Our supporters

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The Royal College of Music would like to thank everybody who has supported the work of the RCM and our students.

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 January and 31 December 2024.

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.

Founding Patrons 

Amaryllis Fleming Foundation 
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 
Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne 
Jane Barker CBE FRCM 
Blüthner Pianos 
Andrea Bocelli Foundation 
G & K Boyes Charitable Trust 
The Derek Butler Trust 
Philip Carne MBE HonRCM & Christine Carne 
The Cleminson Family Trust 
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 Estate of Dr John Donnelly 
The Foyle Foundation 
The Estate of Albert Frost 
The Harbour Foundation 
The Harry & Gylla Godwin Charitable Trust 
HEFCE 
Linda Hill HonRCM & Tony Hill 
The Victor and Lilian Hochhauser Foundation 
Sara Nelson Horner 
The Harry and Gylla Godwin Charitable Trust
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 Estate of Iris Alleyne Percy-Smith 
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 

The Estate of Maureen Hyacinth Adams 
Jane Avery in memory of Robert Avery 
C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik AG 
Dr Linda Beeley 
Lord Black & Mark Bolland 
Ian Boag 
The Estate of Heather Curry 
The Victor Dahdaleh Foundation 
Peter & Annette Dart 
The Drapers’ Company 
The Fishmongers’ Company 
Martin Fraenkel 
J Paul Getty Jr Charitable Trust 
The Headley Trust 
Jules Hess & the late Tony Hess 
JMC 
The Estate of Frida Betty Koganovitch 
James & Margaret Lancaster 
John Lewis Partnership 
Lord and Lady Lurgan Trust 
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 
The Estate of Stephen P Roberts 
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 
Betty & the late Robert Sutherland 
Ian & Meriel Tegner 
The Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation UK 
Mrs Lynette Tiong 
Sandra Treagus 
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 
Yan Zhang & Yinghong Chiu

Major Supporters 

DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund 
E B M Charitable Trust 
Richard Goulding 
Cynthia (Morey) Jennings 
Jerwood Foundation 
Mr Peter Freedman AM 
The Honourable Society of the Knights of the Round Table 
The Estate of Professor Bernard Nevill 
The Estate of David William Patterson 
Mimi & Colin Watts 
Westminster City Council

Supporters 

Robert Anderson  
The Robert Anderson Trust 
Ernesto Bertarelli 
The Maria Björnson Memorial Fund 
Graham Brookman 
The Brooks Van Der Pump Charitable Trust 
Peter Brooks & Kirsty Anderson 
Andrew Bruce 
Il Circolo - Italian Cultural Association London 
Camellia NPT UK 
Catherine Clarke 
Cockayne - Grants for the Arts and the London Community Foundation 
Noël Coward Foundation 
Diane Davies
The Gilbert & Eileen Edgar Foundation 
The Patrick & Helena Frost Foundation 
The Hargreaves and Ball Charitable Trust 
L G Harris Trust 
The Houston Family 
Sir George Iacobescu CBE & Lady Iacobescu 
International Music & Art Foundation 
Alastair Jackson AM and Melba Opera Trust 
David James 
Richard & Susan Jarvis 
Karaviotis Foundation 
Ruth Keattch 
LIBER Foundation 
Dr Susan Lim & Deepak Sharma 
Sir Sydney & Lady Lipworth 
Lotti Masterson 
The Mills Williams Foundation 
The Howard & Abby Milstein Foundation 
The Estate of Grant Newman 
Ofenheim Charitable Trust 
Old Possum’s Practical Trust 
Opperby Stokowski Collection Trust 
Marian & Gordon Pell 
The Phillimore Trust 
The Stanley Picker Charitable Trust 
Richard Price FRCM & Sue Price 
Catherine Quinn 
Russell Race 
Mark Redman 
The Risman Foundation 
Hilda Scarth 
The Estate of Richard Silver 
South Square Trust 
Peter & Dimity Spiller 
Stephen Stuart-Smith 
Tait Memorial Trust 
Lisa Thomas 
Anne Wadsworth OBE & Brian Wadsworth 
The Wall Trust 
Lady Walters 
The Estate of Mrs Christine Ann Williams 
The Wyseliot Charitable Trust 
Dr Richard Zheng & Mr Paul Hill

Core Contributors

Abinger Hammer Village School Trust 
Anglo-Norse Society 
The Estate of Marianne Barker 
John & Halina Bennett 
Robin & Alice Berkeley 
Hilary Birch 
Gary & Eleanor Brass 
Chapman Charitable Trust 
Sir Anthony Cleaver FRCM & Lady Cleaver 
The Ann Driver Trust 
Catherine James & David Edwards 
Baroness Fleet CBE 
The Estate of Audrey Fryer 
Dr Chris Gibson-Smith 
Peter Granger 
Gillian Humphreys OBE HonRCM & Peter J David  
Professor Colin Lawson CBE FRCM 
John & Jackie Lower 
Charles & Dominique Lubar 
The Hon Richard Lyttelton HonRCM & Romilly Lyttelton 
Richard Mansell-Jones 
Mr & Mrs James Mead 
David Mildon 
Ellen Moloney 
Family of Peter Morrison 
Richard & Minako Mountford 
Judy & Terence Mowschenson 
Mr William Newsom 
Northern Trust 
Nandu & Jane Patel 
Gordon Palmer Charitable Trust 
The Estate of Roselyn Ann Clifton Parker 
Kevin Porter HonRCM 
Christopher & Zosia Road 
Sarah Sillem 
Janis Susskind OBE HonRCM 
James Williams & Edward Lidster 
Moira Witty GRSM ARCM 
Dr Paula Walter 

We are grateful to ABRSM for their significant contribution, and all those who give anonymously.

Legacy Ensemble

Dr Emma Adlard 
Robert Anderson 
Mr Robert C Andrews 
Mrs Kathleen Atkins 
Christopher Ball 
Sue Balston 
Margaret Barfield 
Mrs Jane Barker CBE FRCM 
Mr Brian Barker 
Elizabeth Bates 
John Beech 
John & Halina Bennett 
Lady Eve Bergman ARCM LRAM 
John Bertalot 
Lord Black & Mr Mark Bolland 
Mrs Elizabeth Blackman 
Helen Brunner 
Mrs Brenda Bunyan 
Miss Valerie Byrom-Taylor 
Sir Roger & Lady Carr HonRCM 
Mr Rupert Chalk 
Mr Chris Christodoulou HonRCM 
Daphne Clarke 
Sir Anthony Cleaver FRCM 
Colin Coombs 
Gordon & Penny Cooper 
Julie Craig 
Mr Colin Cree ARCM 
Mrs Katia de Peyer 
William Dinning 
Mr Paul Duffy 
Mrs Marion Dyer 
Mr John East 
Mrs Catherine James Edwards 
Scott Elkins 
Pete Fozard 
Donald Fraser HonRCM 
Sarah Gibb 
Olivia Graham 
Lady Victoria Harrison 
Lily Harriss HonRCM & Julian Harriss 
Mr Michael Hodges 
Ms Poppy Holden 
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 
Marco Livingstone 
Sue Lyons 
Mr Neville McDonough 
Kenneth & Daphne Midwood 
Lorraine Migliorini 
Miss Madeleine Mitchell FRSA MMus GRSM ARCM 
Elizabeth Mitchell 
Ellen Moloney 
Jennifer Neelands 
Ms Avril Nelson & Mr Graham Fearnhead 
Mr John Nickson & Mr Simon Rew 
Michael Normington 
Mr Humphrey Norrington OBE FRCM 
Terry & Valerie Osborne 
Caroline Elizabeth Page
Dame Janet Ritterman DBE HonDMus 
Victoria, Lady Robey OBE HonRCM 
Iain Fowler HonRCM & Robert Rose 
Mrs Hilda Scarth 
Christopher Scott 
Mr William & Mrs Valerie Shackel 
Dasha Shenkman OBE HonRCM 
Ms Barbara Simmonds 
Duncan Sparkes 
Stephen Stuart-Smith 
Kenny Sturgeon 
Susan Sturrock HonRCM 
Mr Robert Sutherland 
Ms Frances Tait 
Barbara Tanner 
Anton Tasker 
Patricia & Kevin Thompson 
Kyra von Schottenstein 
Baroness Fleet CBE 
Anne Wadsworth OBE & Brian Wadsworth 
Caroline Wallis-Newport 
Colin Watts 
Timothy Wilcox 
James Williams & Edward Lidster 
Dr Richard Zheng & Mr Paul Hill 

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