Director
Michael Maxwell Steer
A former BBC music producer and Head of 20thC Studies at the Junior RCM, he runs a series of Aperitif Concerts in London and teaches in Wiltshire while maintaining a career as a composer.
Deputy Director
Arturo Serna
A graduate of El Sistema, Venezuela, he studied in Switzerland & France and holds Conducting Masters from Surrey U. Arturo conducts several west country orchestras, and runs an El Sistema with his wife in Sherborne, Dorset.
Publicity Manager
Will Padfield
Cherubim’s Publicity Manager, Will is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, now working in education, production, arts administration and journalism.
Treasurer
Stephen Welford
Cherubim’s Treasurer, Steve brings management experience from a career in IT. Steve is a choral singer, and from a family of much more talented musicians.
Admin Manager
Sarah Brooks
Admin Manager, Sarah is a valued coordinator and focal point of the large numbers of instruments and the awardees who loan them. Sarah is also a choral singer herself.
Cherubim Accounts
The Trust’s financial accounts are published on the Charity Commission’s website and can be viewed here.
Cherubim History
The Cherubim Music Trust (#1088403) was founded by Clancy Steer in response to her personal experience of the needs of young musicians.
“Our daughter Serafina chose to take up the harp aged seven. After graduating from Chethams School of Music, where she had access to a first-rate concert harp, we were faced with buying her a £10,000 instrument for music college – but as we had only recently moved house a further loan was out of the question. We were fortunate to find a solution which laid the ground for Serafina’s later successes as a harpist and songwriter.”
Contact Cherubim at info@cherubimtrust.org
To help others in similar situations Clancy created Cherubim Music Trust in 2001, with the aid of the Gosling Foundation. In the decades since, the Trust has grown steadily by purchase, donation and loan and now holds 60+ instruments worth over £700k that are loaned to young talented musicians in need of a better instrument.