Derby Chamber Music Society Regtstered Charity Number 1181263 Affiliated to Making Music Chalvs Report Season 2024- 2025 1. Introduction This season has been the flrst in which we have collaborated more ck)sely wilh Music al Duffiald with the integration of our respective conc*rt prcgrammes. It has been a challenging season during which we have had to adjust lo several changes and deal th unforeseen problems but wa managed to deliver a musically rewarding season. 2. Membership and attendance Attendance at this season's concerts has bt¢n very variable. The joint concerts with Music at Duffield saw very gl￿ audience number5 Exrt the November and December concert numbers V•*re dbsappointing. We contsnue to regard those patrons who sign up to our email mailing list as membars of the Souety. CONCEA T ATTENDAIICE 2024 . 2025 i¥ 3. Financial Standing Mr Jam88 Holliday ha$ rewigwed and audited Ihe accounts f¢x last year 4nd we are gratofvl for h18 holp In this r•8pect. Len Jenkinson. tho Soci8ty8 TTea8urer Wbll prosènl a report OD the financial standing of the Society as part of this meoting. 4. Sponsorship, grants and other financial Support This yeor we again received a donat￿n from the M. T. Gibson's Charitable Tru¥t. Thi¥ trust has provided us with significant 8UPPOrt over many years now. We received a donat¥)n folbow'ng t1￿ fvneral ol Jon TumeT. Andrew John80n 3pon80red the Goldberg concert 8nd we receI￿d supwt from Prof. Jonathan Powers for the final concert ofthe season in memory ol J¢)n Tumor. Thgrg were vaTiOU8 other donations and 8UPWt for the Society through the 8ea8on for which we Bre grateful Sales of th6 raffle tickets had be•n falling steadily over rncent times to the point where the income w88 less than the cost of the CD8. 1 have made il my practice lo donate the CD$. We thidgd that we Shoukl stop th& rafflg and that I would continue lo $upport the cost of printing of the programmes instead. At Christmas K8thryn and John Hey provided ￿koS and mince pies in plac4 of the usu91 biscuit$ during tho interval. 5. The 2025 - 2026 season The next year's season is PTovi$ionally shown bebw. We will circulate further details as arrangement8 are fixed. 27th S&ptèmbor English Chamber Ensemble Vivaldi Four Seasons, Bach 8randenburg Concerto No3. Mendelssohn Octel. Shared concert held at St Alkmund's Church Duffield Aquinas Piano T To indude Shostakovith Flano Tr￿) and Beethoven Ghost Trio. Julian Bliss- Clarinet Pianist lo be c4)nfimied 9th November Martin Cousins- piano To include Lawren(* Rose's Piano Fantassa. 15. March Young Artists Q￿Cert Jeanette Szeto - Viola Matt Lam- Piano 19th A)ril Narratio String Quartgl from Holland. Beethoven uartets n¢. 0 130 6. The seasons past and to come. This season has been the first where we have integrataj our programm8 With that of MUS￿ at Duffield. We held two 'shaTed' con￿rIS. the first conc8rt of the season in October which was hekl at St Akmund's Church Duff￿ld and the Marth cxJrThrtwhich was hehl at the Multi Failh Centre. 80th concert5were ￿11 attended. aheThvise we sharod publicity for each other's concerts. Our Treasurer. Len Jonkinson, took the ticket purchasing system he had previously developed for Music at Duffield and produced a version for us. This makes on line ticket purchases easier and also ch8ap&r as il avoids the need lo pay a fee as is required through Ihe WeGolTickets route. Len did tha sam& with the on line mailing system used by Music at Duffield which makes our ¢xrfr8spondenc* easier lo manage. Aso thanks to L&n we can now. after some initial issues. offer card payment facilbties at the dc*Jr. The Seasc￿ Saw a rather sad evont for the Scrfiety. the passllig of Jon Tumor11936 -20251. It was Jon vtho had the vision lo bring together a group of enlhuslasts to fonn this Souety bac* in 1997 and the persistence lo oVer￿Me the earty difficulties in getting tho Society estatAished. As Secretary htr oversaw the hiring of artists and wrote the prografflma notes for several years bel￿e slarKling d¢)wn. We owe him a great dèbt for what wo hava ènjoyad for so long. Musically the sea￿￿ h88 b88n very ¥alisfying rf, 8t limes. different. Th opening con(*rt whth was in memry of Mr & Mrs Mallandèr found Schubert's Siring Quintel and Elgarf8 Cello Concerto on th& same prcgramme. The latter was hamber version with our own Katherine Jenkinson as soloist. Th8 November ¢>Jneèrt with Martin Owen Ihoml and Anna Tilbrook Iptano) wa$ memorable for hearing Brahm8 darinet son8la played on the and also for the r8PPOrt the perfomiers had with the audienc•. Som8 years ago w8 pul of Be8thov8n's Diabelli vark91￿S and have wanted lo match that with a performance of that olhor great sel of koyboard variations. Bach's Goklberg VaTiatKsns. So in Dècemberwe programmed tha Bach to be played by David Wnghl on the harpsichord. This proved a challenging cOn￿rt to arrange as the varlations are I￿g. We did not want lo insert an interval into work bul 81s0 f911 that our audioncg would not Want lo go without one so we agreed with DavHd that he would give a short fir81 half illustrated introduction showing some of the sourcos of the various variations thén would gNe a perfomiance of th8 variations themselves but wilhoul repe818 10 ensure the concert was not too The resull wa6.1 think, 5at15fying 88 wè got to18am more about the musical worfd of Bach's lime and also scrfne insight into the working8 of a harpsichord. February's concert was another innovati)n In that it was a Y￿n9 arti8ts conc6rt and inlroduc•J u8 to Iwo young talent8. The fir81 h81f of the concert featured the local v•Jlinisl. Georg6 8oy88. Hè was accompanied. at short notic8. by Benjamin Frith as Bèats Toyka vrds unfortunately lorc*J to step aside Ihrough injury. In his wond9rful wrfomances ab8olut6ly no allowancé n68ded to be madè for George s yC￿th and wo should keep a close oye on his futuré and hopefully invit6 him back again sometime. The 8econd hall lealured Laurenc8 Flower on double bass accompanbgd by Alexander Kwon, two very personable students frcffl Oxlord UnNef8ity, who sts)wed whal inuedible capabilit￿$ the double bass hos. The M8rch ￿nCert wa8 the other 8h8red C•)nL*rt. It was Music •t Duffi&ld'8 Bemr08e Recital and wa8 held in the Multi Faith C8ntr6. 11 featured the pl8nl8t, Benjamin Frith and indudèd a d8eply moving perfonnance ol Beelhovon's H¥mmerkl8vier Sonata. Th6 final coneert of th8 sea¥on in April fèatured Kathérinè J6nkin80n Icellol with gue81s, Jack Llebeck Iviolinl, Fiona Bonds Ivio18I and Wiv McLèan Ipiano). Thi8 conc*rt Was dedicated lo the memory of Jon Turngr and the programme was altered al short notlce lo accommodate Brahms C8110 Sonata No I so that thg concart featurgd o work8 by Brahms. thi8 and the Piano Quartet No 1, to rellèct Jon's love of Brahm8'8 music. It was another vory rewardlng 8venl and did Jon's memory proud. We have Wel￿)Med new people onto t￿ Committee during ￿ year. They are Yoon Iron8 and Farid Moh8en. They are both linkèd to the University where Y¢)on is Asswate Profèssor of for Health and Wellbging with a partlcular inlèresl in music. We welc￿8 their inter881 #nd willingnèss lo supp)rt the Soci8ty. For some time Kathryn Hay And I hAv8 beén wanting to Stèp down the committee. Kathryn h88 beon ¢ommlttae Secretary for some time aTKI since thg relirgment of Jenny Ell￿tt has hosted tha perforners on concert day$ providing for their refreshment needs and managed inl8rv81 refreshments. She has al80 submitted concert delails to the locally di81ribuled magazines lor publication and worked with Katherine Boye¥ on putting togethèr gr8nl fvnding applications. Sh6 will be missed but deserve$ her well eamed rest. For my part I ￿•pe Andrew Johnson will take ovar as ch8irm8n. I will give him all the Support I can and will continue to 888emble the progrommes from the notes provided by Mike Wheèler, but I feel Ihat I no longer have Ihe energy to provvje the leadership the Society neèds. 7. Conclusions On behalf of the Society I wish to put on record ow tt￿nkS to tl¥)8e wtK) have help8d in running th8 Society this19st Season. Several people have helped vth ¥aTiOUS tasks on the day of (x)ncerts widuding helping in the kitchen during the interval. Ashley and Austin Srntth have helped with setting out of chairs. Once ag8in we have enjoyed thg benefft of the excellent programme notes and o)ncert roview8 prov*Jèd by Mike Wheeler. We, audience. find these very infomiab.ve even with work8with whith we are familiar bul it Is not unts)mmon for the performers lo ccxnment positivety on their quality. Finally I wish to Ihonk the Committee lor 011 the work they have done in supwting this sèason and the s￿ety in general. Lindsay Smith Chair. Derby Chamber Music Swoty. ## DERBY CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY Financial Statement for the year ending 30 April 2025 |**INCOME**
Membership
Ticket Sales
Advertising
Refreshments
Raffle
Grants
General Donations
Hugh Gibson Charity
HMRC Gift Aid
Interest
MFC Piano Hire
Miscellaneous
Debtors(Gift Aid)
**Total**
**EXPENDITURE**
Artists' Fees
Artists expenses
Hire of Hall
Page Turner
Piano Tuner
Printing brochure, tickets and membership
Web Hosting, Name retention and SSL(2 years)
Insurance
PRS
Subscriptions Making Music
Refreshments
Commission on ticket sales
Administration
Advertising
Programme Notes
Miscellaneous
Creditors(audit fee)
**Total**
**SURPLUS/LOSS FOR YEAR**
**BALANCE SHEET as at 30 April 2025**
**Net Asset**Coop current
Coop deposit
Concert float in cash
Debtors(Gift Aid)
**Liabilities**Sundry Creditors(audit fee)
Money received in advance of next season
**Being**
Retained Reserves brought forward
Concert float in cash
Surplus for year
Yamaha C3 Piano estimated value
Kawai Piano estimated value
**TOTAL**|Actual
Actual
2024/25
2023/24
£813.50
£286.00
£3,351.65
£5,296.00
£0.00
£0.00
£171.10
£214.88
£24.00
£132.00
£0.00
£0.00
£458.01
£5,694.58
£1,000.00
£1,000.00
£0.00
£0.00
£89.61
£8.07
£735.50
£250.00
£226.00
£60.60
£50.00
£0.00
**£6,919.37**
**£12,942.13**
£4,100.00
£4,725.00
£470.00
£251.34
£1,480.00
£1,855.00
£75.00
£20.00
£150.00
£200.00
£28.99
£89.43
£252.00
£190.80
£107.00
£104.00
£331.23
£61.99
£114.00
£109.00
£34.08
£39.65
£48.82
£45.22
£0.00
£0.00
£10.00
£0.00
£370.00
£420.00
£206.00
£20.00
£24.00
£43.00
**£7,801.12**
**£8,174.43**| |---|---| ||**-£881.75**
**£4,767.70**| ||£1,034.23
£6,974.59
£5,524.60
£534.99
£100.00
£120.00
£50.00
£0.00
£24.00
£43.00
£0.00
£0.00
6,684.83
£
£7,586.58
£7,466.58
£2,698.78
£100.00
-£881.75
£4,767.80
£6,684.83
£7,466.58
£14,113.50
14,550.00
£
£5,174.95
5,335.00
£
**£25,973.28**
**27,471.58**
**£**| I have examined the accounts of Derby Chamber Music Society for the year ended 30 April 2025. The accounts give a true and fair view of the affairs of the society at 30 April 2025 and of the deficit for the period ended that date. **James Holliday Auditor** jholliday **20 May 2025**