ANITA BHALLA OBE has been elected as the new Chairman of Performances Birmingham Limited (PBL), the charity that runs Town Hall and Symphony Hall Birmingham. A former senior BBC executive, she will assume her post early next year, taking over from ROGER BURMAN CBE, the founding Chairman of Town Hall Symphony Hall, who has been in post since 1991.
12th December 2013
SOPHIE CHANNON has been appointed as Membership Marketing Coordinator at the Arts Marketing Association.
BEN HARMAN will be the new Director of Stills at Scotland's Centre for Photography. He is currently Curator of Contemporary Art at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in Glasgow and will succeed DEIRDRE MACKENNA who is leaving the organisation.
Kneehigh has appointed ALAN LIVINGSTON as Chair of the board of trustees. He will replace DAVID JUBB, who has chaired the board for five years.
HONOR HARGER is leaving her position as Artistic Director at Lighthouse to take up a new role as Executive Director of a major international arts venue in early 2014.
Wales Millennium Centre has announced the appointment of GRAEME FARROW, who was Executive Programmer for the UK City of Culture in Derry Londonderry, as its new Artistic and Creative Director. Prior to joining the City of Culture company he was Head of Culture and Arts at Queen’s University Belfast.
Four new Directors have been announced at Creative Scotland. LEONIE BELL has been appointed as Director of Arts and Engagement, having worked as Creative Programmer for the London 2012 Festival and Cultural Olympiad in Scotland, and more recently as Interim Director of Creative Development at Creative Scotland. PHILIP DEVERELL, Director of Grants for the Arts at Arts Council England, will be Director of Strategy...
5th December 2013
MARLA CUNNINGHAM, currently Development Director at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre, has been appointed as the new Chair of Castlefield Gallery’s Board of Directors. She will take up the role immediately and succeeds JUDE MACPHERSON who has been a member of Castlefield Gallery’s Board since May 2007 and Chair of the Board since September 2011.
Scottish Ballet has announced the appointment of NORMAN MURRAY as Chairman of the Board of Directors. He takes over from ZOE VAN ZWANENBERG, who stands down after nine years.
SIMON WEBB will become the General Manager of the BBC Philharmonic in March 2014. Webb comes to Salford from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra where he has been Director of Orchestral Management since 2008 and will succeed RICHARD WIGLEY who has been at the helm of the orchestra for the past 10 years.