EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
This page contains details of the current executive membership, including areas of advice for affiliates' reference.
President - The Worshipful the Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Honorary Vice President - John Bate
(Conductor of Thames Philharmonic Choir, Thames Festival Orchestra, former Director of Music Performance at Kingston University)
Choral and orchestral music making and performance
Event planning and organisation
Programme planning and writing
Choral and orchestral conducting
Academic music
Chairman - Benjamin Costello
(Freelance musical director, conductor, accompanist and coach)
Music Performance
Musical Theatre
Artist booking/contracts/fees
Programming
Music education
Adjudication
Vice Chairman - Aine Lark
Teacher of Drama
Theatre Director
Workshop Leader & Acting Coach
Arts Commissioner
Adjudication
Hon. Treasurer - Dr Anthony Willis
(Surrey University)
Financial matters
Grants and Funding
Sponsorship and Partnerships
Hon. Secretary - Vacancy
Administrator - Melanie Stowell
General enquiries
KAC membership information
Publicity - KAC website and Time and Leisure magazine
Events Manager - Alison Hill
Project management
Poetry and literature
Events organisation
Freelance writer and editor
RBK Arts Manager - Kathryn Woodvine
New arts initiatives and programming
Events management
Marketing and publicity
RBK Councillor - Sheila Griffin
(Independent)
RBK Councillor - Barry O'Mahony
(Liberal Democrat)
RBK Councillor - Howard Jones
(Conservative)
Individual Member (formerly RBK Principal Arts Officer) - Colin Bloxham
Arts Council England Lottery Funds
RBK Grant Scheme to the voluntary sector
General artistic matters in the RBK
New arts initiatives
Individual Member - David Lawson Lean
Freelance Drama Practitioner and Acting Coach
Working extensively with children in the performing arts
Writer of children's theatre
Director of Kingston Junior Drama Company
Drama workshop leader for KMAS
Individual Member - Michael Dale
Michael is a former senior officer in the Local Education Authority and currently a governor at a Special School.
His interests are in the arts in the Classical World - he once produced a Greek tragedy in the original Greek - drama, choral music, poetry and the development of the arts in schools.
