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
Chair - Aine Lark
Drama Specialist
Qualified Drama Teacher
Theatre Director and Acting Coach
Arts Commissioner
Arts Adjudicator
Executive Member of National Drama
Kingston's first Advanced Skills Teacher of Drama
Vice-Chair - David Smith
Hon. Treasurer - Dr Anthony Willis
(Surrey University)
Financial matters
Grants and Funding
Sponsorship and Partnerships
Hon. Secretary - Vacancy
Administrator - Melanie Stowell
General enquiries
Kingston Arts membership information
Publicity - Kingston Arts website and Time and Leisure magazine
Director of the Festival of the Voice 2011 - Benjamin Costello
(Freelance musical director, conductor, accompanist and coach)
Music Performance
Musical Theatre
Artist booking/contracts/fees
Programming
Music education
Adjudication
RBK Arts Manager - Kathryn Woodvine
New arts initiatives and programming
Events management
Marketing and publicity
RBK Councillor - Barry O'Mahony
(Liberal Democrat)
RBK Councillor - Bob Steed
(Liberal Democrat)
Individual Member - Layla Brokenbrow
Art history and theory
Art criticism
Visual culture (specialism British Modernism)
Editing
Project management
Individual Member - David Lawson Lean
Freelance Drama Practitioner and Acting Coach
Working extensively with children in the performing arts
Writer of children's theatre
Artistic Director of Kingston Junior Drama Company
Licensed chaperone and advisor on child protection in the performing arts
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 include 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.
Individual Member - Sheila Griffin
Individual Member - William Summers
Individual Member - Karen Heath
Individual Member - Laura Boulton
Funding Advisor and Researcher
Production Consultant
Fundraising Events Coordinator
