cheltenham bach choir Annual Report for year ending 30th April 2024 The committee presents tts report for the year ended April 2024 The cFKJir. which is a registered charity No. 261961. was formed in October 1946. The ol¥'ectives of the choir, as set out in the constttution . are to educate the public in the arts and sciences. and in particular the art and science of music, by the presentation of concerts and other activtties. The member5 of the Committee during the year were: Gill Douglas (Chairl Ruth Rookel Wice Chair}, Val Fagan (Wice Chair) Shirley Elliott l Hon. Secretary). Alan Winwood { Hon Treasurer), Emma Reed. Andrew Gummer. Janet Upton. Nicola Bryant, Louise Salter Review of the yearfs activities: The concert In June 2023 was something cornpletely different to the usual repertoire of the choir. The rhythms of south America and jazz for our summer concert. Will Todd's"Mass in Blue" and Ariel Ramirez, "Misa Criolla" were hallenging and great fun to sin& The choir gave an exuberant concert of music with Hannah Davey. Michael Gibson and the Dom Franks Jazz (luintet. The autumn programme began in October wtth a thank-you cOnrt for Sarah Walker who stepped down after 36 years as our President. About 40 singers, David and Ftona Brown travelled by coach to Rackenford in Devon and gave a concert of the Fauré Requiem and English anthems. This was followed by the autumn concert in cIrenster Parish Church where Missa, a setting of the Latin Mass by Peteris Va5ks which draws on the choral traditions of his native Latvia and expresses a desire for beauty and hope in our troubled world, was perfornied. This wa5 followed by Five Mysticol Songs by Vaughan Williams to settings of poem5 by George Herbert. The soloist was Timothy Nelson. The concert closed with the Fauré Requiem accompanied by the strings of the Regency Sinfonia and with soloists rimothy Nelson and Miriam Allen. The first CBC tour to Spain took place in November and was a great success. Forty-eight singers, family and friends, accompanied by Claire Alsop, travelled by train and plane to Segovia for five days. The cholr gave concerts in the wonderful cathedrals of Segovia Avila and Salamanca, 311 beautiful mediaeval walled clties. The Spanish audiences were very appreciative of our programme of English anthems and the Fauré Requiem. During the Christmas period, the thoir reached out to the community by performing Christmas Carols on two occasions in the John Lewis Sto in the centre of Cheltenham. These were well received and generated not only some donations but also audience for our Christmas concert in Cheltenham Town Hall. It is hoped that the choir will maintain their relationship with John Lewis over the coming years. For the Christmas conrt, the choir decided on a different format in response to discussions at the AGM; a family friendly concert in the afternoon and a slightly longer toncert in the evening. We were jolned by
Blackweir Brass in two Gabrieli Christmas motets and they added a veryjoyful sound to Gordon LangFord's "Christmas Fantas¢'. Soprano Hannah Davey brought vocal and visual sparkle with her performance of e Snowman" and "O Holy Night" For the evening performance we werejoined again bythe Blackweir Brass and the Beauregard Youth Choir with. for the first time, the BoyRegards, who gave a wonderful performance of °African Noel-. As ever the Beauregard choir gave very polished and hugely enjoyable performances, finishing with the theme from °Eif. The wonderful Claire Alsop accompanied the concert. In the sprin& the choir gave their long-aWaFted performance of the Rachmaninov We5pers" which had been cancelled in 2020. There was a full audsence in St Philip and Stjames Church. Having worked hard on Church Slavonic and developing the sonorities needed for this music. it was a heartfeFt and emotional performance, the more so as the choir also sang three Ukrainian anthems. The concert was dedicated to Jonathan Cardale, a much-loved member of the choir. who died just two weeks earller. The choir goes from strength to strength under David's leadership. He has challenged us with different pieces, different languages, encouraged us to sing out and. above all. to find and enjoy the music in ourselves and in the pieces. We have not always been in our comfort zones. especially with more ontemporary comp05ers, but we have risen to the challenge and are sounding better than ever. Finances: The attached financial ststements Show the current state of the choirfs finances. The choir achieved a surplus of general income over general expenditure of alrSt £93,(KKI. Much of this was due to the choir reiving a generous legacy of £65.000 from Diana Walkleyl a previous member of the choir. Subscriptions were a150 raised considerablv over the period to adjust for ever increasing costs. The cOnrt programme showed a loss of £8,000, a reduction of over half of the previous yearfs loss. Efforts had been made in the concert programming in the previous year to reduce expenses. Overall, the choir made a profit of 85,(. The choirfs total available assets on 30 April 2024 were £88,376 In the unrestricted General Fund. £14,262 in Caroline's Fund and £32.748 in the Cedric Virgin Fund. Gill Douglas {Chair} 8 October 2024
Cheltenham Bach Cholr Incomel Expendllure for Financialyear 01105123 to30104124 General Car¢YJnrfs Cerfrfcn Fund Fund Total Total 2023124 2022123 General Income Members, substrtptyons Benefactors Don*ionslGrarrts LegaGyI Diana Walkley) Interest Receivable IncomeTax recoverable Increase in investment un Hire of music Social and n11T21s[n£tlmttes Otherl inc coffee money.and addlllfmaldress deposits I 27536 1987 1123 65CKJ5 2516 1123 S) 1014 1520 9792 9792 1&30 1392 1330 310 950 IW2 415 29701 TOTAL 113529 115031 General Expendlture Rehearsal Fees: Conducrors Rehearsal Fees: Accompanists Travel costs Rehearsal room hlre Cost of music Subscrlptlons I Insurance Admln and Gen. Publicity Social and Fundraising costs WebsTte cosls Other costs 7520 3295 2355 7520 3295 2355 8292 3560 1922 4106 229 970 970 705 705 1671 1493 756 219 219 1370 1370 259 22065 TOTAL 22065 22693 NETGENERAL INCOME IIDEFicin 78 Con¢ert Income ricketand programmesales spon50rshipldonalionslgrants Fund raising i eg raffle or fefteshmentsl 400 12B5 852 852 17W8 TOTAL 29764 Concert Expendiwre Professi0oallee5 Printing and PUbc1W Hlre of venue Other costsl eg PRS.charges on iicket sales.and sociaL If4J37 16037 33351 2610 2610 4342 8357 3077 26065 4322 48377 TOTAL 26065 CONCERTINCOMEI{DEFICIT) NETINCOME (ExPENDuRED FOR THE YEAR -11605 Accumulated fevenue Ivnds tKOutrOlard 5070 13618 31 50578 62 kcumuiated revenue fvnds carried forward 88376 14262 32748 135386 50578
CUAAENtASSErs Charities Official Investment Fund General Fund- Depossts Caroifne's Fund- Deposits Fixed Interest - Investment Fund Cedrfc Wir¥n Fund- Depolts - Fixed Irrteiest - Invesknent Fund 2023 2678 3560 4204 2000 8000 1890 15212 2748 1733 2000 23000 Cash at Bank Cash in hand Deblors 8798 8631 5265 TOTAL 142542 57228 CURRENTLIABILMES Credrtors .7157 650 NEtASSETS 50578 REPRESENTED BY Accumulated Incorne FUrS Carollne's Fundl see note 31 CedrcWir¥n Fund I see note41 Unrestdcie(l Fund5= General Fund 14Y2 32748 1%18 31890 5070 TOTAL 50578 difference Apwoved bythecommlttee and signed on rls behaifby GILL DOUGLAS c? Alanwnwood
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