Who we are

Biography

Guest Artists
Kuljit Bhamra
Choir of St John's College
Imogen Cooper
Nicholas Daniel
Tansy Davies
Andre de Ridder
Susan Gritton
David Hill
Alina Ibragimova
Pekka Kuusisto
Stephen Layton
Joanna MacGregor
James MacMillan
Polyphony
Seb Rochford
Carolyn Sampson
Andy Sheppard
Fiona Talkington
John Tavener
Huw Watkins
John Woolrich

Meet the staff

Meet the directors

History

Jonathan Barclay, Chairman
Jonathan is former Senior Partner of Mills & Reeve, the largest law firm based in the East of England, and has a long involvement in the arts in the region. He is now a business consultant for Mills & Reeve. Having joined Britten Sinfonia’s Board in 1998, he became its Chairman in 2001.

Charles Rawlinson, Deputy Chairman
Charles trained as a Chartered Accountant after gaining a MA from Jesus College, Cambridge. He became Joint Chairman of Morgan Grenfell & Co. merchant bankers and has been Chairman of several other companies. Charles is a founder director of Britten Sinfonia.

Dr Mary Archer
Mary is Chairman of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She is also President of the Guild of Church Musicians, the National Energy Foundation, the UK Solar Energy Society and the Cam Valley Forum.

Tim Baker
Tim is an independent marketing consultant, based in Cambridge. He specialises in pricing policy and marketing planning. Previously he was Marketing Manager at the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Head of Marketing at the LSO. He joined the Board in 2003.

Stephen Bourne
Stephen trained as a chartered accountant and has held managerial roles in various industries including publishing and printing. Having joined Cambridge University Press in 1997 he became Chairman of its printing business in 2000, and Chief Executive in March 2002. Stephen joined the board in 2003.

Prof. Germaine Greer
Writer, academic and broadcaster, Germaine is best known for books such as The Female Eunuch and The Whole Woman. She is currently Professor of English and Comparative Studies at Warwick University.

Amyas Morse

Amyas joined the Ministry of Defence in July 2006 as Defence Commercial Director. Previously he was the Global Managing Partner (Operations) of PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

He is involved in the Aldeburgh Festival and he and his wife are music enthusiasts.

John Stephens, OBE
John's wide experience in music education includes appointments as HM Inspector for schools, Staff Inspector for Music for Inner London and Head of Music Education at Trinity College of Music. Currently he advises orchestras and opera companies seeking to extend their educational activities.


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