24th June 2021
BOB SHENNAN has been elected Chair of Help Musicians from April 2022.
Shennan has held senior music positions at the BBC for decades and is currently Group Managing Director, having previously worked as Director of Radio and Music.
He replaces GRAHAM SHEFFIELD, who will step down after eight years in the role.
Help Musicians has also appointed four new trustees to its board: JUDAH...
The Association of British Orchestras has announced JO BUCKLEY and PAUL PHILBERT as nominated directors to its board.
Philbert is Principal Timpanist and Player-Director of Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He became the founding Principal Timpanist of the Chineke! Orchestra in 2015.
Buckley is Chief Executive of the Dunedin Consort, a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Young Academy of...
23rd June 2021
KATIE MOFFAT is joining Substrakt as Head of Sector Engagement for Europe, a newly created role within the company.
Moffat has worked for cultural and heritage organisations for more than 15 years, most recently as Head of Digital at The Audience Agency.
She has also been a digital consultant for the National Lottery Heritage Fund for three years and is Vice Chair of digital arts charity Abandon Normal Devices.
Trafalgar Square’s St Martin-in-the-Fields has announced PAUL KEENE as Interim Programming Advisor.
Keene was previously Classical Music Programmer at the Barbican for nine years before going freelance.
He was also formerly Director of Programming at Symphony Hall and Town Hall Birmingham.
Four roles within the venue management team for the new Swansea Arena have been announced.
KEITH POWELS will become Technical and Building Manager. Powels has almost 20 years’ experience in live music venues, including at Bristol’s Thekla and Nottingham’s Rock City.
New Head of Marketing and Sales VICKI FRANCIS has worked in marketing for more than 20 years, most recently as Head of Marketing for...
HARRY HICKMORE, Head of Communications and Development at Wilton's Music Hall, is joining the House of Illustration.
As Head of Fundraising and Campaigns, Hickmore will lead a £12m campaign to transform New River Head in Clerkenwell into the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.
Set to open in 2023, the centre will be the world's largest dedicated space for illustration.
Hickmore has previously worked at...
22nd June 2021
SARAH SHARP has been appointed as Director of The Montgomery Theatre and Arts Centre.
Sharp joins the theatre from Sheffield Theatres, where she worked in talent development.
She
was previsouly Producer and Programmer of Theatre Deli in Sheffield and has been a trustee at Third Angel Theatre Company for...KATE BELLAMY will join the Clore Duffield Foundation as Director in September.
She is currently Director of Museums for Arts Council England and previously led the Mendoza Review at DCMS in 2017.
Bellamy replaces SALLY BACON, who left the foundation a year ago after 24 years in post.
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has appointed SALLA VIRMAN as Senior Policy Officer for culture.
Virman joins the WMCA on secondment from Arts Council England, where she worked in a senior role in the Midlands area team. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
The WMCA said Virman's appointment "signals the continuing focus on the region’s cultural sector" for Coventry City of Culture.
17th June 2021
LEE PITCHER has been named Chair of Absolutely Cultured, the cultural development agency for Hull.
Pitcher is Head of Partnerships at Yorkshire Water and General Manager of the Living with Water Partnership, which has been recognised gloablly for its approach to water management amid the climate crisis.
He said the heritage of Hull, whose City of Culture legacy he will develop in his new role, "is always a...