22nd June 2018
KRISHNA THIAGARAJAN will take up a new appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Seattle Symphony in America, leaving his role as Chief Executive of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in September.
Consumer Sales and Marketing Director for The Ticket Factory CHRIS PILE has been promoted to the role of Commercial Director. The organisation has also appointed NICK FENTON as its first Commercial Manager and ALIYA HUSSAIN as Partnerships Manager.
Following a year as Chief Executive of grant-making charity Hanfod Cymru, and more than a decade at the BBC, SIÔN BRYNACH has become Head of Communication for the Arts Council of Wales.
21st June 2018
Matt Griffiths reveals how his career progressed from freelance percussionist to Chief Executive of Youth Music.
15th June 2018
Less than two years after taking up a post as Executive Director of Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre, MARK DOBSON has announced he will be stepping down to “pursue other interests”. He was previously Chief Executive of Tyneside Cinema.
CAROLE WINTER, who set up and ran the education departments for both the National Theatre and the English Shakespeare Company, has been appointed the first ever in-house producer at Tunbridge Wells’ Assembly Hall Theatre.
Currently General Manager and Head of Operations at Summerhall in Edinburgh, SAM GOUGH will join Glasgow’s Tron Theatre as Executive Director in September. He replaces LESLEY RENTON.
MIRELLA BARTRIP, Trinity Laban’s Director of Dance, is retiring at the end of the year after 36 years with the London conservatoire.
Digital producer JON PRATTY, formerly Relationship Manager for Digital and the Creative Economy at Arts Council England, has been appointed as the new Chair for the National Disability Arts Collection and Archive. He joins following outgoing Chair SIAN WILLIAMS’ decision to take on the role of Secretary/Treasurer for the organisation’s board.
Most recently Executive Director of Candoco Dance Company, and previously Executive Director of Protein Dance, JO TOWLER has been appointed as the new Executive Director of Sheffield-based promoter Music in the Round. She will take over from DEBORAH CHADBOURN on her departure at the beginning of July.