Luton Culture

Luton Music Service

Makewaves

Manchester Camerata

Marina theatre trust, Lowestoft

Mid Suffolk District Council

Milton Keynes City Orchestra

North Lincolnshire Council

North Lincolnshire Music education Hub

North Norfolk District Council

North West Leicestershire District Council

Northampton theatres trust

Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts trust

Northern Chamber Orchestra

Norwich City Council

Nottingham Royal Centre

Nottinghamshire County Council

Nottinghamshire Music Hub

Orchestra of St John’s

Orchestra of the Age of enlightenment

Orchestra of the Swan

Oundle Music trust

Penrith Music Club

Philharmonia Orchestra

Rochford District Council

Royal Opera House thurrock & thames Gateway

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

SASRA Music and Arts

SeaChange Arts

Shropshire Music trust

Sinfonia Viva

South Cambridgeshire District Council

South Holland District Council

South Kesteven District Council

South Norfolk District Council

South Northamptonshire Council

Southend theatres

St edmundsbury Borough Council

St George’s Bristol

St George’s theatre trust

Suffolk Coastal District Council

Suffolk County Council

Suffolk County Music Service

thaxted Festival

the Castle, Wellingborough

the Courtyard, Hereford

the Hallé

the Stonebridge trust

thurrock early Years Improvement team

thurrock Music Service

turner Sims, Southampton

Uttlesford District Council

Vivacity – Peterborough Culture and Leisure

Watford Borough Council

Wiltshire Music Centre

City of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraNorthern Chamber Orchestra

Our Partners

Over the past year we have worked with a wide range of partners including orchestras, promoters, venues, local authorities, music services, charities, trusts and foundations.

PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS

Arts Council england

Barnardo’s

esmée Fairbairn Foundation

Foyle Foundation

Garfield Weston Foundation

John ellerman Foundation

J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable trust

PRS For Music Foundation

Philips AVeNt

Royal Philharmonic Society

Simon Whitbread Charitable trust

Steel Charitable trust

Youth Music

Classic FM (Media Partner)

thank you to our supporters

About us (continued)

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STAFF &TRUSTEESStaff team

Stuart BrucePartnership Manager

Nancy BuchananGeneral Manager

Matt Carwardine-PalmerCommunications Consultant

Jan FordPartnership Manager

Henry LittleChief Executive

Caroline PorterFunding Development Manager

Lisa StonhamPartnerships Administrator

trustees at 31 March 2013

Nicky AdamsonVice Chairman

Kevin Appleby

Mark BromleyChairman

Selena Chapman

ellen Gallagher

Martin Gent

Alan Kerr

Neil Mathur

Martin Prendergast

Peter Snelling

Clive Sugars

Jane Williams

Photography Credits

COVeR: First Time Live – Youth in Scunthorpe by Paul Coghlin.

INSIDe FRONt COVeR: Songs of Travel by Alan Fletcher; First Time Live – Youth in Scunthorpe by Paul Coghlin; Lullaby Concerts in Thurrock by Paul Coghlin; Paralympic Torch Event by Paul Nixon; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment by Eric Richmond / Harrison & Co; O Duo by John Ferro Sims; Moon by Alan Fletcher; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra by Neil Pugh.

PAGe 02: Mark Bromley; Henry Little by Simon Weir.

PAGe 04: First Time Live – Youth in Scunthorpe by Paul Coghlin.

PAGe 05: First Time Live – Youth in Scunthorpe and Luton by Paul Coghlin.

PAGe 06: Rochford Young Music Leaders by Fflur Huysmans.

PAGe 07: Music of Dreams by Newmarket Journal.

PAGe 08–09: Lullaby Concerts in Thurrock by Paul Coghlin.

PAGe 10: Street Symphony by Paul Starr.

PAGe 11: The Thoresby Suite.

PAGe 12–13: In month order: London Sinfonietta; Anthem for a Child by John Bradley;

Oh How That Valley Did Change by Graham Whitmore; Aurora Orchestra by Lewis Brochway; Paralympic Torch Event by Paul Nixon; Bright Sparks by Sinfonia Viva; Katona Twins by Peter Goodbody; The Genius of Mozart; Songs of Travel by Alan Fletcher; The Hallé in Hull; Music Shots; Adrián Varela & Kirpal Singh.

PAGe 14: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment by Eric Richmond / Harrison & Co; Tine Thing Helseth by Paul Mitchell; AFTER:hours by Sinfonia Viva.

PAGe 15: Nicola Benedetti by Rhys Frampton / Universal; Manchester Camerata by Jonathan Keenan; Academy of Ancient Music by Patrick Harrison.

PAGe 17: O Duo by John Ferro Sims; James MacMillan by Philip Gatward.

PAGe 18: Relay by Harry Rankin; South Holland Symphony.

PAGe 19: Music of Place by Lauren Holmes; Moon by Alan Fletcher.

PAGe 20: Lullaby Concerts in Thurrock by Paul Coghlin; Giovanni Guzzo by Eric Richmond.

PAGe 21: Moon by Alan Fletcher.

PAGe 24: Northern Chamber Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra by Neil Pugh.

INSIDe BACK COVeR: Sergey Khachatryan by Marco Borggreve.

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