Classical Programme Manager (August 2019 – November 2020)
Duties included:
- Responsibility as the lead and figurehead for the classical music programme; internal champion and external public face
- Representing the organisation internationally:
- 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
- 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
- Responding to changes in perceptions of what classical music is, exploring genre crossovers and new formats for presenting both traditional and contemporary repertoire
Programme Co-ordinator (July 2015 – July 2019)
Duties and achievements included:
- 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 producing the Organ Concert Series
- Project managing the Birmingham International Piano Competition
- Line managing the Cultural Intern and Organ Scholar
- 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
- Leading and managing the Symphony Hall Inside Out Festival Working Group
- Project budget management of £115,000 within the wider artistic programming budget
- Representing the organisation externally:
- ABO Conference 2016: Place Makers – Panel Speaker (January 2016)
- BBC Diversity and Inclusion in Composition Conference – Steering Group Member & Panel Speaker (March 2016 – May 2019)