Royal Academy of Arts to that drawn up by Cheere in 1755. It was Sir William Chambers, a prominent architect and head of the British government's architects' department, the Office of Works, who used his connections with George III to gain royal patronage and financial support for the Academy in 1768. The painter Joshua Reynolds was made its first president, and Francis Milner Newton was elected the first secretary, a post he held for two decades until his resignation in 1788. The instrument of foundation, signed by George III on 10 December 1768, named 34 founder members and allowed for a total membership of
Royal Academy of Music (Hon DMus). The Royal Academy of Music manages the Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize (sponsored by the Kohn Foundation), a music award to musicians or scholars who have made an important contribution to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.<ref name=" Royal Academy of Music / Kohn Foundation Bach Prize is awarded to John Butt "></ref> The Gilbert Betjemann Prize is a gold medal awarded by the Royal Academy of Music “for operatic singing”. Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and