27th November 2020
Independent regulatory compliance and governance specialist CAROLINE MAURICE and Executive Director of Music in the Round, Sheffield JO TOWLER are joining the board of Orchestras Live as new trustees. Maurice is a classical music enthusiast and harp player, and Towler has worked in the arts for over 20 years – the majority of which is in classical music, working for several years with the London Mozart Players,...
MATTHEW DWYER joins the Basingstoke-based Proteus Theatre Company as General Manager where he will be responsible for managing the Creation Space - a community arts centre run by Proteus. He has previously worked as administrative producer at Shoreditch Town Hall, theatre programmer at The Pleasance, and managed multiple venues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The Quebec Government Office in London has appointed INGRIED BOUSSAROQUE as its new Director for culture. She joins from Montreal company Art et musique La Mandragore where she was CEO for twenty years and was involved in many cultural collaborations in the UK, Scandinavia and Europe. The QGOL’s cultural team works to develop international cooperation, partnerships, exchange and residency programmes between Québec and the UK,...
Former publisher and editor of Virago Press LENNIE GOODINGS will lead Poet in the City as Chair of its board of trustees. Currently a trustee of the poetry charity, she takes over from SARAH DAVIES who steps down after serving eight years as a trustee, five of which were as Chair.
KAREN LIVINGSTONE and NEAL SPENCER will join University of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum as it embarks on a period of transition early next year. Livingstone will be the museum’s first Deputy Director for masterplan, exhibitions & major display projects. She joins from the Science Museum Group where she was responsible for developing and delivering a masterplan for each of the museums in the group since...
20th November 2020
Co-director at East Street Arts EMMA BEVERLEY has been appointed as Executive Producer for Leeds 2023. She was part of the team who developed the original programme for what was set to be Leeds’ bid for European Capital of Culture 2023, before UK-based bids were discontinued in light of Brexit.
LUCY WARREN is joining Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra as its new Head of BSO Participate at the end of the year. Currently Senior Producer/Head of Engagement at The Albany, she previously spent several years leading music workshops with Internationale Musikschule Berlin before returning to the UK to join the South London arts centre.
Assistant Content Producer at the BBC and freelance writer JUNIOR AKINOLA has joined Contact Theatre as its new Chair. He will work alongside the current Chair STEVEN LINDSAY for a 6-month handover period before taking on full responsibilities next year.
Following a governance review, the theatre vowed to ensure that 50% of its board consisted of people under the age of 30 and it has also appointed 26-year-...
TOKS DADA is joining the Southbank Centre as Head of Classical Music from next month. He is leaving Town Hall Symphony Hall, Birmingham where he is currently Classical Programme Manager.
Director of the BBC Philharmonic, SIMON WEBB is succeeding GAVIN REID, Chief Executive of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, as Chair of the Association of British Orchestras (ABO). Also leaving the board are MATTHEW SWANN, GINNY MACBETH and CATHERINE ARLIDGE as their terms come to an end.