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Contents 3 Welcome 4 Council 2014/15 7 Our vision 8 Membership benefits 13 Corporate membership 14 Legal support 15 Business support 16 Campaigns and lobbying 18 ISM Music Directory 19 Events 21 Distinguished Musician Award 22 Discounts for members 29 147 149 157 158 159 160
Full members Associate members and Friends Corporate members Honorary members ISM regions Regions and local groups Members listed under regions and local groups
191 Legal expenses insurance for members 193 Public & employers’ liability insurance policy 196 Articles of Association 206 Byelaws 215 Code of Conduct 220 ISM Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy, Code of Practice and procedures 224 Disciplinary procedure 228 List of abbreviations
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Published by: The Incorporated Society of Musicians 4–5 Inverness Mews London W2 3JQ T: 020 7221 3499 F: 020 7243 3437 E: membership@ism.org W: www.ism.org Incorporated Society of Musicians on Facebook ISM_Music on Twitter Incorporated Society of Musicians on LinkedIn Printed by Optichrome Ltd www.optichrome.com Designed by Cog Design www.cogdesign.com Advertising: Cabbell Publishing Ltd, T. 020 3603 7940 ISSN 2044-9380 All ISM publications are copyright. The information contained within this Handbook is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of publication but may be subject to change. Users of this Handbook are reminded that they must abide by the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. Contact details for ISM members must not be copied or stored in a database or any other electronic storage system. The publication of any advertisement does not imply endorsement of the advertiser or the product advertised.
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Welcome
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Welcome to this 2014/15 edition of your ISM Handbook. I hope that you find it a useful companion in your working life.
Above: Deborah Annetts Photo: Mark Thompson
What our members say ... ‘I am very proud to have the ISM look after my needs in all kinds of ways and my annual fee is worth every penny.’ ‘I must say that of all the memberships that I belong to, the ISM is the best value and by far the most worthwhile society.’
The Handbook helps you to get the most out of your ISM membership and the services available to you as an ISM member. Those services include expert one-to-one legal and business advice, 24-hour legal, tax and counselling helplines, Public & employers’ liability insurance up to £10m, legal expenses insurance and many more high quality services and discounts tailored to meet your needs as a musician. Over 100 members are helped each month by our legal team alone. Also included is a full listing of your fellow ISM members, both individual and corporate. Further details about ISM members – including biographies, photos, videos and links – can be found in our online Music Directory at musicdirectory.ism.org. The ISM continues to be led by its members via its Council. Details of Council, including the President can be found on pages 4-5. Meeting fellow professionals at Members’ Day, professional development events or at local group meetings remains an important part of ISM life. Forty-nine local group events were held across the country in this last year with over 1,000 people attending. As a member led organisation, we want to hear from you so that we can continue to shape our services to meet your requirements. If you have feedback (positive or negative) about any aspect of the Society, please let me know.
With all good wishes
deborah@ism.org @deborahannetts
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ISM Council 2014/15 Our governing body is the ISM Council which is chaired by the President. All Council members are full members of the ISM. They are directors of the ISM and have overall responsibility for the future of the ISM, while also ensuring that all the statutory obligations of the ISM are discharged. Council members are also Trustees of the ISM Members Fund.
President
Treasurer Professor Barry Ife CBE
Trevor Ford
Principal, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Administrator, promoter and accountant
President-Elect Jeremy Jackman Conductor, composer and arranger
Elected Council members Walter Blair BEM
Accompanist, organist, choral trainer, adjudicator and music educator
Nicolas Chisholm MBE
Past President
Singer (tenor), conductor, music educator and former Headmaster of the Yehudi Menuhin School
Richard Hallam MBE Music education specialist
Jay Deeble* Music education specialist and teacher
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Beverley Downes
Peter Dunkley
Choral animateur and music educator
Music teacher, consultant and conductor
Elizabeth Partridge*
Ivor Flint
Violinist, teacher, examiner and editor
Graham Phillips Pianist; private, visiting instrumental and classroom teacher
Professor Geoffrey Poole Composer, music educator and pianist
Singer (tenor), composer, conductor, teacher and examiner
Danielle Perrett
Harpist, teacher and senior examiner
Emeritus Professor George Pratt Writer, lecturer, concert animateur and harpsichordist/organist
Dr Jeremy Huw Williams
Virginia Rushton
Opera singer (baritone)
Singer (soprano), teacher and Artistic Director of Operahouse Music Projects
Ed Scolding*
Appointed Council members
Composer and teacher
Tim Daniell*
Teacher, singer (bass), conductor, music administrator, and former Director of Music at Walthamstow Hall, Sevenoaks
* new to Council in April 2014
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Technology bringing tradition to life
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Our Vision The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM), the UK’s professional body for musicians, was set up in 1882 to promote the art of music and support those working as musicians. Those principles still hold fast today. We champion the importance of music and protect the rights of those working within music through a range of top quality services, support and practical advice. We support musicians working in all sectors of the profession.
‘The promotion of the art of music, and the maintenance of the honour and interests of the music profession.’ The ISM’s membership of approximately 7,000 includes performers, composers, private and classroom music teachers, music therapists, academics, advisors, music managers, administrators and music students. Our corporate members include music organisations, professional membership bodies, music exam boards, music retailers and manufacturers, music hubs and services, universities, schools and all of the UK conservatoires. We have always been a wholly independent, not-for-profit organisation. We actively lobby Government on behalf of our members to create a united voice for music. We listen to our members, to the music industry, and to the arts and education sectors in order to develop full informed and effective campaigns.
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Membership benefits As a member of the ISM, the UK’s professional body for musicians, you have access to a comprehensive range of services, support and practical advice at no additional cost. These pages contain information about all the benefits of full, graduate and student membership and how to make the most of them.
Legal and tax support
Contracts and agreements
24-hour legal and tax helpline
Download standard contracts and agreements, including our Performance Contract and Private Music Tuition Agreement, from our website.
01206 368994 Call our 24-hour legal helpline for immediate legal assistance, or for advice on managing your tax.
One-to-one advice from the ISM legal team
ism.org/members
Fee recovery 020 7221 3499 | legal@ism.org
020 7221 3499 | legal@ism.org
If you are owed unpaid fees for your work, we will investigate and seek to recover those monies for you.
Our in-house legal team offers you free legal help on cases and complex enquiries relating to your work as a musician.
Insurance
Legal expenses insurance
Public & employers’ liability insurance
020 7221 3499 | legal@ism.org
020 7221 3499 | ism.org/members
You are covered for up to £100,000 of legal costs as standard with your membership. Contact the ISM legal team if you think you need to make a claim.
To find out how to make a claim on our £10 million public and employers’ liability insurance policy, visit our website or contact the staff team.
Tax investigation cover
Musical instrument insurance
020 7221 3499 | legal@ism.org
ism.org/members
If you are subject to an HMRC compliance check (tax investigation), we can cover the costs through our legal expenses insurance scheme.
Visit our website or see page 23 of this Handbook for details of instrument insurance discounts.
Tax return completion service
www.alanboswell.com
01206 867551 LB Group accountants offer our members a tax return completion service at a discounted flat rate of £125 plus VAT. They also offer discounted tax and accountancy services, such as preparing your annual accounts and VAT returns, and other personal financial advice.
Professional indemnity insurance Professional indemnity insurance is available from just £50 for ISM members who teach, and you can arrange this quickly and easily with the insurance broker, Alan Boswell Group.
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Expert advice Your musical career 020 7221 3499 | membership@ism.org ism.org/advice Visit the website or call us for fee surveys, advice, contracts and template documents.
24-hour counselling helpline 0800 042 0136 | www.firstassist.com ism.org/members You can speak by phone to a trained counsellor at any time of the day or night using this confidential helpline.
Money advice and debt support 0800 138 1111 | www.stepchange.org ism.org/members If you are finding it difficult to cope financially, StepChange can help you draw up a personal budget plan tailored to your needs as well as help you to negotiate with your creditors.
Promote your professional status Letters after your name ism.org/members You are automatically entitled to use letters after your name: MISM (Member of the ISM) or SMISM (Student Member of the ISM). If you have been in continuous membership for 15 years or more, you gain FISM (Fellow of the ISM) status. Download the appropriate logo to add to your website, personal stationery and marketing materials.
ISM Music Directory 020 7221 3499 musicdirectory.ism.org Create and update your listing on our Music Directory, the only online directory of musicians with proven professional credentials, by logging in with your members’ area username and password.
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ISM Registered Private Teacher status 020 7221 3499 musicdirectory.ism.org If you have been teaching privately for more than six months you can apply to be an ISM Registered Private Teacher. We will carry out a reference check and organise a DBS Enhanced Disclosure for you and, if your application is approved, you will be designated as a Registered Private Teacher on our Music Directory and will receive an official ISM certificate which you can display in your teaching room.
Yellow Pages promotion service 0800 777462 | hibu.co.uk Contact hibu (formerly Yell Group) to find out about ISM members’ enhanced listings when advertising in the Yellow Pages.
DBS disclosure service 020 7221 3499 | membership@ism.org If you’re self-employed and need a DBS Disclosure, we can organise one for you. It costs £65.60 for a DBS Enhanced Disclosure with Barred List check and our DBS Registered Umbrella Body offer a very efficient service for our members. We can also offer you advice and information about DBS checks.
Seminars and webinars Seminars 020 7221 3499 ism.org/training Our seminars provide you with essential training to help update and develop your skills and knowledge throughout your career as a musician.
Webinars 020 7221 3499 ism.org/webinars You can access our free, interactive professional development webinars from work, home or on the move. Continued overleaf
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Membership benefits (continued) Making Connections
Help from our charity
Local groups
Financial grants
020 7221 3499 | membership@ism.org ism.org/events
020 7313 9310 | caroline.aldred@ism.org ism.org/member
Network with like-minded professional musicians near you with our ISM local groups’ musical and social events.
If you are experiencing financial difficulties we may be able to make you a grant from our charity, the ISM Members Fund; contact Caroline Aldred or download an application form from our website.
Forums 020 7221 3499 This year we will be developing online forums to help more members connect with each other – to share ideas, advice, collaborate and arrange meet-ups. Look out for further news on the launch of our forums in your Music Journal and your online newsletters.
News and features 020 7221 3499 | mj@ism.org | ism.org/news
Other exclusive benefits Grove Music Online
ism.org/members You can take full advantage of our subscription to Grove Music Online as a free benefit of membership. Our subscription includes access to Grove Music Online, the Oxford Dictionary of Music and Companion to Music.
Music Journal, our bi-monthly magazine, and our regular e-newsletters keep you up to date with current Discounts issues in the music world including business updates ism.org/members that affect you as a musician. Visit the ISM website for details of exclusive offers for ISM courses and events, and for hundreds of other Advocacy products and services relevant to your work as a musician.
Lobbying and campaigning
020 7313 9327 | henry.vann@ism.org ism.org/news Contact us for details of how we are lobbying, campaigning and engaging with the music industry and education sector on your behalf, and how you can get involved with our campaigns.
ISM shop 0800 181 4233 | ism.org/shop Our online gift shop offers an exciting collection of gifts for sale. You are entitled to a fantastic 20% discount on all gifts listed which you can claim by entering the code ISMMEMSHOP at the checkout.
ISM credit card 0800 028 2440 Contact MBNA for details about the ISM credit card.
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How you can play your part Thank you for making the ISM stronger by telling your musician friends and colleagues about us and encouraging them to join the ISM. We have developed a ‘recommend a friend’ scheme to thank members for recommending their colleagues to the ISM (details below). Attend our seminars and events at a specially discounted members’ rate (up to 30% off) and meet fellow musicians from across the country. You can also take part in ISM local group events and meet other ISM members in your area. Visit ism.org/training and ism.org/events If you would like to contribute to Music Journal, or tell us about an issue affecting the profession, send a letter for our letters page, email mj@ism.org, call us on 020 7221 3499 or write to us at 4–5 Inverness Mews, London W2 3JQ.
Recommend a friend and get £10 off your membership Tell your musician friends and colleagues about the ISM and encourage them to become part of our thriving community of music professionals. We’ll give you £10 off your next year’s membership fee every time someone you recommend joins the ISM as a full member (includes graduate rate membership). Simply email membership@ism.org with the name and email address of the friend(s) you are recommending and ask them to use promo code ISM12HF when joining. If they join at the full rate we’ll give them £10 off their membership fee too. If you’d prefer to receive a £10 voucher for iTunes, Amazon, or M&S, or donate your £10 reward to the ISM Members Fund, just let us know in your email and we’ll organise it. Please note: the number of rewards you can redeem is limited to the value of your subscription upon renewal.
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EXTRAORDINARILY
TALENTED
PEOPLE www.facebook.com/royalcollegeofmusic www.twitter.com/rcmlatest www.youtube.com/RCMLondon
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ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC, LONDON
020 7591 4300 www.rcm.ac.uk
CENTRE FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS
a division of the Guildhall School
A Centre for Advanced Training of the DFE Music & Dance Scheme Centre for Young Musicians (incorporating the London Schools Symphony Orchestra)
is a key provider of instrumental & ensemble tuition for the capital. Our Saturday School and holiday courses offer a sustained and progressive route from the early stages of learning through to music college entrance. Alongside the internationally acclaimed LSSO, holiday courses include the London Youth Wind Band, Instrumental Courses for younger players and one day GCSE Revision Courses. Summer holiday courses for students aged 7-19 running from 28 July to 1st Aug. Fee £150.00. Applications for Saturday Centre welcome from students aged 7-17 for entry in September 2014.
Please contact us for further information CYM • Morley College • 61 Westminster Bridge Road • London • SE1 7HT Tel 020 7928 3844 • Fax 020 7928 3454 www.cym.org.uk • info@cym.org.uk
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Corporate membership More than ever before, musical charities, organisations, businesses and education providers are joining the ISM to enjoy the benefits of ISM corporate membership including invaluable networking opportunities at ISM events, free advice and resources, and a host of exclusive discounts. We currently have more than 160 corporate members, including the Association of British Orchestras, Classic FM, the International Artist Managers’ Association, the Music Industries Association, NMC Recordings, the Royal Philharmonic Society, the Young Classical Artists Trust; publishers such as OUP and Schott Music; and, in the field of education, ABRSM, Trinity College London, Yamaha Music, numerous university music departments and all of the UK conservatoires. ‘Our decision to become corporate members means we’ve been able to expand our working partnerships with industry institutions, be at the forefront of education and music news and views and gain access to a network of likeminded groups at events. Through championing the value of the arts and the rights of its facilitators we are represented by a powerful organisation that is nationally recognised and respected.’ Music in Secondary Schools Trust - The Andrew Lloyd Webber Programme
The ISM offers four levels of corporate membership: Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Each level of membership offers promotional and networking opportunities and a range of exclusive special offers. Depending on your level of membership, you can: Raise your profile by having your name, logo and details listed on our website, Music Journal and our handbook. Promote your organisation’s activities to ISM members and the wider music world via our website, e-newsletter, Music Journal and our social media feeds.
To find out more, go to ism.org/join or contact Emily Adams, Corporate Membership Manager at Network at exclusive events and award ceremonies. emily.adams@ism.org or on 020 7313 9313.
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Legal support One-to-one legal advice
Legal expenses cover
Our in-house legal team is available to offer free, one-to-one legal advice relating to your work as a musician. This service is designed to help you if you have a complex legal enquiry or a case that needs attention, and can include advice on:
Membership includes cover for up to £100,000 of legal costs, enabling you to pursue a wide range of legal disputes, including:
• intellectual property rights, copyright and royalties
• employment disputes
• contracts, including disputes such as unpaid fees • employment disputes • self-employment issues If you were to seek this level of professional legal advice independently, it’s likely that you would have to pay anything between £200 and £500 per hour, depending on the type of legal query. Our experienced in-house team know the music world as well as the law – the perfect combination to help you. In 2013 the ISM’s in-house legal team, backed by our legal expenses insurers, assisted ISM members in recovering over £150,000.
24-hour legal helpline In addition to the support offered by our in-house team, you have access to a helpline staffed by legal advisers, 24 hours a day. You can call the helpline for: • i mmediate telephone advice about legal matters relating to your work • l egal issues not related to your work as a musician (e.g. property disputes, matrimonial matters, making a will)
• c ontractual claims relating to your work (including unpaid fees or royalties) • personal injury claims • r oad accidents where your loss is not covered by insurance • d efending criminal prosecutions made against you which are connected with your work • identity theft • an aspect or full enquiry by HMRC into your tax affairs • an HMRC compliance check visit, or a dispute following an HMRC compliance check
Fee recovery service When you’re in the situation of being owed unpaid fees for your work, we will investigate and seek to recover those monies for you. In 2013 we helped our members recover over £7,000 in unpaid fees.
Online legal advice Our website holds a great deal of useful information essential to all professional musicians. There are advice pages dealing with legal issues which might impact on your work such as redundancy, contracts, sick and holiday pay, intellectual property rights, copyright and licences.
‘I shall be forever grateful for all the help and advice I recently received from the legal team at the ISM.’ ISM member
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Business support Insurances ISM members enjoy a number of vital insurances as an automatic benefit of their membership. They are covered at no additional cost for public liability, legal expenses, HMRC investigations and employer’s liability. We have also negotiated favourable rates for ISM members for musical instrument insurance and professional indemnity insurance. You can find more information in the members’ area of our website.
Tax and accountancy support Our insurance covers ISM members for accountancy costs relating to an HMRC inquiry or compliance check into their tax affairs. Our tax helpline is open 24 hours a day for your tax queries. Accountants LB Group offer members a tax return completion service at a low flat rate of £125 plus VAT as well as a 10% discount on a range of other accountancy and personal financial services. You can find out more on our website.
Fees information and recommendations We commission a range of surveys of fees musicians have been paid for various types of work. You may find these a useful guide to what the going market rates for different types of work have been in the recent past. We also recommend rates for employed musicians teaching in schools as well as employed church organists. (Competition law prevents us from
recommending rates for self-employed work.) You can find our survey results and recommendations on our website. Our website also has a list of tips in setting your tuition fees. For further information about fees, contact our Business Support Officer, Caroline Aldred, at caroline.aldred@ism.org or on 020 7313 9310.
Template documents for contracts and record-keeping Our website contains template documents for members to use in their work. A number are template contracts for working in a variety of situations, eg teaching, one-off performances and working as a church organist. In addition, we have designed templates to help members in their business record-keeping. Effective record-keeping is essential to ensure you are paid all fees due to you. Our templates can help you to keep track of fee payments. They can also enable you to complete your tax return quickly and efficiently by helping you to keep a comprehensive record of all tax-allowable expenses as well as fees received.
Online business advice Our website contains a range of useful information about tax issues, such as a list of tax-allowable expenses which musicians can claim and a link to a microsite designed by HMRC specifically for musicians. The ‘advice and documents’ area of our website also contains useful information on the business aspects of your career, such as advice on the right business structure for you and on engaging other musicians.
‘I wanted to thank you and the team for your help with my unpaid fees. I am amazed by the service the ISM gave.’ ISM member
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Campaigns and lobbying
Campaigning and policy work in numbers...
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In 1882, the ISM was set up to promote the art of music and to support those working as musicians. Those principles still hold fast today. The ISM works to promote the art of music through supporting important work in music for instance the Royal music industry and Campaigning and policy Philharmonic Society (RPS) and the PRS for Music education organisations 1 in 4 professional musicians (26.5%)got have work in numbers... behind the ISM-led Protect Foundation. At the same time the ISM is actively experienced difficulties when travelling with Music Education (PME) musical instruments on public transport. engaged in shaping the work for both current and www.protectmusiceducation.org ISM Performers Survey future musicians across all parts of the profession from performance and composition to education. Below are just a few notable developments and campaigns from Sorting out instruments on planes: To help travelling performers, the ISM has also lobbied airlines this year. of composers don’t think they’re paid and train companies to improve their policies. easyjet Standing up for performers enough now have an explicit musical instrument policy, andby collecting societies... As your professional body, the ISM is challenging the ISM Composers’ Survey Transport for London allow Double Basses on the tube. The Department for culture that pervades performance 1 in of4insecurity professional musiciansthe (26.5%) have We have also publishedEducation an exclusive league ISM table of promotes experienced difficulties survey when travelling sector. Our 2014 performers uncoveredwith Curriculum airlines to help musicians who travelresources. with musical musical on public continuing badinstruments practice in music with transport. 68% of instruments. ISM Performers Survey musicians accepting work without a written contract.
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Whether playing in a venue or recording with a producer, musicians were putting themselves at risk by working without a written contract. Many ISM members who consulted the ISM legal team did so because of a contractual issue. So written contracts can really ease the stress of working as a musician. Previous campaign successes have included our support for the Live Music Act 2012 which saw live music regulation lifted across England and Wales, making it easier to put on live music events.
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Composer’s rights and making our voice heard Our work with our composer members continued to flourish over the last year, with our respected Composer Round Table meetings, led by the Composer Special Interest Group, opening up a dialogue with Sound And Music (SAM) over the British Music Collection (BMC) and the Music Publishers Association (MPA) over fair contracts. We have been working closely with PRS to improve communication with ISM members and composers generally.
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Recent successes for music education include: • stopping the English Baccalaureate becoming compulsory • winning £18m additional funding for music education hubs in England • persuading the Government to drop its policy which would have made it more difficult for local authorities to fund music services.
Above: Westcombe Brass and Nina Swann (Live Music Now) hand their Protect Music Education consultation responses to the DfE
Representing music educators The ISM is the subject association for music educators. Whether you are a classroom teacher, peripatetic music teacher, visiting music teacher or educator in any role, you should take full advantage of our campaigns, resources and work. We founded and continue to lead the protectmusiceducation.org campaign which saw 130+ music industry and education bodies work together to persuade the Government to do more to support music education.
Having worked (successfully) to keep music in the National Curriculum we worked in partnership with Dr Alison Daubney (University of Sussex) and Professor Martin Fautley (Birmingham City University) to produce an assessment and progression framework – and training – for classroom teachers which is available at www.ism.org/nationalcurriculum.
Getting involved All of this campaigning is guided by our Educators Special Interest Group, Composers Special Interest Group, Performers Special Interest Group and networks of campaigning musicians. Are you interested in getting more involved in our campaigns activity? Are there any issues you think we should know about? Then get in touch with your Head of External Affairs, Henry Vann, at henry.vann@ism. org or by phoning 020 7313 9327.
Leaving a gift to your Society will help us continue our strong support of the music profession You’ve shared with us the importance of many of our services and support, from our dedicated and specialist legal guidance that helps members through choppy waters, to the advice and professional development that helps members to reach their full potential as professional musicians. We constantly strive to offer the very best and support our members as much as possible, and we thank all our members who have given us wonderful feedback regarding how our services have helped to make a difference to their lives. We know that in this modern age, the support for your profession is even more vital than ever before. Cuts to funding across the music sector including orchestras, higher education or schools and the continued exploitation of musicians’ rights without proper remuneration are just some of the issues we tackle on behalf of members. We are also continuing to develop the support and guidance we provide to musicians so that you get the advice you need through every step of your career. Please help us to continue to do more to safeguard professional musicians by leaving a gift to your Society. You can find out more at ism.org/giving or call Natalia on 020 7313 9318. Thank you.
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ISM Music Directory The ISM Music Directory is the UK’s only online directory of music professionals who have proven professional credentials.
Promote yourself to the public
Then you can start adding and editing the information that appears on your profile. You can add your:
As a member you are entitled to a free listing on the ISM Music Directory, the UK’s only online directory of music professionals with proven credentials.
• email address so that members of the public can contact you
The purpose of the Music Directory is to promote your services to the public and help you connect with people looking for the services you provide, whether you are a music educator, performer, composer, arranger, examiner, studio professional, music therapist or any other type of music professional working in the UK.
• biography information and a summary of the services you offer
It’s quick and easy to set up or edit your profile on the Music Directory. Simply go to musicdirectory.ism.org and find the ‘ISM member’ button on the top right, where it says ‘update your profile’, and login using your members’ area username and password.
• location
• professional activities and areas of expertise • level of experience • awards and accreditations • video clips • images • website and social media links If you need guidance on how to complete your profile, there are step-by-step instructions on our website at bit.ly/MDupdate or you can call our staff team on 020 7221 3499 or email membership@ism.org.
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Events Seminars ISM seminars provide you with essential training to help update and develop your skills and knowledge throughout your career as a musician. They are also a great way to meet fellow musicians and forge useful professional connections. Members can attend these seminars for a vastly reduced membership rate. Our seminars are carefully tailored to the needs of musicians and in 2013/14 subjects covered included musicianship and improvisation, instrumental and vocal teaching good practice and tips for inspiring students, and child protection and safeguarding. Speakers included renowned educationalist and ISM member Paul Harris, speakers from ABRSM and Trinity College London, and Sally Cathcart, Director of Development at the Voices Foundation. We also held masterclasses and ‘An Evening with Dame Felicity Lott’ which included a recital, interview, question and answer session, and a drinks and social session. Look out for forthcoming seminars and events in your e-news bulletin, Music Journal and the ISM website.
Webinars ISM webinars are free online seminars which you can attend from the comfort of your home or workplace. They are a money-saving, time-saving and convenient way to access essential professional development and advice tailored to your needs as a musician. All you need is a computer and an internet connection. Webinars are interactive and give members the opportunity to ask our experts questions and have them answered live. If you can’t join us for the live broadcasts, you can catch-up by watching video recordings of the sessions and downloading the accompanying presentation slides at www.ism.org/webinars.
Photo: Mark Woods-Nunn
Subjects we have covered in our webinars include tax and legal rights for musicians, health and wellbeing for performers, child protection and safeguarding, setting tuition fees, and the national curriculum for music. Look out for details of forthcoming webinars in your e-news bulletins, Music Journal and the ISM website. If you have any suggestions for topics you would like us to cover in our webinar series, let us know by emailing membership@ism.org. We welcome your ideas and feedback.
Members’ Day Members’ day is designed to give members an opportunity to feed directly into the future plans of the ISM and help Council and members of the staff team understand more about the concerns and issues confronting members. A number of group discussions are followed by the Society’s AGM and Open Forum. We held our first Members’ Day at the Royal Overseas League in April 2014. A similar day will be held in 2015.
‘I’ve just attended the Child Protection Webinar, which I found most useful.’ ISM member
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Inspiring all piano teachers, performers and enthusiasts Do you have a musical instrument that you could lend to the Benslow Instrument Loan Scheme?
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Distinguished Musician Award The ISM Distinguished Musician Award (DMA) was created in 1976 to recognise outstanding contributions to British musical life. The DMA is the highest honour that the ISM can bestow on a musician.
The DMA is awarded at most once each year, and can recognise a musician working in any field of the profession and recipients need not be members of the Society, or a UK national. The list of composers to receive the award has included Sir William Walton, Sir Michael Tippett, Witold Lutoslawski and Judith Weir, amongst others. Performers are naturally well represented in the list, from Sir Peter Pears to Sarah Connolly, via Julian Bream and Dame Janet Baker. Music educators have perhaps been less in the spotlight, but recently John Stephens received the award for his pioneering work. The very first DMA, however, was presented to a conductor, Sir Alexander Gibson, and an illustrious list of conductors (many ennobled) followed across the years, including Sir Charles Groves, Sir Simon Rattle, Norman Del Mar, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Charles Mackerras, Pierre Boulez Sir Mark Elder and most recently Sir Antonio Pappano. The 2013 recipient, Julian Lloyd Webber received the award for his many musical achievements and for his dedicated work in the field of music education. He received his DMA at the ISM Conference 2014, in partnership with Classic FM. The full list of ISM Distinguished Musician Award recipients can be found on our website at ism.org/awards/dma.
‘I am hugely honoured to accept this award. I have never wavered in my belief that music is for everyone and I will continue trying to bring it to as many people as possible.’ Julian Lloyd Webber, DMA 2013 Above: Julian Lloyd Webber Photo: Mark Woods-Nunn
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Discounts for members The following companies and organisations offer discounts to members. Please ensure you have your membership card available.
Accommodation
Concerts & Venues
Doctor in the House T. 020 8870 5949 doctorinthehouse1@gmail.com www.doctorhouse.co.uk Doctor In The House are able to arrange a high standard of accommodation at very reasonable rates to professionals visiting London or Scotland for conferences, courses exams and business meetings, whether you are staying for one night or one year! Rates are available from £55 per night for a single room, and £82 per night for a double room. Grange Hotels 15 Hotels, located in Central London T. 020 7233 7888 www.grangehotels.com Up to 42% saving on room rates at 12 hotels in London, doubles from £95. 3-5* hotels available. Call 020 7233 7888 quoting ‘17424’ In and Out Club 4 St James’s Square, London SW1Y 4JUT 020 7827 5757 club@theinandout.co.uk www.navalandmilitaryclub.co.uk Discounts for ISM members on room rates
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra T. 0121 345 0603 (Box Office) www.cbso.co.uk 10% discount on CBSO concert promotions at Symphony Hall, Birmingham (standard ticket prices range from £15 to £42). To purchase your discounted tickets, telephone 0121 345 0603 quoting ‘CBGT offer’. Telephone 0121 616 6500 or visit www.cbso.co.uk to request a CBSO brochure or to obtain details of forthcoming concerts. This offer cannot be combined with any other offer or concession. London Mozart Players Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon CR9 1DG T. 020 8686 1996 F. 020 8686 2187 info@lmp.org www.lmp.org 15% discount on LMP concerts in Fairfield Halls, Croydon. Quote ‘ISM Discount Scheme’ when contacting the LMP London Philharmonic Orchestra T. 020 7840 4242 www.lpo.org.uk 10% discount on London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) concerts in the 2014/15 season at Royal Festival Hall. Tickets can be booked through the LPO ticket office until 5pm on the day of the performance or the Friday preceding weekend performances. To book tickets, call: LPO ticket office: 020 7840 4242. MonFri, 10am-5pm. Southbank Centre ticket office: 0844 847 9920. Daily, 9am-8pm. £2.75 fee for telephone bookings. Offer subject to availability and excludes FUNharmonics concerts. Cannot be combined with any other discounts or used against tickets already purchased.
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Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club 47 Frith Street, London W1D 4HT T. 020 7439 0747 www.ronniescotts.co.uk Half price membership (annual). Proof of membership must be provided via email members@ronniescotts. co.uk or fax 020 7437 5081.
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10% discount on musical instrument and equipment policies. Special rates on all other insurances Newmoon Insurance Services Limited The Pantiles Chamber, 85 High Street, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1XP T. 0845 072 8535 www.newmooninsurance.com 20% discount on musical instrument insurance Orchestralguard Insurance Thistle Insurance, Southgate House, Southgate Street, Gloucester GL1 1UB T. 0844 826 2299 www.orchestralguard.co.uk/ism 10% discount on OrchestralGuard musical instrument insurance. Phillippa Levy 19 Louisa Street, London E1 4NF T. 020 7790 1963 F. 020 7790 4100 phillippa@phillippalevy.com www.phillippalevy.com 10% discount on insurance for musical instruments Quoteline Direct Botanical House, Botanical Avenue, Old Trafford, Manchester M16 0PQ T. 0800 970 9899 reception@quotelinedirect.co.uk www.quotelinedirect.com/goldclub Household insurance brokers offering buildings insurance, contents insurance or a combined home insurance policy at competitive prices. Guaranteed 10% saving on your current home insurance renewal with similar cover.
Capital Audiology 1st Floor, 22 Harley Street, London W1G 9PL T. 020 7631 1855 / 020 7631 1875 info@capitalaudiology.co.uk www.capitalaudiology.co.uk £35 off full hearing check (comprising Puretone Audiogram, Tympanometry and Video Otoscopy) £15 off custom made musicians hearing protection HCMA T. 01423 866985 www.hmca.co.uk HMCA offer ISM members and their families a range of medical health cover and related products. Hospital and Medical Care Association are specialists in offering voluntary benefits exclusively to members of professional and trades associations and membership groups. Musicians’ Hearing Services Harley Street Hearing, 129 Harley Street, London W1G 6BA T. 020 7486 1053 info@harleysthearing.co.uk www.musicianshearingservices.co.uk Membership Organisations Significantly discounted prices on customer made hearing protection, hearing tests, and hearing test and The Association of Independent Music (AIM) consultation with an audiologist. AIM, Lamb House, Church Street, Chiswick, London, W4 2PD T. 020 8994 5599 Insurance www.musicindie.com AIM represents over 800 member companies, from Allianz Musical Insurance the largest and most respected labels in the World, PO Box 589, Great West House (GW2) to small start-ups and individual artists releasing Great West Road, Brentford TW8 1AH their own music for the first time. AIM promotes this T. 0844 391 4037 F. 0844 391 4073 exciting and diverse sector globally and provides a musicalinsurance@allianz.co.uk range of services to members, enabling member www.allianzmusicalinsurance.co.uk companies to grow, grasp new opportunities and 10% discount on insurance for musical instruments break into new markets. and equipment AIM offers ISM members a 25% discount on Musicians Insurance Services the joining fee for AIM in their first year of full PO Box 12122, Matlock, membership. You can find more information about Derbyshire DE4 3YS the membership rates here: www.musicindie.com/ T. 01629 760101, F. 01629 581879 membership/membershiprates info@musiciansinsurance.co.uk www.musiciansinsurance.co.uk
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The Unsigned Guide info@theunsignedguide.com www.theunsignedguide.com A 30% discount on annual subscription for ISM members. The Unsigned Guide, your gateway to the music industry, contains an online music industry directory with over 8,800 contacts from all sectors of the business, plus advice, reports and information contributed from music organisations and experts to help you get to grips with the industry. ISM members need to contact info@theunsignedguide.com, state their membership number and The Unsigned Guide will email them back with an exclusive discount code to use when subscribing
Music Shops Ackerman Music 163 Portland Road, Hove BN3 5QJ T. 1273702444 also 142 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WB 42 West Street, Chichester Street, PO19 1RP info@ackermanmusic.co.uk www.ackermanmusic.co.uk 10% discount on music and accessories Alan Gregory Music and Musical Instruments Xenon House, 10 School Lane, Didsbury, Manchester M20 6RD T. 0161 224 8915 F. 0161 224 6655 music@alangregory.co.uk www.alangregory.co.uk 10% discount on music and accessories. Competitive prices offered on instruments All Instruments Ltd. Madbrook Farm, Warminster Road, Westbury, Wiltshire BA13 3RB T. 01373 859 044 sales@allinstruments.com www.allinstruments.com 10% discount on all purchases Balaams Music 103 Risbygate Street, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3AA T. 01284 766933 sales@balaamsmusic.co.uk www.balaamsmusic.co.uk 10% discount on music, books, instruments or accessories Banks Music Ltd 18 Lendal, York YO1 8AU T. 01904 658 836 sheetmusic@banksmusic.co.uk www.musicroom.com 10% discount on all sheet music and music accessories
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Beverley Music Centre Ltd 14 Norwood, Beverley, East Yorkshire HU17 9EZ T. 01482 881 584 shop@beverleymusiccentre.co.uk www.beverleymusiccentre.co.uk 10% discount on sheet music, classical CDs, strings, music stands and small accessories Blackwell Music 53 Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AX T. 01865 333580(books), 333581(recordings), 333582 (printed music) F. 01865 728020 music.ox@blackwell.co.uk www.blackwell.co.uk/printedmusic 10% discount on printed music, manuscript paper, recordings, instruments and instrument accessories Cambridge Pianoforte and Music Gallery 10-12 Kings Hedges Road, Cambridge CB4 2PA 01223 424 007 F. 01223 425 599 info@cambridgemusic.net www.cambridgemusic.net Up to 10% discount on printed music Chimes Music Kensington Chimes, 9 Harrington Road, South Kensington, London SW7 3ES T. 020 7589 9054 F. 020 7225 2662 kensington@chimesmusic.com www.chimesmusic.com also Academy Chimes, Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5HT T. 020 7873 7400 and Barbican Chimes, Cromwell Tower, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DD T. 020 7588 9242 10% discount on printed music and books; 20% discount on boxes of reeds and sets of strings. Terms apply Chris Venables Pianos Piano House, 1 Monmouth Court, Ringwood Hampshire BH24 1HE T. 01425 476 644 F. 01425 476 645 pianos@chrisvenables.co.uk www.chrisvenables.co.uk Specialist educational supplier of new and pre-owned pianos by Yamaha, Petrof and Venables & Son. Upright and Grand Pianos with high-profile preparation service. Genuine family business est. 1981, technician owned and run. Bespoke voicing and regulating on all pianos. Special savings to ISM members and their pupils.
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Crowthers of Canterbury 1 The Borough, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2DR T. 01227 763 965 F. 01227 788 865 ian@crowthersofcanterbury.co.uk www.crowthersofcanterbury.co.uk 10% discount on music Culver Music Tally Ho, Toys Hill, Westerham Kent TN16 1QG T. 01959 561 109 F. 0870 125 4441 culvermusic@which.net www.culvermusic.com 10% discount on music (specialists in choral and organ music) – mail order Ealing Strings 4 Station Parade, Uxbridge Road, Ealing Common W5 3LD T. 020 8992 5222 / 020 8992 3993 F. 020 8992 3544 mail@ealingstrings.info www.ealingstrings.info £10 off bow rehairing services Forsyth Brothers Limited 126 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2GR T. 0161 834 3281 F. 0161 834 0630 info@forsyths.co.uk www.forsyths.co.uk 10% discount on sheet music, recorded music & DVDs; at least 10% discount on new and reconditioned pianos (over 150 new pianos in stock, and 50 reconditioned pianos), and other instruments including orchestral instruments and guitars. Exceptions and exclusions apply. Forwoods Music By Mail P.O.Box 321, Dover CT15 7YQ 0800 072 0354 stephen@forwoods.co.uk www.forwoods.co.uk 10% discount on sheet music, books, accessories and gifts Grantham Piano Services Westella House, Dousland Road, Yelverton, Devon PL20 6BA T. 01822 855757 general@granthampianos.co.uk www.granthampianos.co.uk 10% discount on all new and second-hand pianos Hibernian Violins 67 Somers Road, Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 1JA T. 01684 562 947 F. 01684 565 884 info@hibernianviolins.co.uk www.hibernianviolins.co.uk 10% discount on all goods and services
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Ian Edwards - Music & Media Storage Furniture The Old Chapel, 282 Skipton Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 3HE T. 01423 500 442 F. 01423 705 200 enquiries@iansbespokefurniture.co.uk www.iansbespokefurniture.co.uk 25% discount on any full price hand-made furniture. Lloyd & Keyworth Music 6-7 Downing Street, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7PE T. 01252 710 666 F. 01252 711 159 linda@grandpianos.com www.grandpianos.com 12.5% discount on all purchases not already on special offer Markson Pianos Ltd 8 Chester Court, Albany Street, London NW1 4BU info@marksonpianos.com www.marksonpianos.com Generous discount on pianos and stools Music Notes 4 North John Street, Liverpool L2 4SA T. 0151 227 9836 sales@music-notes.net www.music-notes.net 10% discount on our extensive range of music. We can supply all music from every publisher. See our website for current offers Piano Warehouse 291-295 Willesden Lane, London NW2 5HY T. 020 7267 7671 F. 020 7284 0083 Also at 111-113 Ewell Road, Surbiton, Surrey KT6 6AL T. 020 8399 4110 sales@piano-warehouse.co.uk www.piano-warehouse.co.uk 20% discount on new pianos Providence Music Ltd 1 St Georges Road, Bristol BS1 5UL T. 0117 927 6536 F. 0117 927 6680 shop@providencemusic.co.uk www.providencemusic.co.uk 10% discount on printed music and accessories Reynard Music 4 Reynard Way, Northampton NN2 8QX T. 01604 845 885 reynard@dpmail.co.uk http://reynard.dpwww.co.uk 10% discount on Reynard Music sheet music publications
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Robert Morley & Co. Ltd 34 Engate Street, London SE13 7HA T. 020 8318 5838 sales@moreleypianos.co.uk www.morleypianos.com or www.morleyharpsichords.com 5% discount on selected products including upright and grand pianos, stools, and early keyboard instruments (spinets, harpsichords and clavichords) Sheargold Pianos Ltd 162 Anyards Road, Cobham, Surrey KT11 2LH T. 01932 866 577 F. 01932 868 178 sales@sheargold.com www.sheargoldmusic.co.uk Up to 25% discount on pianos, 10% on music and accessories The Violin Shop 7/11 Blackie Street, Yorkhill, Glasgow G3 8TN T. 0141 339 8078 enquiries@theviolinshop-glasgow.co.uk www.theviolinshop-glasgow.co.uk 10% discount on accessories. Other negotiable discounts on violins and other stringed instruments. Worldwide mail order service available Turner Violins Ltd 1-5 Lily Grove, Beeston, Nottingham NG9 1QL T. 0115 943 0333 info@turnerviolins.co.uk www.turnerviolins.co.uk 10% discount on all instruments, bows and accessories (except for items being sold on commission or consignment, and may not be available in a part exchange or sale). Windblowers 75-77 Derby Road, Nottingham NG1 5BA T. 0115 941 0543 F. 0115 947 4433 sales@windblowers.com www.windblowers.com 10% discount on sheet music and accessories; variable discounts on instruments
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Recording Services & Technology Chantry Sound Recording Services Chantry House, 7 Lowburyholme, Over, Cambridge CB24 5NP T. 01954 231117 info@chantrysound.co.uk www.chantrysound.co.uk 10% discount on recording services Impulse Pipers Mede, 8 Church Lane, Holme Hale, Norfolk IP25 7DS T. 01760 441 441 F. 01760 441 448 impulse@impulse-music.co.uk www.impulse-music.co.uk web-shop:www.tutti.co.uk 10% discount for web page design and hosting on the Impulse Classical Music website NMC Recordings Somerset House, Third Floor, South Wing, Strand, London WC2R 1LA T. 020 7759 1827 www.nmcrec.co.uk/ 20% discount when purchasing two or more NMC releases (order by phone, payment by card) Select Performers 28 Clough Lane, Grasscroft, Oldham, OL4 4EW T.03333 442 400 F. 03333 442 401 select.info@selectperformers.com www.selectperformers.com 50% discount on web design Software Partners Ltd Oak Tree House, Station Road, Claverdon, Warwick CV35 8PE T. 01926 842998 sales@software-partners.co.uk www.software-partners.co.uk 10% discount on Capella Professional
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ISM meeting room We now have a fantastic meeting room available for hire at our new home at 4–5 Inverness Mews, London W2 3JQ. Members can hire the space at the special members’ rate of £100 for a half day or £190 for the full day. Included in your hire rate is free use of tea and coffee, internet facilities and flat screen TV. The room takes up to 16 people board room style, with 25 theatre style. For further details and bookings, please contact Rebecca Mair at roombooking@ism.org or 020 7313 9321.
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The ISM is a diverse professional community of approximately 7,000 musicians working across all genres and in all sectors of the music profession. Over 160 music companies and organisations, schools, music hubs and services, conservatoires and universities, exam boards, music retailers, publishers, and insurers are corporate members of the ISM. Over 100 members helped each month by our legal team
£150K In 2013 our in-house legal team backed by our legal expenses insurers assisted ISM members in recovering over £150,000 and recovered over £7,000 in unpaid fees
Over 700 members took part in the music teachers fees survey, making it the most comprehensive teachers fee survey to date Over 150 completed DBS applications for members since October 2013
49 Local group events held across the country in the 2012/13 financial year with over 1,000 attendees 237 members attended our professional development seminars in the 2012/13 financial year
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Out of the 774 ISM members who responded to our 2014 Members’ Survey:
73%
undertake performing work
90%
have ‘portfolio careers’ working in two or more areas of the profession
45%
have used the ISM’s legal services
95%
were either satisfied or very satisfied with the legal service they received from the ISM
Together we are a strong and effective campaigning force for music and musicians. Based on results from our 2014 performers’ survey, musicians are no longer citing local authority licensing as a barrier to putting on concerts thanks to the Live Music Act which the ISM supported.
In July 2014, The ISM-led Protect Music Education campaign secured £17m extra funding for music education in 2015/16 and the Government backed down on its recommendation that local authorities stop funding music education. 135 organisations are supporting the campaign as it moves forward to protect the value of music GCSE, AS and A level. Find out more at protectmusiceducation.org #ProtectMusic #Before1700 #Beyond1900
78% 78% of members who took part in our 2014 Performers’ Survey work mostly or entirely as freelancers.
The ISM Composers Special Interest Group has worked with PRS for Music to improve communications with classical composers.