ARCAVA — Art in Service of Others
A grand piano in a London recording hall

Our Impact

Thirty-one years
of service.

Immeasurable human value.

By the Numbers

A record without compromise


1995
Incorporated
31
Years & counting
2000
Registered charity
11
Causes supported
£60k
Raised, Good Guys Appeal
100%
Royal proceeds donated
7
Classical No. 1s

Highlights of Thirty-One Years

Moments that mattered


1996

Bedside piano concerts on the Hedley Atkins Ward, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital, bringing live classical music to cancer patients.

1997

Charity performance at Her Majesty's Theatre in the presence of HRH The Duke of Kent, in aid of Trinity Hospice.

1998

Charity performance at the Hampstead Theatre in aid of SATFA, alongside Juliet Stevenson and Simon Russell-Beale.

2001

Summer Reception at the House of Lords, hosted by Baroness Hooper in the Cholmondeley Room, raising over £3,000 for the Cancer Institute.

2002

The Good Guys Appeal closes having raised nearly £60,000 for the Guy's, King's & St Thomas' Cancer Institute.

2004

Concert at Goodenough College in aid of the Zisize AIDS Orphan Project, featuring an auction of signed drawings by actor Peter Falk.

2006

Summer Overture at the House of Lords in aid of The Old Vic Theatre, hosted by Baroness Hooper.

2009

Dr. Thomas presents Themes of Life and Glory to Her Majesty The Queen at St James's Palace — the start of a remarkable decade of charitable music.

2010

Head & Neck Cancer fundraising evening at the Groucho Club, with messages of support from Michael Douglas and his family.

2016

Patron's Lunch on The Mall as Resident Composer for Cruse Bereavement Care.

2018

'A Night To Remember' Charity Gala Dinner at the Grand Connaught Rooms, in aid of The Prince's Trust, SSAFA and Wheeling Around the World.

2019

Best Classical Composer at the Charity Music Awards, presented by the Regent's Music Society at Regent's University London.

In the Press

A profile that amplifies the cause


Distinguished Associations

Royalty, parliament, medicine, theatre & music


Royalty & Parliament

HRH The Duke of Kent · Baroness Hooper (Patron) · The Rt. Hon. Eric Forth MP

Medicine

Professor Sir Mike Richards CBE (former National Cancer Director) · Professor Paul O'Flynn (Head & Neck Surgeon, UCLH) · Keith Hague (CEO, Wellington Hospital) · University College Hospital London

Corporate Supporters

Ernst & Young (now EY) — sponsor of Arcava's Good Guys Appeal pre-launch, November 2000.

Theatre & Film

Nicholas Barter (Principal, RADA) · Lord Puttnam CBE · Juliet Stevenson · Simon Russell-Beale · Corin Redgrave · Frances Ruffelle · Sam West · Emilia Fox · Susannah York · Nicholas Le Prevost · Peter Falk · Michael Douglas

Music

Lesley Garrett CBE · Joanna Forest · Lorraine McAslan · Philip Vaiman · Daniel Koek · Maria Schellenberg · Emily Haig · Rodney Earl Clarke · Patti Boulaye OBE · Dr. Nick Grace OBE · Robert Emery · Fabio D'Andrea · Adam Fergusson · Adrian Warwick · Bazil Meade MBE · Brinsley Forde MBE · London Community Gospel Choir · Royal Marines Band Portsmouth · The Swingle Singers

Some of those associated with Arcava's work are no longer with us, but their association remains gratefully and proudly acknowledged.

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