Royal & Derngate and The Core at Corby Cube has announced DAVID O’HARA as the new Marketing, Sales and Development Director for Northamptonshire Arts Management Trust and its venues. He joins the team from Cambridge Live where he was Marketing, Sales and Development Director, operating as part of the Executive Management Team for Cambridge Corn Exchange and Cambridge Folk Festival.
26th April 2019
Dance Umbrella has today announced JULIA GLAWE as new Executive Director. She was previously Executive Director of Milwaukee Ballet, Senior Vice President and Director of the Dance Division at IMG Artists in New York and founded The Glawe Group, a company which provides strategic planning and interim leadership to individual artists and arts organisations. She will take over from ANU GIRI,...
Contemporary Music for All (CoMA) London has announced MATTHEW HARDY is joining as Music Director from this autumn. The Royal College of Music alumnus follows GREGORY ROSE, who is retiring after 20 years as conductor of the ensemble.
Co-founding Director of Folkworks and former Performance Programme Director of Sage Gateshead, ROS RIGBY OBE, has been appointed D6: Culture in Transit’s Chair of the Board of Directors, replacing STELLA HALL. Also joining the Board is HARRY HOBSON, a corporate solicitor from Muckle LLP.
Seven new members have been appointed to the Arts Council of Wales: ALISON MEARS, Director of Guildhall Young Artists and Safeguarding at Guildhall School of Music & Drama; DEVINDA DE SILVA, a founding member of National Theatre Wales and its current Head of Collaboration; GWENNAN MAIR JONES, Director of Creative Engagement at Theatr Clwyd; LHOSA DALY, National Trust’s...
MEGHAN BIDWELL is leaving her role as Arts Engagement Manager at WHALE Arts to join Dance Base, Scotland’s National Centre for Dance, as Dance Health Manager. Her new role focuses on the delivery of the Dance for Parkinson’s Scotland programme in partnership with the Scottish Ballet.
BONNIE SMITH, an arts marketer with over 10 years’ experience of creating and delivering communications strategies for festivals, producing theatres, and engagement programmes, has been appointed Communications Manager for Creative & Cultural Skills’ Creative Careers Programme. She will be joined by JOANNE RUMNEY, previously employed by the University of Sydney, as the new Project Administrator.
18th April 2019
DANIEL KRAMER is to step down as English National Opera’s Artistic Director at the end of July after less than three years in the role in order to focus on directing more opera and theatre full-time. He will continue to work with the company until the end of 2019, as Artistic Consultant, to oversee the Orpheus series of four operas.
MARTIN GREEN CBE has been appointed Chief Creative Officer of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and will be responsible for the official opening and closing ceremonies and the wider cultural programme for the Games. He has previously worked as the Head of Ceremonies for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and as the Director of Hull UK City of Culture 2017.
Previously Executive Director of The Yard, LUCY OLIVER-HARRISON has been appointed Director of Arts and Minds. GAVIN CLAYTON, who was Executive Director for 10 years, moves on to become CEO of HOOT Creative Arts.