My Services
Opera, Classical Music + Cross-Arts Collaborations
With over 20 years' experience in arts management, I work with individual practitioners and with organisations of all sizes to strengthen their operations, build sustainable business models, and deliver artistically ambitious work. My services are bespoke and collaborative — tailored to the needs of each client.
Strategic Planning & Business Development
I work with small to medium-scale organisations to shape their artistic and business strategies, ensuring they are both ambitious and achievable. I have a proven track record supporting organisations through major transitions — from achieving charitable status to shaping sustainable leadership and operational models. My approach combines creative vision with practical implementation, ensuring that strategic plans are not only inspiring but also grounded in operational reality.
Fundraising
I have a strong track record of securing income from ACE, Trusts & Foundations, local authorities, and generous individuals. My approach balances creativity with detail, ensuring compelling cases for support grounded in financial realism. Fundraising is so often about good storytelling - identifying and articulating why what you’re doing deserves support, and then ensuring that story is clearly told to the right people at the right time.
I can support with:
Case for support development
Bid writing and editing
Fundraising strategy and planning
Identifying and cultivating new income sources
General Management
I provide general management support for small-to-medium arts organisations looking to embed good systems and processes. By embedding these practices, I help organisations build a solid operational foundation that supports artistic endeavours, ambitions for growth, and long-term sustainability.
Typical areas include:
Budget, cashflow, and I&E management
File structure, digital tools, and knowledge sharing
Policy development and compliance
Internal communications and team coordination
I work closely with teams to establish systems that are not only robust, but user-friendly and scalable.
Artistic & Season Planning
Working collaboratively with Artistic and/or Executive Directors, I bring structure, foresight, and creativity to orchestral, chamber and cross-artform season planning.
Key expertise:
Planning and managing orchestral seasons, chamber music series, and interdisciplinary projects
Scheduling and repertoire strategy
Artist liaison and contract negotiation
Coordination between artistic, technical, and producing teams
I have a broad and curious knowledge of repertoire and artists and am most excited by programmes that tell a coherent story across a season. My approach to programming ensures a close and open dialogue with the creatives as well as with the teams involved in the logistical delivery, marketing and fundraising to ensure finalised plans are as viable as they are visionary.
Creative Producing
I have extensive experience producing classical music and opera and thrive on work which is as creative as it is financially and logistically disciplined. I can work with you as a creative producer, supporting your creative, technical and artistic teams in the delivery of work they are proud of, while ensuring the logistical and financial elements of the jigsaw puzzle are calmly and efficiently managed.
Dramaturgy
At the heart of all the work I do is a profound belief in the transformative power of storytelling. I work as an opera dramaturg with a focus on ensuring the story you want to be telling is actually being told. Whether you’re developing a new production of a seasoned classic, or crafting a new opera, I can support you in ensuring all your narrative threads are woven intentionally into the fabric of the piece.
The creative process varies person to person and is often an intensely personal one. A positive, supportive, trusting relationship between writer / composer / director and dramaturg is therefore hugely important. I like working collaboratively but I know when to step back - this is your story, I’m just here to help you tell it in the best way possible. If you are interested in working with me in this way, please get in touch and we can talk through our mutual approach and see if we feel we’d collaborate well.