Meet the Directors
The Board
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 consultant with Mills & Reeve, and non executive director of several local companies. 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 a chemist by background and currently Chairman of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She is also patron of the Sinfonia of Cambridge, and President of the Guild of Church Musicians, the National Energy Foundation and the UK Solar Energy Society.
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 Special Supervisor in English at Newnham College, Cambridge.
Simon Heffer
Simon Heffer is a political columnist and Associate Editor at the Daily Telegraph, having served as a columnist on the Daily Mail from 1995 to 2005. Born in 1960, he was educated at King Edward’s School, Chelmsford and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he read English. Simon joined the board in 2005.
Margaret Mair
Margaret read Law at St Anne’s College, Oxford, qualified as a barrister and spent most of her career in the Government Legal Service. After moving to Cambridge in 2001 she worked for the executive education team at the Judge Business School. She is closely involved in the musical life of Jesus College and is chairman of the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum.
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.
Calendar
March 2010
Next Production
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 3
Cambridge, London, Norwich, Birmingham and Krakow
02 - 14 March 2010
The sound of the oboe is explored in this lunchtime concert, performed by one of the finest musicians in the UK, Nicholas Daniel.
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 3
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
02 March 2010 1:00pm
The sound of the oboe is explored in this lunchtime concert, performed by one of the finest musicians in the UK, Nicholas Daniel.
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 3
Wigmore Hall, London
03 March 2010 1:00pm
The sound of the oboe is explored in this lunchtime concert, performed by one of the finest musicians in the UK, Nicholas Daniel.
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 3
The Assembly House, Norwich
05 March 2010 1:00pm
The sound of the oboe is explored in this lunchtime concert, performed by one of the finest musicians in the UK, Nicholas Daniel.
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 3
Town Hall, Birmingham
09 March 2010 1:00pm
The sound of the oboe is explored in this lunchtime concert, performed by one of the finest musicians in the UK, Nicholas Daniel.
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 3
Filharmonic Hall, Krakow
14 March 2010 12:00pm
The sound of the oboe is explored in this lunchtime concert, performed by one of the finest musicians in the UK, Nicholas Daniel.
Britten-Pears Chamber Choir with Britten Sinfonia
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape
21 March 2010 7:00pm
The Britten–Pears Chamber Choir and Britten Sinfonia perform Britten's Te Deum , Fauré's Requiem and Duruflé's Requiem.
