Appointments listings - Edited by Alex Stevens

15 February 2013

Alex Stevens

Lindsay Gray made emeritus director at RSCM

Lindsay Gray, the former Director of the Royal School of Church Music has been made an emeritus director by the RSCM Council, the charity’s governing body.

www.rscm.com

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Parfitt appointed Youth Music chair

Former Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt has been appointed chair of music education charity Youth Music, which since 2009 has worked with more than 2.5m children. Since leaving the BBC, Parfitt has moved on to become executive director of talent at Saatchi & Saatchi EMEA.

www.youthmusic.org.uk

8 January 2013

Alex Stevens

RCM appoints Gareth Davies as flute professor

The Royal College of Music has appointed Gareth Davies, principal flute with the London Symphony Orchestra, as flute professor. The RCM’s head of woodwind, Simon Channing, said Davies was ‘one of the world’s outstanding players and teachers, and has that rare combination of great musical insight and a profound knowledge of the practicalities of flute playing.’

www.rcm.ac.uk/woodwind

7 January 2013

Alex Stevens

Musicroom appoints Hunt as director of retail

Musicroom has appointed Alan Hunt as director of retail. He was previously head of purchasing. Chris Butler, Musicroom’s chief operating office, called Hunt ‘a proficient leader and adept at building successful commercial teams’.

www.musicroom.com

30 November 2012

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Eamonn Dougan signs up with Percius

Choral conductor Eamonn Dougan is the latest signing to the nascent artist and project management firm Percius, run by Libby Percival.

www.percus.co.uk

Alex Stevens

Henk Swinnen to take charge at Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Henk Swinnen has been appointed general manager of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, whose music director is Neeme Järvi. Swinnen is currently artistic director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.

www.osr.ch

Alex Stevens

Emma Cunliffe appointed outreach manager at Chet’s

Chetham’s School of Music has appointed Emma Cunliffe as its first dedicated outreach manager. She will work in the school’s new Ainscough Centre for Outreach.

www.chethams.com

Alex Stevens

Robert Quinney appointed director of music at Peterborough Cathedral

Robert Quinney has been appointed director of music at Peterborough Cathedral. He is currently sub-organist at Westminster Abbey and will take up the new post in April 2013.

www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk

Alex Stevens

British Council’s Cathy Graham to chair Streetwise Opera

British Council music director Cathy Graham has been announced as chair of Streetwise Opera, which aims to give homeless and formerly home- less people ‘opportunities to further their personal development through participation in music making of the highest professional quality’. graham said she was ‘honoured’ to have been appointed chair of a ‘unique, inspiring and incredibly important organisation which is living proof that high quality arts are relevant and transformational for every part of our society’.

www.streetwiseopera.org