Tom Spurgin Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

In partnership with the CEO, Senior Management Team, and musicians, collaboratively leading the creative direction of the organisation, with a specific focus on children, young people, communities, collaboration, and partnerships. This role oversees all work related to children and young people, community and school engagement, talent development, choral engagement and choirs, and creative participation through youth and community ensembles. Working with the team to curate, deliver, and evaluate the Learning & Engagement department's wide ranging activities. Organisational lead for the Shireland CBSO Academy, a new secondary school that opened in autumn 2023 in partnership with the orchestra.

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

This role oversees all work related to children and young people, community and school engagement, talent development, choral engagement and choirs, and creative participation through youth and community ensembles. Working with the team to curate, deliver, and evaluate the Learning & Engagement department's wide ranging activities. Strategic lead for EDI and Inclusivity & Relevance at the CBSO.Organisational lead for the Shireland CBSO Academy, a new secondary school that opened in autumn 2023 in partnership with the orchestra.

West Bromwich, England, United Kingdom

Voluntary Chair of Shireland CBSO Academy’s Standards & Performance Committee (Board of Governors), holding school leadership to account on all aspects of the school’s delivery and strategy. Link Governor for Safeguarding.

Sandwell, England, United Kingdom

WRoCAH-funded Postgraduate Researcher. Part-time Collaborative Doctoral Award with University of Sheffield (Sheffield Performance and Audience Research Centre) and Manchester Collective. Researching alternative audience development practices within classical music ensembles through longitudinal and intersectional audience studies, and analysis of organisational management, process and practice.

London, United Kingdom

By Jove are a socialist feminist theatre collective. We tell stories of/by/for women and queer people from across myth and history in found spaces, and champion new writing.

United Kingdom

Working with the board of trustees and Chief Executive to ensure the governance and management of The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre in Havant is legal, effective, and complies with Charity Commission and Companies House requirements. This trustee position has specific responsibilities connected to diversity and inclusion:• Champion inclusion at board level, ensuring a range of voices and diverse experiences are taken into account when decisions are made;• Support the Chief Executive with the development, delivery and review of the Diversity and Inclusion Policy and Action Plan;• Support the Chief Executive and staff with advice and information related to specific questions around inclusivity, protected characteristics, and unconscious bias.

London, United Kingdom

Curator and producer of the Orchestra’s Artist in Residence scheme: working across the organisation to programme annual residencies with artists from non-classical backgrounds that challenge our established ways of working and bring new audiences. Co-Chair of Equality Group, 2018-2021: Strategic lead for Inclusivity & Relevance within the organisation over three-year elected period; design and management of the Band 3 NPO’s Inclusivity & Relevance Action Plan; management of workforce data and target setting; liaising with external partners to offer tiered training to workforce, governance and membership; lobbying for community representation and diverse leadership at Board level.Cross-departmental lead for The Virtual Orchestra, a four-year audience development initiative working with communities in the Orchestra’s residency hubs of Bedford, Leicester, Canterbury, and Basingstoke. The project combines digital installations and virtual reality activations; a fringe programme of workshops and professional and community performances; and live concerts. The project aims to catalyse engagement, reduce barriers to participation in the arts and orchestral music, and track longitudinal behavioural change.Reporting and evaluation: Longitudinal evaluation lead for The Virtual Orchestra, including on-site and post-event data collection using Audience Finder surveys, interviews, focus groups and consultations; report writing for principal funders Esmée Fairbairn, Paul Hamlyn, and John Ellerman Foundations.Community Board lead: Designing and chairing strategic steering groups in Bedford and Leicester; working with local councils, arts organisations, charities, social services, residents and service users to deliver relevant and representative programmes of work at the Philharmonia both on and off the concert platform.

London, England, United Kingdom

Senior management representative and strategic lead for Philharmonia's wide ranging programme of Learning & Engagement activity.

London, United Kingdom

Delivering UK-wide music festival series and annual programme of events for young musicians, focusing on young people involved in music outside of the formal education sector and vulnerable young people. • Curating, producing and managing Frequencies, a national RnB, hip hop, grime, electronic and indie music series: collaborative workshops with artists; performance and showcase opportunities; panel discussions with industry experts• London-based project manager of MFY's programme of work in Scotland (MFY Exchange)• Project manager of New Music Stage, a national composition initiative championing young composers• Partnering emerging musicians with national music and education organisations via MFY Connects • Delivering a large number of UK Regional Festivals• Specific programming, event and production roles within MFY National Festival and MFY Proms at the Royal Albert Hall

• Concert management, logistical planning, artist and series director liaison for the Orchestra's contemporary music series, Music of Today, at the Southbank Centre• Working across the UK on concert and creative project logistics• Managing the Philharmonia and RPS scheme Composers’ Academy

London

Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom