Supporter list for Autumn Upbeat, Annual Review 2025/26 , Opera Programme
Thank you to our Supporters
Music has the power to transform lives. Our community of supporters makes it possible for the College to develop exceptional talent, shaping the musicians of tomorrow enriching our shared social and cultural landscape.
We are immensely grateful to all those listed below, as well as those who wish to remain anonymous, who have generously supported the RCM between 1 Aug 2025 and 31 July 2026. 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.
^ The Artistic Programme Syndicate and Supporters
Founding Patron
ABRSM
Amaryllis Fleming Foundation
The Estate of Sue Balston
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
Peter Freedman AM
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 Supporter
The Estate of Jill Anderson
Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne
Jane Barker CBE FRCM ^
Nina Bentley
Blüthner Pianos
Andrea Bocelli Foundation
G & K Boyes Charitable Trust
Wolter & Nina Brenninkmeijer
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 Fishmongers' Company
The Foyle Foundation
The Estate of Albert Frost
The Harbour Foundation
The Estate of B Hartley
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
Ruth and Geoff Keattch ^
Kirby Laing Foundation
Leonora Countess of Lichfield
The Linbury Trust
Philip Loubser Foundation
The Estate of William Mealings
The Mirfield Trust
The Estate of Professor Bernard Nevill
Oak Foundation
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
The Estate of Stephen P Roberts
Victoria, Lady Robey CBE HonRCM ^
The Estate of Emma Rose
The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
The Segelman Trust
Dasha Shenkman OBE HonRCM ^
The Estate of Joyce Slate
Betty & the late Robert Sutherland ^
Vaseppi Trust
The Estate of Gerald Charles Webster
The Estate of Nancy Ann Wolfers
Henry Wood Accommodation Trust
Principal Supporter
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
Milein Cosman
Tania Chislett
The Estate of Heather Curry
The Victor Dahdaleh Foundation
Peter & Annette Dart
John Davidson OBE in memory of John Cundill
The Drapers' Company
E B M Charitable Trust
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
LIBER Foundation
The Mills Williams Foundation
The Estate of Sir Neville Marriner FRCM
Rosemary Millar HonRCM & Richard Millar
Michael & Dorothy Needley
John Nickson & Simon Rew ^
The Estate of Sheila & Christine Partridge
The Charles Peel Charitable Trust
Pro Musica Ltd
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
Robert Rose & Iain Fowler HonRCM
Miss Kathleen Beryl Sleigh Charitable Trust
The Peter Sowerby Foundation
Steinway & Sons
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
The Estate of Mackenzie Ward
Van Cleef & Arpels
Meryl, Lady Walters ^
Sir Siegmund Warburg's Voluntary Settlement
Bob & Sarah Wigley
The Wilfrid Blunt Trust
The Worshipful Company of Musicians
Yan Zhang & Yinghong Chiu
Major Supporter
The Robert Anderson Trust
In memory of Dr. Renate Branton ^
The Julian Bream Trust
Ms Agnes Oi Man CHIU in memory of Mr Albert Kwok Ching CHIU
Richard Goulding
Sir Vernon Ellis FRCM & Lady Ellis
Dr Rosemary Mason & Mr Palle Uhd Jepsen
The Estate of Dr Michael E O'Neill
The Michael Stuckey Trust
Nicole Yang ^
Supporter
Abinger Hammer Village School Trust
Robert Anderson
Graham Brookman
The Brooks Van Der Pump Charitable Trust
Professor Indira Carr
Catherine Clarke ^
The Gilbert & Eileen Edgar Foundation
CMDI Events
Noël Coward Foundation
Diane Davies
The Finzi Trust
Friends of the Royal College of Music Junior Department
The Clive Garner Memorial
The Milton Grundy Foundation
The Patrick & Helena Frost Foundation ^
L G Harris Trust
The Houston Family
International Music & Art Foundation
Alastair Jackson AM and Melba Opera Trust
David James
Richard & Susan Jarvis
Jenny Hodgson
Jewish Music Institute
Karaviotis Foundation
The Donna Kendall Foundation ^
The Honourable Society of the Knights of the Round Table
Mary Laing & the late David Laing
Dr Susan Lim & Deepak Sharma
Marco Livingstone
London Women's Clinic Foundation
The Hon Richard Lyttelton HonRCM & Romilly Lyttelton
Lady Lipworth & the Late Sir Sydney Lipworth
Lotti Masterson
Ofenheim Charitable Trust
Old Possum's Practical Trust ^
Opperby Stokowski Collection Trust
The Stanley Picker Charitable Trust
Richard Price FRCM & Sue Price
Catherine Quinn ^
Russell Race
Hilda Scarth
The Estate of Richard Silver
Stuart Sinclair
Thriplow Charitable Trust
South Square Trust
Peter & Dimity Spiller
Stephen Stuart-Smith
Tait Memorial Trust
Anne Wadsworth OBE & Brian Wadsworth
The Wolseley Hospitality Group
James Williams & Edward Lidster
The Wyseliot Charitable Trust
Linda & Fred Yoo
Dr Richard Zheng & Mr Paul Hill
Core Contributor
John & Halina Bennett
Robin & Alice Berkeley
Richard & Tasoulla Christou
William Dinning
Heidi Degen
Don Gillett
Richard Hamilton
Gillian Humphreys OBE HonRCM & Peter J David
Janet Korris and the late Antoni G Korris
Professor Colin Lawson CBE FRCM
Mr & Mrs James Mead
David Mildon
Ellen Moloney
William Newsom
Midori Nishiura HonRCM
Gordon Palmer Charitable Trust
The Estate of Roselyn Ann Clifton Parker
The Phillimore Trust
Andrew Ratcliffe
Christopher & Zosia Road
Nicholas Sears FRCM
Plimpton Shattuck Fund at the Boston Foundation ^
Sarah Sillem
Janis Susskind OBE HonRCM
The Wall Trust
Dr Paula Walter and Dr Magnus Walter
Mr and Mrs Whetsel
Moira Witty GRSM ARCM
Quentin & Sarah Williams
Ignatius Wong
The Worshipful Company of Saddlers
Legacy Ensemble
Dr Emma Adlard
Robert Anderson
Mr Robert C Andrews
Mrs Kathleen Atkins
Christopher Ball
Margaret Barfield
Mrs Jane Barker CBE FRCM
Mr Brian Barker
Elizabeth Bates
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
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
Robert J Fuller
Sarah Gibb
Olivia Graham
Lady Victoria Harrison
Lily Harriss HonRCM & Julian Harriss
Lynda and Atholl Hay
Mr Michael Hodges
Ms Poppy Holden
Professor Peter Holgate & Dr Nelda Frater
Susan Holland
David Holohan
Mike & Caroline Howes
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
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
Robert Rose & Iain Fowler HonRCM
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
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
Professor Lord Winston & the late Lady Winston
Dr Richard Zheng & Mr Paul Hill
