2026-06-15T09:28:50-05:00 2025-07-31 332043014 CASSIDY ADVISORS AND ACCOUNTANTS LLC 1 MATHEWS DR STE 114 HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC 29926 990 2024-08-01 274933981 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC AMER 6468670994 1350 AVE OF THE AMERICASFL2STE266 NEW YORK NY 10019 LUCIE KENNEDY SECRETARY 6468670994 2026-06-12 1 1 CHRISTINE E CASSIDY P00022087 8436892800 2026-06-12 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z CHARLES GRAHAM 1350 AVE OF THE AMERICASFL2STE266 NEW YORK NY 10019 262411 0 X WWW.RAM.AC.UK X 2010 NY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR MUSIC AND THE ARTS. 5 5 0 0 0 0 367003 262411 0 0 0 0 0 0 367003 262411 310583 783735 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17189 27681 327772 811416 39231 -549005 622087 73082 0 0 622087 73082 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR MUSIC AND THE ARTS. 0 0 783735 783735 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR MUSIC AND THE ARTS. 783735 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 NY X CHAPEL & YORK LTD 6468670994 1350 AVE OF THE AMERICASFL2STE266 NEW YORK NY 10019 X CHARLES GRAHAM PRESIDENT 0.50 X X 0 0 0 TANYA BANNISTER TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 STEVEN FOX TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 AUGUSTA READ THOMAS TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 JEFFREY WEHNER TREASURER 0.50 X X 0 0 0 LUCIE KENNEDY SECRETARY 0.50 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 262411 262411 262411 0 0 0 783735 783735 26135 26135 1235 1235 MERCHANT FEES 303 303 BANK FEES 8 8 811416 783735 27681 0 615761 32756 6326 40326 622087 73082 0 0 X 622087 73082 622087 73082 622087 73082 -549005 0 X 1 X 0 0 0 X 331788 349703 308901 367003 112411 1469806 331788 349703 308901 367003 112411 1469806 1058545 411261 1469806 0.27980 0.21670 X PUBLIC SERVICES:SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 2010, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC, INC. HAS BEENRAISING FUNDS FOR MUSIC AND THE ARTS. SUCH FUNDS SUPPORT THE PROMOTION OF TALENTED STUDENTS OF MUSIC FROM AROUND THE WORLD, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE ARTS, THE PURCHASE OF PHYSICAL ASSETS SUCH AS INSTRUMENTS, BUILDING WORKS FOR THE STUDY OF MUSIC AND DIRECT BURSARIES OR PRIZES FOR STUDENTS OF EXCEPTIONAL NEED AND TALENT.SOURCES OF SUPPORT:SUPPORT IS SOUGHT FROM INDIVIDUALS, COMPANIES AND CHARITABLE TRUSTS AS WELL AS ALUMNI, FACULTY AND STAFF ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC, INC.GOVERNING BODY:LUCIE KENNEDYLUCIE WAS APPOINTED AS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN 2020. IN 2024 SHE RESIGNED AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND WAS ELECTED AS THE SECRETARY. LUCIE HAS SPENT OVER TWENTY YEARS WORKING IN FUNDRAISING, EVENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS. PRIOR TO THE ACADEMY, LUCIE HELD DIRECTOR-LEVEL ROLES AND HEADED UP MAJOR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGNS AT CHETHAM'S SCHOOL OF MUSIC, CITY YEAR UK AND WESTMINSTER SCHOOL (WHERE SHE WAS ALSO AN OFFICER FOR A 501C3). AFTER READING ENGLISH LITERATURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM, LUCIE WORKED IN CONFERENCE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING FOR TEN YEARS BEFORE RETURNING TO STUDY FOR AN MBA AT MANCHESTER BUSINESS SCHOOL AND SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERING THE CHARITY SECTOR. SHE IS CURRENTLY DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC. JEFFREY WEHNERJEFFREY WAS APPOINTED AS THE TREASURER IN 2011. JEFFREY IS A TAX PARTNER AT DELOITTE. HE SPECIALIZES IN US CORPORATE INTERNATIONAL TAX WITH A FOCUS ON STRUCTURING, FINANCING AND RE-STRUCTURING INVESTMENTS INTO THE US AS WELL AS CROSS-BORDER MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS. PRIOR TO JOINING DELOITTE IN 2002, HE HAD SPENT A LONG TIME AT ARTHUR ANDERSEN AS TAX PARTNER. JEFFREY GRADUATED IN LAW FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AND IS A MEMBER OF BOTH THE STATE BAR OF WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS AND THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION.TANYA BANNISTERTANYA JOINED AS A DIRECTOR IN 2015 AND RESIGNED IN 2025. TANYA IS AN ACADEMY ALUMNA WHO STUDIED UNDER CHRISTOPHER ELTON AND HAMISH MILNE. IN ADDITION TO THE ACADEMY, TANYA STUDIED WITH CLAUDE FRANK AT YALE UNIVERSITY AND WITH RICHARD GOODE AT NEW YORK'S MANNES SCHOOL OF MUSIC. TANYA STARTED HER MUSICAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG AND CONTINUED IN LONDON, ITALY, GERMANY AND THE USA. SHE HAS BEEN A WINNER OF CONCERT ARTISTS GUILD INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. TANYA IS CO-FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF ALPENKAMMERMUSIK, AN ANNUAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL IN AUSTRIA. SHE IS ALSO CO-FOUNDER OF ROADMAPS FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK. TANYA IS PRESIDENT AND EX OFFICIO BOARD MEMBER OF CONCERT ARTISTS GUILD.STEVEN FOXSTEVEN JOINED AS A DIRECTOR IN 2010 AND RESIGNED IN 2025. STEVEN IS AN ACADEMY ALUMNUS WHO STUDIED CHORAL CONDUCTING (2001-2003), GRADUATING WITH DISTINCTION. FROM 2008 TO 2013 HE WAS AN ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR AT NEW YORK CITY OPERA, AND, IN 2011, SERVED AS ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR FOR THE METROPOLITAN OPERA LINDEMANN YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM AND JUILLIARD OPERA. HE IS CURRENTLY THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE CLARION CHOIR & THE CLARION ORCHESTRA IN NEW YORK AND HAS RECEIVED GRAMMY NOMINATIONS FOR HIS FOUR RECORDINGS WITH THE CLARION CHOIR. STEVEN WAS CHORUS MASTER FOR THE GRAMMY-AWARD-WINNING RECORDING OF ETHEL SMYTH'S THE PRISON. HE IS ALSO MUSIC DIRECTOR OF CATHEDRAL CHORAL SOCIETY AT THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL IN WASHINGTON, DC. STEVEN WAS NAMED AN ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC IN 2010.AUGUSTA READ THOMASAUGUSTA JOINED AS A DIRECTOR IN 2011 AND RESIGNED IN 2025. AUGUSTA IS AN ACADEMY ALUMNA, STUDYING COMPOSITION IN 1989. AUGUSTA IS HIGHLY CELEBRATED CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSER. IN ADDITION TO THE ACADEMY, AUGUSTA STUDIED COMPOSITION WITH OLIVER KNUSSEN AT TANGLEWOOD (1986, 1987, 1989); JACOB DRUCKMAN AT YALE UNIVERSITY (1988); ALAN STOUT AND BILL KARLINS AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (1983-1987). AUGUSTA IS A UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF COMPOSITION IN MUSIC AND THE COLLEGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AMERICAN MUSIC CENTER SINCE 2000, AS WELL AS ON THE BOARDS AND ADVISORY BOARDS OF SEVERAL CHAMBER MUSIC GROUPS. AUGUSTA HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD OF THE ICE (INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE) FOR MANY YEARS; IS A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE ALICE M. DITSON FUND; IS A MEMBER OF THE CONSEIL MUSICAL DE LA FOUNDATION PRINCE PIERRE DE MONACO; AND IS ON THE EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC'S NATIONAL COUNCIL.CHARLES GRAHAMCHARLES JOINED AS A DIRECTOR IN 2015 AND WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 2024. CHARLES IS A READING UNIVERSITY GRADUATE WITH A BSC IN ESTATE MANAGEMENT. FOLLOWING HIS GRADUATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF READING, CHARLES JOINED THE SAICO/MITSUI FUDOSAN JOINT VENTURE IN SAUDI ARABIA AND EGYPT. HE SUBSEQUENTLY MOVED TO THE US, WORKING FOR KNOWLTON REALTY LIMITED AND JONES LANG WOOTTON, BEFORE JOINING LONDON & EDINBURGH TRUST PLC AS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF ITS NEW USA SUBSIDIARY. IN 1994 HE RETURNED TO THE UK WHERE HE CO-FOUNDED EUROPA CAPITAL AND WAS PRINCIPAL FOR 17 YEARS. CHARLES IS CURRENTLY THE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN AND A FOUNDING MEMBER OF MGT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT.ANJULI RAOANJULI JOINED AS A DIRECTOR IN 2025. SHE IS A HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED AND CREATIVE LEADER WITH A DISTINGUISHED BACKGROUND IN GLOBAL FINANCE, PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND PHILANTHROPY. AFTER GRADUATING FROM LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL IN 1999, ANJULI EMBARKED ON A CAREER IN THE INVESTMENT AND CORPORATE BANK AT CITIGROUP IN LONDON WHERE SHE SPENT 11 YEARS ADVISING CEOS AND CFOS OF LARGE GLOBAL COMPANIES IN THE TELECOMS AND TECHNOLOGY SECTOR. SHE SPECIALISED IN THE AREAS OF MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND FINANCING, HELPING COMPANIES RAISE CAPITAL AND SHAPE THEIR STRATEGIC DECISIONS. PRIOR TO JOINING CITIGROUP, ANJULI SPENT 5 YEARS BETWEEN LONDON AND INDIA IN A SIMILAR ROLE WITH ARCELORMITTAL AND ICICI BANK. ANJULI IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN A RANGE OF PHILANTHROPIC INITIATIVES REFLECTING HER DEEP COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL IMPACT AND CULTURAL ENRICHMENT. SHE IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO EDUCATION AS A CORE COMPONENT OF HER PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS AND SERVING THOSE FROM UNDERPRIVILEGED BACKGROUNDS. ANJULI HOLDS A BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING DEGREE IN ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, INDIA, MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM THE FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, INDIA AND MASTERS IN FINANCE FROM LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, LONDON. ALEXA SUSKINALEXA JOINED AS A DIRECTOR IN 2025. SHE HAS SERVED AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND A TRUSTEE OF THE ROBERT AND MERCEDES EICHHOLZ FOUNDATION SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2011, OVERSEEING MAJOR GIFTS AND GRANTS IN THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS AND ARTS EDUCATION ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. SHE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS GALLERY DIRECTOR AT LAWRENCE STEIGRAD FINE ARTS AND WORKED IN THE COMMERCIAL ART FIELD FOR A DECADE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., LONDON, AND NEW YORK. SHE HOLDS AN MA IN MODERN ART, CONNOISSEURSHIP, AND THE HISTORY OF THE ART MARKET FROM CHRISTIE'S EDUCATION. HER CIVIC AND PHILANTHROPIC AFFILIATIONS INCLUDE SERVING AS CO-CHAIR OF THE TRUSTEES' COUNCIL AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AS A TRUSTEE OF THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC, THE FRICK COLLECTION, LINCOLN CENTRE THEATRE, AND AS A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE YALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC. CHRISTINE STONBELYCHRISTINE JOINED AS DIRECTOR IN 2025. SHE IS A LIFELONG CHAMPION FOR MUSIC AND EDUCATION WHO HAS DEDICATED HER LIFE AND WORK TO MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL PLACE. HER LOVE OF MUSIC LED HER TO THE METROPOLITAN OPERA NATIONAL COUNCIL WHERE SHE SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS. CHRISTINE'S COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY A SERIES OF LEADERSHIP POSITIONS; AS PRESIDENT OF THE BROWNING SCHOOL PARENTS ASSOCIATION, A DIRECTOR OF THE DILLER QUAILE SCHOOL OF MUSIC, AS A TRUSTEE AND CHAIR OF THE EDUCATIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE AT THE GUNNERY SCHOOL, AND AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ARCHIVES COMMITTEE OF THE NEW YORK JUNIOR LEAGUE. IN ADDITION, CHRISTINE HAS GIVEN HER TIME AS A READING AND ENGLISH TUTOR AT THE MERCY LEARNING CENTER IN BRIDGEPORT, CT AND AS A VOLUNTEER AT ST. THOMAS MORE CHURCH IN NEW YORK. RECENTLY, CHRISTINE JOINED THE BOARD OF THE METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD. HER EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP IS EXEMPLIFIED BY HER LONGSTANDING WORK WITH UNICEF'S SNOWFLAKE BALL PROJECT, AND AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CLARION MUSIC SOCIETY. MICHAEL GILSENANMICHAEL JOINED AS A DIRECTOR IN 2025. HE GREW UP IN LUTON AND LATER AS A TEENAGER IN EASTBOURNE. HIS FATHER WAS A SINGER AND PIANIST WHO APPEARED IN MUSICALS IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD AND IN VARIETY AND MUSIC HALL AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR. HIS MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER HAD KEEN INTEREST IN CLASSICAL MUSIC AND A COLLECTION OF 78RPMS THAT INCLUDED BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES AND PIANO SONATAS. MICHAEL WAS EDUCATED AT OXFORD WHERE HE DID A B.A. IN ORIENTAL STUDIES AND A D.PHIL IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY. HE HAS CARRIED OUT ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN EGYPT, LEBANON AND, MORE RECENTLY, IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, PARTICULARLY SING SCHEDULE A, PART VI, LIST OF UNUSUAL GRANTS: DESCRIPTION: CASH DATE: 08/26/24 AMOUNT: 150000. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 FIRST ED SCHUBERTS WINTERREISE 6326 DEPOSITS IN TRANSIT 34000 40326 1 EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) - ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM 0 0 GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS MUSIC & ARTS 783735 0 0 0 0 0 0 783735 0 783735 EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) - ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM STUDENT WELLNESS INITIATIVE 253500 WIRE 0 FMV EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) - ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM SCHOLARSHIPS & BURSARIES 204200 WIRE 0 FMV EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) - ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM WOODWIND DEPT 3000 WIRE 0 FMV EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) - ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM SEMYON BYCHKOV EDU FUND 1000 WIRE 0 FMV EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) - ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM GENERAL SUPPORT 19335 WIRE 0 FMV EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) PRINCIPAL'S FUND AND AWARDS 295000 WIRE 0 FMV EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) UNIQUE RECORDING PROJECT 7700 WIRE 0 FMV 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 2: THE BOARD HAS RESOLVED THAT ALL ORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IT MAKES GRANTS OR FUNDS PROGRAMS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING: 1. A GRANT APPLICATION WHICH SPECIFIES THE AMOUNT REQUESTED, THE NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, AND A DETAILED PROPOSED USE OF THE FUNDS. 2. IN CASE OF AN ORGANIZATION OUTSIDE THE USA, A COPY OF THE ORGANIZATION'S ORGANIZING DOCUMENTS, REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION'S ACTIVITIES AND BUDGET IN ORDER TO ENSURE IT IS SUITABLE TO RECEIVE FUNDS FROM A US 501(C)(3) PUBLIC CHARITY. WHEN A GRANT IS MADE TO AN ORGANIZATION, THE ORGANIZATION WILL BE REQUIRED TO: 1. MAKE A REPORT ON THE USE OF THE FUNDS, TO BE RETURNED TO THE ORGANIZATION WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE GRANTING OF THE FUNDS. 2. SIGN A STATEMENT THAT THE GRANTEE WILL REFUND ANY PORTION OF THE GRANT NOT USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TERMS OF THE GRANT. 3. AGREE ANY OTHER CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY THE BOARD DEPENDING ON THE SPECIFICS OF THE GRANT AND THE ORGANIZATION TO WHICH FUNDS ARE BEING GIVEN. NO GRANT WILL BE MADE WITHOUT MEETING THE TERMS SET FORTH BY THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED FOR REVIEW BY THE SECRETARY PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C BOARD MEMBERS REVIEW AND SIGN OFF ON ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ANNUALLY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18 UPON REQUEST FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 UPON REQUEST