Thank you to our supporters
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Music has the power to transform lives. Your generosity has enabled us to reach and nurture gifted students so they can become leading musicians of the next generation, and contribute fully to the worldwide musical community, our society and economy.
We would like to thank all those listed below, as well as those who wish to remain anonymous, who have generously supported the RCM between 1 August 2022 and 31 July 2023.
We would also like to thank members of the RCM Legacy Ensemble who have so thoughtfully pledged a gift to the RCM in their Will.
Summer Supporters List (1 August 2022 – 31 July 2023)
Founding Patrons
The Estate of George Frederick Burgan
The Estate of Basil Coleman
Victor Ford Foundation on behalf of Ramona & Trevor Swale
The Croucher Hong Kong Charitable Trust
The Estate of Christopher Hogwood CBE HonDMus
Kingdom Music Education Group
Sandro & Rena Lavery HonRCM
The Leverhulme Trust
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Geoffrey Richards HonRCM & Valerie Richards
The Estate of Neville Wathen
Ruth West HonRCM & the late Dr Michael West
Garfield Weston Foundation
The Wolfson Foundation
Leadership Supporters
The Estate of Jill Anderson
Jane Barker CBE FRCM
Blüthner Pianos
Andrea Bocelli Foundation
G & K Boyes Charitable Trust
The Derek Butler Trust
Philip Carne MBE HonRCM & Christine Carne
Meredith & Denis Coleman
Colt Clavier Collection Trust
The Estate of Thomas Cottrell
The Estate of John & Marjorie Coultate
The Estate of Jocelyn Cruft
The Estate of John & Sylvia Daughtry
The Estate of Margaret Dewey
The Foyle Foundation
The Estate of Albert Frost
The Harry & Gylla Godwin Charitable Trust
HEFCE
Linda Hill HonRCM & Tony Hill
The Victor and Lilian Hochhauser Foundation
Sara Nelson Horner
The Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust
Community Jameel
Kirby Laing Foundation
Leonora Countess of Lichfield
The Linbury Trust
Philip Loubser Foundation
The Estate of William Mealings
The Mirfield Trust
The Polonsky Foundation
Pureland Foundation
The Julia & Hans Rausing Trust
The Reed Foundation & The Big Give Christmas Challenge
The Estate of Michael Rimmer
Victoria, Lady Robey OBE HonRCM
The Estate of Emma Rose
The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
The Segelman Trust
Dasha Shenkman OBE HonRCM
The Estate of Gerald Charles Webster
The Estate of Nancy Ann Wolfers
Principal Supporters
Amaryllis Fleming Foundation
Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne
Jane Avery in memory of Robert Avery
C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik AG
Lord Black & Mark Bolland
Ian Boag
The Estate of Heather Curry
Peter & Annette Dart
The Drapers' Company
The Fishmongers' Company
Martin Fraenkel
J Paul Getty Jr Charitable Trust
The Harbour Foundation
The Headley Trust
Jules Hess and the late Tony Hess
HSH Dr Prince Donatus von Hohenzollern
JMC
The Estate of Frida Betty Koganovitch
John Lewis Partnership
The Estate of Sir Neville Marriner FRCM
Rosemary Millar HonRCM & Richard Millar
Michael & Dorothy Needley
John Nickson & Simon Rew
Oak Foundation
The Estate of Sheila & Christine Partridge
The Charles Peel Charitable Trust
Pro Musica Ltd
The Estate of Prudence Raphael née Gaffikin
The Estate of Charles Stewart Richardson
Leopold de Rothschild 1959 Charitable Trust
Roland Saam
The Estate of Humphrey Searle CBE FRCM
Alethea Siow & Jeremy Furniss
Miss Kathleen Beryl Sleigh Charitable Trust
The Peter Sowerby Foundation
Steinway & Sons
Ian & Meriel Tegner
The Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation UK
Mrs Lynette Tiong
The Estate of Ivor Charles Treby
The Estate of Gweneth Urquhart
Van Cleef & Arpels
Vaseppi Trust
Sir Siegmund Warburg's Voluntary Settlement
Bob & Sarah Wigley
Henry Wood Accommodation Trust
The Worshipful Company of Musicians
Major Supporters
The Robert Anderson Trust
The Victor Dahdaleh Foundation
Andrew Darke
Petronella Dittmer
Richard Goulding
Ms Poppy Holden
London Women's Clinic Foundation
The late Dr Martin Schwartz
The Steel Charitable Trust
Betty & the late Robert Sutherland
Swire Charitable Trust
Kevin Thompson OBE FRCM and Patricia Thompson
Supporters
Abinger Hammer Village School Trust
The Aldama Foundation
Robert Anderson
Melanie Arora
In memory of Sabina and Francis Ashley
Tim Ashley & John Booth
Vivien & Peter Beckwith
Dr Linda Beeley
The Maria Björnson Memorial Fund
Peter & Kirsty Brooks
Rosemary Buchanan
Catherine Clarke
Noël Coward Foundation
Nicola Danciger and Dr Danielle Wise in memory of Leonard Marks
Fiona Dauppe & Michael Petchey
Diane Davies
Elizabeth Davison
Sue Dibley
The Gilbert & Eileen Edgar Foundation
The Exilarch's Foundation
The Patrick & Helena Frost Foundation
The Estate of Audrey Fryer
Faye Hamilton & John Stewart
L G Harris Trust
The Hedley Foundation
The Honourable Society of the Knights of the Round Table
The Houston Family
The Estate of Elaine Hugh-Jones
Sir George Iacobescu CBE & Lady Iacobescu
International Music & Art Foundation
David James
Richard & Susan Jarvis
Karaviotis Foundation
Ruth Keattch
Christopher Kneale
David & Mary Laing
James & Margaret Lancaster
Professor Colin Lawson CBE FRCM
Lee Abbey London
The Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust
LIBER Foundation
Lord and Lady Lurgan Trust
The Hon Richard Lyttelton HonRCM & Romilly Lyttelton
The Helen Rachael Mackaness Charitable Trust
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust
The Estate of Sheila Melluish
Sir Peter Middleton and the late Lady Middleton HonRCM
The Mills Williams Foundation
The Howard & Abby Milstein Foundation
Ofenheim Charitable Trust
Old Possum's Practical Trust
Phillimore Trust
The Stanley Picker Charitable Trust
Catherine Quinn
Richard Price FRCM & Sue Price
Russell Race
John & Jenny Reid
Rhona Reid Charitable Trust
Mark Redman
Roland Corporation
Hilda Scarth
The Estate of Humphrey Searle CBE FRCM
The Estate of Richard Silver
South Square Trust
Peter & Dimity Spiller
Stephen Stuart-Smith
Tait Memorial Trust
Anton Tasker
The Robert Turnbull Piano Foundation
Rhoddy Voremberg FRCM
Anne Wadsworth OBE & Brian Wadsworth
The Wall Trust
Sir Peter & Lady Walters
The Wyseliot Charitable Trust
Core Contributors
Anglo-Norse Society
John & Halina Bennett
Robin & Alice Berkeley
Richard Blackford
The Bliss Trust
Gary & Eleanor Brass
Rev Lyndon van der Pump FRCM & Edward Brooks FRCM
Chapman Charitable Trust
Sir Anthony Cleaver FRCM & Lady Cleaver
The Estate of Roselyn Ann Clifton Parker
Elizabeth Davison
Douglas Downie & Kyra von Schottenstein
The Ann Driver Trust
Dr Ian & Janet Edmondson
Lesley Ferguson
The Finzi Trust
Baroness Fleet CBE
Edward Fox OBE & Joanna David
Douglas & Adele Gardner
Peter Granger
Richard Hamilton
Harbinson Charitable Trust
Lily Harriss HonRCM & Julian Harriss
The Herbert Howells Trust
The Derek Hill Foundation
Zhengchao Hua
Gillian Humphreys OBE HonRCM & Peter J David
Il Circolo
Professor Pat Kendall-Taylor
John & Jackie Lower
Richard Mansell-Jones
David Mildon
Ellen Moloney
Music Talks
Sarah Jane O’Malley (in memory of Kenneth Goodwin)
Richard & Rosemary Nelson
Keith O'Nions
Linda Perez
P F Charitable Trust
PRS for Music Foundation
The Risman Foundation
Christopher & Zosia Road
Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
Alan Sainer
The David & Jennifer Sieff Charitable Trust
Sarah Sillem
Janis Susskind OBE HonRCM
Garry Watts MBE
James Williams
Moira Witty GRSM ARCM
The William Walton and La Mortella Trust
The Worshipful Company of Cutlers
The Worshipful Company of Saddlers
We are grateful to ABRSM for their significant contribution
RCM Legacy Ensemble
Dr Emma Adlard
Mrs Kathleen Atkins
Mr Robert C Andrews
Christopher Ball
Sue Balston
Margaret Barfield
Mr Brian Barker
Mrs Jane Barker CBE FRCM
Elizabeth Bates
John Beech
Lady Eve Bergman ARCM LRAM
John Bertalot
Lord Black and Mr Mark Bolland
Mrs Elizabeth Blackman
Helen Brunner
Mrs Brenda Bunyan
Miss Valerie Byrom-Taylor
Sir Roger & Lady Carr HonRCM
Mr Chris Christodoulou HonRCM
Daphne Clarke
Sir Anthony Cleaver FRCM
Colin Coombs
Mr Colin Cree
Mr Paul Duffy
Mrs Marion Dyer
Mr John East
Mrs Catherine James Edwards
Scott Elkins
Baroness Fleet CBE
Iain Fowler HonRCM and Robert Rose
Pete Fozard
Sarah Gibb
Olivia Graham
Lady Victoria Harrison
Lily Harriss HonRCM & Julian Harriss
Mr Michael Hodges
Susan Holland
David Holohan
Bryan Husband
Michael Kadwell
Karaviotis Foundation
Bryan Kelly
Professor Pat Kendall-Taylor
Mr Nicholas King FRCM
Mr Matthew Knight
Professor Colin Lawson CBE FRCM
John Lawson
Dr Kenneth Le Meunier-FitzHugh
Susan Lyons
Kenneth and Daphne Midwood
Lorraine Migliorini
Miss Madeleine Mitchell FRSA MMus GRSM ARCM
Ellen Moloney
Avril Nelson GRSM ARCM & Graham Fearnhead
Mr Grant Newman & Mr Neville McDonough
Mr John Nickson & Mr Simon Rew
Michael Normington
Mr Humphrey Norrington OBE FRCM
Terry and Valerie Osborne
Mrs Katia de Peyer
Mrs Sue Pudifoot-Stephens
Dame Janet Ritterman DBE HonDMus
Victoria, Lady Robey OBE HonRCM
Mrs Hilda Scarth
Christopher Scott
Mr William & Mrs Valerie Shackel
Ms Barbara Simmonds
Stephen Stuart-Smith
Susan Sturrock HonRCM
Mr Robert Sutherland
Anton Tasker
Patricia and Kevin Thompson
Kyra von Schottenstein
Anne Wadsworth OBE & Brian Wadsworth
Caroline Wallis-Newport
Timothy Wilcox
