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Leading Southbank Centre’s classical music programme

Netherlands

Guest Curator at Wonderfeel – the Netherlands’ biggest outdoor classical music festival

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Highlights and duties include:• Membership of the Nominations Committee (Chair from July 2021)• Recruitment of Aidan Lang (formerly General Director, Seattle Opera) as WNO General Director, contributing to the person specification, role profile, interview questions, and sitting on the interview panel• Recruitment of new Trustees

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Duties and achievements include:• Lead and figurehead for the classical music programme; internal champion and external public face (European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) Artistic Platform in Hamburg – leading on and presenting Birmingham’s 2021/22 nomination for the ECHO Rising Stars initiative; Tokyo, Japan, overseeing the production of Meet Nobuyuki Tsujii: An audio-described film – overseeing the production and interviewing Nobuyuki Tsujii and Itsuko Tsujii)• Managing the £1m budget for the overall classical music programme• Curating, negotiating and managing Town Hall Symphony Hall’s own promoted classical music season – development and implementation of a themed approach to the Classical Season, strategically targeting different audience groups• Supporting and developing Town Hall Symphony Hall’s classical music season with additional activity including artist conversations, learning and participation activities, and other supporting performances• Co-ordinating Town Hall Symphony Hall’s classical music season with that of the resident orchestra CBSO, Associate Artists, and other artistic partners• Managing the relationship with the resident orchestra CBSO• Responding to changes in perceptions of what classical music is, exploring genre crossovers and new formats for presenting both traditional and contemporary repertoire

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Duties and achievements included:• Leading on programming, producing and delivering Symphony Hall’s Inside Out festival – a ‘free festival’, with a holistic overview of Programming, Marketing, Design, Operations, and Finance, within a £40,000 budget• Overseeing the delivery of the annual classical music season of 60 concerts featuring UK/international visiting artists• Programming the ECHO Rising Stars strand of emerging classical artists and the Organ Concert Series• Project managing the Birmingham International Piano Competition• Budgetary control of £115,000 within the wider artistic programming budget• Leading and managing the Symphony Hall Inside Out Festival Working Group• Line managing the Cultural Intern and Organ Scholar• Representing the organisation externally; Steering Group Member, BBC Diversity and Inclusion in Composition Conference (March 2016 – May 2019)

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Highlights and duties include:• Leading on Young People Engagement strategy

London, United Kingdom

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Curating the International Concert Season Extras programme of pre- and post-concert performances and talks, enhancing the classical music audience experience beyond the main concert programme

Cardiff, United Kingdom

A Welsh Government-funded arts enterprise initiative providing funding, advice, and project management support to students running their own arts projectsHighlights and duties included:• Repositioning REPCo to become an integral part of academic training within the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama by:- Broadening the scope of project proposals beyond music to include drama and theatre design- Strategically integrating Masters in Arts Management students to contribute project management skills to projects led by Undergraduate student project leaders• Raising and strengthening REPCo’s profile by executing a digital marketing strategy, and developing a visual brand manual• Overseeing the allocation of a £16,000 annual fund to develop student-led arts projects• Chairing a weekly forum of student project leaders, providing advice and support• Producing six week-long festivals of student-led arts projects

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Highlights and duties included:• Co-founder of Sinfonia Cymru Curate (Sinfonia Cymru’s Youth Board and creative hub of young musicians and arts entrepreneurs)• Liaising between the Sinfonia Cymru Board of Directors and Sinfonia Cymru Curate• Contributing towards a new strategic model for a 21st century chamber orchestra including the development of the orchestra’s artistic programme, and digital engagement strategy

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Highlights included:• Founding Sinfonia Newydd (a commissioning and producing company for new work by established and emerging music creators) and creating a three-year strategic plan• Establishing a Board of Directors, establishing and managing a core freelance project team• Producing projects through collaborations with contemporary classical composer/DJ Gabriel Prokofiev, percussionist Joby Burgess, contemporary classical late-night event series Nonclassical, international visual art exhibition and prize Artes Mundi, National Dance Company Wales, and National Museum Wales, resulting in commission, training, performance, and promotion opportunities for over 40 music creators

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Master’S Degree, Arts Management

2013: Prince of Wales Scholarship for Arts Administration

Bachelor’S Degree, Music

Principal Study: Viola July 2012: Gemma Sharp Memorial Award December 2011: Wales Future Entrepreneur Award (Finalist) July 2011: HTV.