May 8th, 11 – Jake 45

We keep thinking we’ve written the last email about Jake, but perhaps we never will…so here’s another one:

You will find the crypt in the Cathedral by going in the south door (with scaffolding round it, half way along the building) and asking a verger to direct you from there.

There will be two baskets at the front of the chapel where you could put a small bunch of flowers from your garden (tied up with something biodegradable) if you would like to.

There is no dress code. Please wear something bright or anything that makes you feel comfortable.

If you need to stay in Canterbury on Monday night, many kind friends have offered spare beds. Please let us know if this would help and we’ll marry you up. (as it were….)

If you are one of the people who has very kindly offered to make cake, please look out for an email which may arrive in your junk from Alis Hawkins who is co-ordinating (bless her)

Many people have asked if there was a charity they could support instead of sending flowers. Jake’s already raised £15,000 for the Royal Marsden, and there is more in his name to come, so we thought we’d  make a separate  collection for a music charity to perpetuate his name.

Jacob won many prizes in his short life for musical excellence, but curiosity, humanity and love of communication underpinned his music. He wanted to develop more than just technical excellence and had a high regard for inventive and creative ways of presenting music.  We have decided therefore to set up an annual Jacob Barnes award at the Royal Academy of Music to support the performance of chamber works in unusual or imaginative contexts.  If you would like to contribute to this fund please send us a cheque made out to the Royal Academy of Music and we will forward it to The Jacob Barnes Award.

Just in case anyone happens to come across a plain silver ring with the initials BNEJ inside, could you please return it? (15 South Canterbury Rd Canterbury, Kent CT1 3LH). The initials are of Jake and his siblings and they all have one, except that he lost his recently, probably taking it off for a performance in case it clattered on the keys. Maybe it was left on a piano or worktop somewhere near you. It would be lovely to find it.

There are a few lovely write ups that have appeared on the internet recently which are only to be opened if you are a very serious Jacophile, or his adoring family.

This is in the Kentish Gazette this week

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentish_gazette/news/2011/may/5/gifted_pianist_jacob_barnes_di.aspx

And this one from Susan Tomes, a pianist and writer who attended his London concert

http://www.susantomes.com/remembering-jacob-barnes/

From the school website

http://www.stedmunds.org.uk/news/id/1183/

Royal Academy

http://www.ram.ac.uk/news?nid=184

The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/may/08/jacob-barnes

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