Multitude of Voyces

We try not to use jargon on our website but the following descriptors may be helpful: 

Associates: our Associates are nominated by our Trustees; they have particular responsibilities and roles within the charity. Read more about our Associates here

Composers’ or Writers’ estates: these are the private families, public or private archives, registered Trusts or Societies which own and manage the intellectual property or physical material of a composer, writer or poet's work. Sometimes the Trusts or Societies will be registered charities like Multitude of Voyces. If the composer, writer or poet died less than seventy years ago their work can only be published by the charity with the formal agreement of the individuals or solicitors who are entitled to represent the estate. 

Contributors: these are the living composers, musicologists, writers, translators and music editors who provide works to the charity to publish. They are eligible to receive some monies from the charity in form of royalties income from the sale of sheet-music.

Donated labour: this describes work which is volunteered by private individuals which does not require professional qualifications or registration. The charity relies on a great deal of donated labour across multiple areas of expertise, to carry out its work. 

Donors: these are private individuals who give their own money to the charity to support its work. Donors are able to request their money be used on particular projects if they wish. Where Donors are tax-payers they are eligible to claim back tax to benefit the charity further, through Gift Aid

Grant-funders: these are formal organisations which might award the charity a fixed amount of money for a fixed project following a formal application process by the charity. The monies given might come from the general public or from people’s taxes. (We have not been successful in obtaining any grant-funding yet, but we hope to one day!)

Pioneer Sponsors: these individuals and organisations were our first donors 

Pro bono labour: this describes specialist support provided to the charity by individuals or companies qualified and registered to provide it. Usually pro bono labour is provided by practising lawyers, registered accounts or other professional work which relates to the Law or other areas of formal governance. 

Sponsors: these are typically commercial organisations which provide financial support to the charity as part of their commitment to the Arts or to Social-Justice issues. They may receive a benefit in return such as being named in a concert programme. (We don’t have any sponsors yet; we’d love some!)

Stakeholders: these are the people who will benefit from the charity’s work. These include

• Composers
• Writers
• Composers’ estates (family members or other groups which look after a deceased-composer’s or writer’s copyright) 
• Teachers in schools and Directors of Music in church, cathedral, university and community choirs and other music groups
• Students of Music, professional performers and amateur performers
• The general public who wish to learn more about our work

Supporters: these are private individuals or organisations which purchase our sheet-music publications. The sale of the publications is non-commercial and directly supports the running of the charity and its projects.

Trustees: the Trustees carry legal responsibility for the running and legal compliance of a charity. read more about our Trustees here

Trusts or Societies: these are generally registered charities which derive their income from legacies or investments. They might award the charity a fixed amount of money to carry out a particular project or they might make a donation for the charity to use as it thinks best. (We have been privileged to receive donations from The Ambache Fund, The Postlethwaite Music Foundation, and the Pratt Green Trust in recent years).