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 Royal College of Music between 1 January and 31 December 2023.
We would also like to thank members of the HÂþ» Legacy Ensemble who have so thoughtfully pledged a gift to the HÂþ» in their Will.
Spring 2024 Supporters List (1 January - 31 December 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 HonHÂþ»â€¯
The Leverhulme Trust 
The National Lottery Heritage Fund 
Geoffrey Richards HonHÂþ» & Valerie Richards 
The Estate of Neville Wathen 
Ruth West HonHÂþ» & 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 FHÂþ»â€¯
Blüthner Pianos 
Andrea Bocelli Foundation 
G & K Boyes Charitable Trust 
The Derek Butler Trust 
Philip Carne MBE HonHÂþ» & 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 Harbour Foundation
The Harry & Gylla Godwin Charitable Trust 
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Linda Hill HonHÂþ» & 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 HonHÂþ»â€¯
The Estate of Emma Rose 
The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 
The Segelman Trust 
Dasha Shenkman OBE HonHÂþ»â€¯
The Estate of Gerald Charles Webster 
The Estate of Nancy Ann Wolfers
Principal Supporters
Amaryllis Fleming Foundation 
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 
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 
HSH Dr Prince Donatus von Hohenzollern 
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The Estate of Frida Betty Koganovitch 
John Lewis Partnership 
Lord and Lady Lurgan Trust 
The Estate of Sir Neville Marriner FHÂþ»â€¯
Rosemary Millar HonHÂþ» & 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 FHÂþ»â€¯
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 
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
Major Supporters
The Robert Anderson Trust 
The Victor Dahdaleh Foundation 
Andrew Darke 
Petronella Dittmer
E B M Charitable Trust
Richard Goulding  
Ms Poppy Holden 
London Women’s Clinic Foundation 
The late Dr Martin Schwartz 
The Steel Charitable Trust 
Betty & the late Robert Sutherland
Supporters
Abinger Hammer Village School Trust 
The Aldama Foundation 
Robert Anderson 
Vivien & Peter Beckwith 
The Maria Björnson Memorial Fund 
The Blyth Charitable Trust
The Julian Bream Trust
Graham Brookman
Peter & Kirsty Brooks 
Andrew Bruce
Rosemary Buchanan
George and Daphne Burnett
Il Circolo Italiano
Catherine Clarke 
Noël Coward Foundation 
Nicola Danciger & Dr Danielle Wise in memory of Leonard Marks   
Diane Davies 
Cynthia, Anna and Paula Downes
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 Honourable Society of the Knights of the Round Table  
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 
Christopher Kneale 
David & Mary Laing 
James & Margaret Lancaster 
Professor Colin Lawson CBE FHÂþ»â€¯
Lee Abbey London 
The Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust 
LIBER Foundation 
Mr Marco Livingstone
The Hon Richard Lyttelton HonHÂþ» & Romilly Lyttelton
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust 
The Estate of Sheila Melluish 
Sir Peter Middleton & the late Lady Middleton HonHÂþ»â€¯
The Mills Williams Foundation 
The Howard & Abby Milstein Foundation 
Ofenheim Charitable Trust
Marian and Gordon Pell
Old Possum’s Practical Trust 
Phillimore Trust 
The Stanley Picker Charitable Trust 
PRS for Music Foundation 
Catherine Quinn 
Richard Price FHÂþ» & Sue Price 
John & Jenny Reid
Mark Redman  
The Risman Foundation 
Roland Corporation 
Hilda Scarth 
The Estate of Richard Silver 
South Square Trust 
Peter & Dimity Spiller 
St John’s Wood Square
Stephen Stuart-Smith  
Tait Memorial Trust  
Anton Tasker  
The Robert Turnbull Piano Foundation
Anne Wadsworth OBE & Brian Wadsworth  
The Wall Trust  
Lady Meryl Walters
Nicole Yang
Core Contributors 
ABO Trust’s Sirens Programme
Dr Kamal Ahuja & Anna Gustafson
John & Halina Bennett 
Robin & Alice Berkeley 
Richard Blackford
Gary & Eleanor Brass
Sir Anthony Cleaver FHÂþ» & Lady Cleaver 
The Estate of Roselyn Ann Clifton Parker
Douglas Downie & Kyra von Schottenstein 
The Ann Driver Trust 
Dr Ian & Janet Edmondson 
Lesley Ferguson 
Baroness Fleet CBE 
Douglas & Adele Gardner
Peter Granger 
Dayu Guo
Richard Hamilton
The Herbert Howells Trust
Zhengchao Hua
Gillian Humphreys OBE HonHÂþ» & Peter J David
John & Jackie Lower
Charles & Dominique Lubar
Richard Mansell-Jones 
David Mildon 
Ellen Moloney 
Richard & Minako Mountford
Mr Richard Nelson
Gordon Palmer Charitable Trust
Rosa Parks Fund at The Miami Foundation
Thomas Purcell
P F Charitable Trust 
Christopher & Zosia Road 
Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
The David & Jennifer Sieff Charitable Trust 
Janis Susskind OBE HonHÂþ»
Carolyn Ward
Garry Watts MBE 
James Williams
Moira Witty GRSM AHÂþ»â€¯
Dr Paula Walter
The William Walton and La Mortella Trust
The Worshipful Company of Saddlers 
We are grateful to ABRSM for their significant contribution.
HÂþ» Legacy Ensemble
Dr Emma Adlard
Robert Anderson
Mr Robert C Andrews
Mrs Kathleen Atkins
Christopher Ball
Sue Balston
Margaret Barfield
Mr Brian Barker
Mrs Jane Barker CBE FHÂþ»
Elizabeth Bates
John Beech
Lady Eve Bergman AHÂþ» LRAM
John Bertalot
Lord Black & Mr Mark Bolland
Mrs Elizabeth Blackman
Helen Brunner
Mrs Brenda Bunyan
Miss Valerie Byrom-Taylor
Sir Roger & Lady Carr HonHÂþ»
Mr Chris Christodoulou HonHÂþ»
Daphne Clarke
Sir Anthony Cleaver FHÂþ»
Colin Coombs
Mr Colin Cree AHÂþ»
Mrs Katia de Peyer
Mr Paul Duffy
Mrs Marion Dyer
Mr John East
Mrs Catherine James Edwards
Scott Elkins
Ms Avril Nelson & Mr Graham Fearnhead
Baroness Fleet CBE
Iain Fowler HonHÂþ» & Robert Rose
Pete Fozard
Donald Fraser HonHÂþ»
Sarah Gibb
Olivia Graham
Lady Victoria Harrison
Lily Harriss HonHÂþ» & 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 FHÂþ»
Mr Matthew Knight
John Lawson
Professor Colin Lawson CBE FHÂþ»
Dr Kenneth Le Meunier-FitzHugh
Marco Livingstone
Sue Lyons
Mr Neville McDonough
Kenneth & Daphne Midwood
Lorraine Migliorini
Elizabeth Mitchell
Miss Madeleine Mitchell FRSA MMus GRSM AHÂþ»
Ellen Moloney
Jennifer Neelands
Avril Nelson GRSM AHÂþ»
Mr John Nickson and Mr Simon Rew
Michael Normington
Mr Humphrey Norrington OBE FHÂþ»
Terry and Valerie Osborne
Caroline Elizabeth Page
Dame Janet Ritterman DBE HonDMus
Victoria, Lady Robey OBE HonHÂþ»
Mrs Hilda Scarth
Christopher Scott
Mr William & Mrs Valerie Shackel
>Ms Barbara Simmonds
Stephen Stuart-Smith
Kenny Sturgeon
Susan Sturrock HonHÂþ»
Mr Robert Sutherland
Ms Frances Tait
Anton Tasker
Patricia & Kevin Thompson
Kyra von Schottenstein
Anne Wadsworth OBE & Brian Wadsworth
Caroline Wallis-Newport
Timothy Wilcox
