PRS Foundation, the UK based funder of new music and talent development, has appointed JOE FRANKLAND as its new Chief Executive, replacing VANESSA REED who is joining New Music USA. He joined the organisation in 2014 as Industry Fund Manager, before moving into his current role as Senior Grants and Programmes Manager, from...
12th July 2019
The Royal Exchange Theatre has announced ROY ALEXANDER WEISE, Associate Artist at the Donmar Warehouse, and BRYONY SHANAHAN, Associate Artistic Director at the Exchange, as its new joint Artistic Directors. They succeed SARAH FRANKCOM as she leaves to take up the post of Director at drama school LAMDA...
5th July 2019
AMANDA PARKER is the new Editor of ArtsProfessional. Parker is the founder of Inc Arts, a new national arts collective campaigning for greater inclusion in the arts sector workforce. She is also Chair of artsdepot and sits on the board of Albany Theatre and Film London. Parker has previously led PR, press and communications campaigns across the arts, screen and education sectors, and is a former BBC programme-maker and reporter....
MELANIE KEEN, currently Director and Chief Curator of Iniva (the Institute of International Visual Arts), has been appointed Director of the Wellcome Collection. She is an independent advisor to the Government Art Collection, sits on the British Council’s Visual Arts Advisory Group and sat on the Mayor of London’s Suffrage Commission Group in 2018.
She takes over from SIMON CHAPLIN, who combined the role...
Birmingham Hippodrome has appointed two new Directors following the departure of former Director of Marketing and Development ROB MACPHERSON. CHILINA MADON, former Head of Marketing and Sales at the Hippodrome, is the new Director of Marketing and Sales and LAURA SMITH, who has...
The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) has appointed Dr JENNIE HENLEY to the new position of Director of Programmes. Henley is currently Area Leader for Music Education at the Royal College of Music in London, where she has designed music education programmes and modules, including distance learning and continuing professional development courses. She helped design the framework for the national music curriculum in Malta and...
SHAKIRA MARTIN is joining Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance as its new Head of Student Experience. She joins the college following a two-year tenure as President of the National Union of Students (NUS).
Sir CHARLES SAUMAREZ SMITH CBE is succeeding HOWARD MARKS as Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Royal Drawing School, who steps down after five years in the post.
Existing Eden Court Board Member, DON ROBERTSON, has been appointed its new Chair. Also joining the Board of Directors is DUNCAN HENDRY, Chief Executive of Capital Theatres, Edinburgh and HEIDI HALL, Director of the Central School of Ballet in London. Inverness-based Artist LOU BRODIE has been co-opted to the Eden Court Education Committee.
28th June 2019
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra has announced LENA ZELISZEWSKA and EMILY DAVIS as joint Associate Leaders. Zeliszewska moves from her role as RSNO’s Associate Principal Violin, which she’s held since November 2016. Davis has performed with the orchestra for more than a year.
PATRICK BARRETT is also joining the orchestra as its new Junior Chorus Director. He will continue in his...