28th November 2013
SOPHIE LEWIS, General Manager of Sinfonia Cymru, and ANDREW CONNOLLY, General Manager of the BBC Concert Orchestra, have been elected as new board members at the ABO. The vacancies were filled following the retirement from the ABO Board of GAVIN REID, Director of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and CHI-CHI NWANOKU MBE.
Gallerist SARAH MYERSCOUGH and ALEX TAIT, a Digital Marketing specialist, have joined the board at Cockpit Arts.
Dr PANAYIOTA VASSILOPOULOU has been appointed as The Bluecoat’s philosopher-in-residence for a two-year period. The Bluecoat is believed to be the first arts centre in the country to create a position such as this.
PAUL MILLER has been appointed as the next Artistic Director of the Orange Tree Theatre from July 2014. He is currently an Associate Director at Sheffield Crucible and will succeed SAM WALTERS, who founded the Theatre in 1971.
21st November 2013
Mary Swan, Artistic Director & Chief Executive of Proteus Theatre Company, explains her career so far.
The Place has announced the appointment of ROSIE NEAVE as the new Director of Communications. She most recently worked at the Royal Opera House where she was Head of Ballet Press for nearly five years, and prior to that worked at English National Ballet, Opera North and JB Pelham PR.
ENCATC, the European network on cultural management and cultural policy education, has appointed Professor ANNICK SCHRAMME as its new President following a recent round of Board elections. She will replace Professor CRISTINA ORTEGA NUERE from the University of Deusto, Spain, who departs from the ENCATC Board after four years of leadership.
VIRGINIA HAWORTH-GALT is to take over as Chief Executive of the British Universities Film and Video Council in February 2014 following the departure of LUÍS CARRASQUEIRO. For the past three years she has been Chief Executive of Music Mark.
NEIL CULLEN has been appointed to the new role of Digital Projects Coordinator at The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO). He will lead on creating new platforms and resources for reaching wider audiences by engaging members of the Orchestra in digital activities.
LUDO KESTON has been appointed as Chief Executive of The River & Rowing Museum from 1 January 2014. He joins from the Coventry Heritage & Arts Trust, where he was Chief Executive for the past five years, and succeeds PAUL MAINDS who is stepping down after more than 14 years in post.