Creative Producer & Project Manager
WHAT I DO
STRATEGIC AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
+ short, medium and long-term project planning and delivery
+ business planning
+ partnership management
+ budget management and fundraising
+ evaluation
+ team management
Recent work:
Make Music Day strategic development, project management and delivery 2017-2021, growing the grassroots festival from 180 performances in 2017 to 3,500+ performances in 2021 involving 30,000 participants, 100+ partners across the sector and reaching audiences of 300,000 people online and in-person.
Managing partnerships with multiple organisations locally and nationally as part of the Tower Hamlets Cultural Network.
Developing and implementing a new programme for Sound Connections and English Heritage, Reverberate.
Writing successful bids to Arts Council England (projects grants and NPO funding) and numerous trusts and foundations
Developing, writing and implementing Mahogany Opera Group’s long term business plan, including artistic planning, audience development, finance, fundraising and management
CREATIVE PRODUCING
+ artistic planning and programme curation
+ commissioning and R&D
+ cross artform collaborations
+ international co-productions
+ show and event producing
+ regional and international touring
Recent producing work:
Currently working with director Lucy Bradley on the development of a new outdoor opera for families based on the children's story The Promise
Producing strands and projects for Make Music Day UK including Global Folk Challenge, Make Music Day song competition, MMD Schools and MMD broadcast, including online and in-person activities
Producing Make Music Day events including a New Orleans-style parade through London Bridge culminating with a gig at The Scoop
Olivia Award Nominated The Firework-Maker’s Daughter co-produced with Opera North, Royal Opera House and Watford Palace Theatre; UK tour and tour to New Victory Theater, New York
Kurt Weill’s Street Scene – cast and orchestra of 100+ performers; Young Vic, UK tour, tour to Paris and Barcelona to sell-out 1500 seater venues
Immersive meditation opera Lost in Thought co-produced with The Barbican
Commissioning new operas from composers including David Bruce, Stephen Deazley, Emily Hall, Rolf Hind, Olga Neuwirth, Laurence Osborn, Errollyn Wallen
EDUCATION & LEARNING PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT
+ education and community project management
+ strategic programme development
+ partnership management
+ facilitation
+ evaluation
Recent work:
Managing portfolio of education projects with 100 schools and youth settings in Tower Hamlets, with children and young people aged 0-25, working with partners including the LSO, Urban Development, City of London Sinfonia, Conductive Music and Spitalfields Music
Singing strategy development across Tower Hamlets including vocal projects, choir development and professional development for teachers and music leaders
Inclusion work in partnership with Drake Music, including establishment of Soundbox inclusive ensemble and embedding inclusive practice within THAMES as part of the Alliance for a Musically Inclusive England
Youth Voice work with Sound Connections and English Heritage
Developing and implementing Snappy Operas – opera education programme involving 1,500 children from Cornwall to Cumbria