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 - Sheila Griffin
Former Kingston CouncillorAdvocate of the Arts
Hon. Treasurer - Karen Heath
Chartered accountant with significant experience in:
Mergers and Acquisitions
Strategic development
Financial analysis
Student of photography
Hon. Secretary - Vacancy
Administrator - Melanie Stowell
General enquiriesKingston Arts membership information
Publicity - Kingston Arts website and Time and Leisure magazine
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)
RBK Councillor - Patrick Codd
Conservative)
Individual Member - Ben Costello
Freelance musical director
Singing coach
Accompanist and adjudicator
Artistic Director of Thames Concerts Ltd
Founding Director of Kingston Chamber Singers
Individual Member - David Lawson Lean
Freelance Drama Practitioner and Acting CoachWorking 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 - William Summers
Creator and Director of Loki Music, local specialists in early music performance and education [www.lokimusic.co.uk]Teaches at Morley Adult Education College; works at the Centre for Academic Support and Employability at Kingston University
Sings in the choir of All Saints' church, Kingston Marketplace
Researches 18th.-century music at Kingston University, with Historic Royal Palaces and elsewhere
Individual Member - Robin Hutchinson
Director of the Community Brain
Individual Member - Aniela Zaba
Artistic Director of Creative Youth
Director of The Community Brain
Individual Member - Janie Harland
Artist & Founder of FusionARTS Studios
Individual Member - Liz Harrington
KAOS artistIndividual Member - Cressida Borrett
KAOS potterIndividual Member - Jack Diamond
Co-Founder & Director of As You Like it Arts & EventsIndividual Member - Alistair Lark
Photographic, Audio-Visual supportDirector of Bounty Counter
