Nicola LeFanu: Honorary Patron
Nicola LeFanu has composed around one hundred works for a variety of mediums. Her music is published by Edition Peters and by Novello and has been widely played, broadcast and recorded. She has composed eight operas, which have been staged in UK, Ireland and USA.
In 2020 a CD with four of her major orchestral pieces was released by NMC, supported by a grant from the PRSF. It features the RTE NSO and the BBCSO. A new work for baritone and chamber orchestra will be premiered by the Welsh Chamber Orchestra. In 2021 a new quintet for strings will be premiered by the Sacconi Quartet and works for solo horn and for solo piano will also receive their premieres. If the pandemic permits, a new work for saxophone orchestra will be premiered in New York and in Germany.
Charles Forsyth: Director
Charles has a background in Pure Maths and Computer Science, with a doctorate from the University of York. He is currently a freelance computer scientist. He has a side interest in animation and computer music. He has long been interested in modern classical music and was introduced to York Late Music about five years ago.
Roles and responsibilities:
Organisational administration.
Charity Commission.
Statutory filings with the Commission.
Take an overview of the charity’s work.
Setting and managing up the York Late Music Workspace, currently mainly for Charity-related matters, but also a shared repository for documents.
Certain updates to the latemusic.org web site, including linking to the various podcasts, and boosting Facebook posts.
Steve Crowther: Concert Administrator
Roles and responsibilities:
To plan and programme the season of concerts and, on occasion, to contract out the planning and programming of individual concerts to third party curators. To ensure that the concerts planned both by the curators and the Administrator follow the stipulations in the Late Music ‘Curating Concerts’ guidelines.
To source and secure funding for the season of concerts and workshops from various Trust funding bodies plus ACE.
To liaise with partners such as YSJ Music Department and the York Music Hub with a view to the wider promotion of new music and to contribute to the musical education of young people.
To ensure York Late Music delivers a series of monthly professional contemporary classical concerts at York Unitarian Chapel.
James Else: Marketing Director
Roles and responsibilities:
- To work on the creation of a marketing strategy with outcomes and milestones.
- Contact relevant online listings and post late music concerts where possible
- Coordinate poster and flyer distribution
- Support in the development of the website and content upload
- Curate one concert per season and feed into concert planning as needed
James Williamson: Online Publicity
Roles and responsibilities:
- To promote concerts through Facebook.
- Add the events (concerts) on Facebook on the run up to each concert.
- Newsletter on the run up to main concerts and ad hoc promotion (offers/Late Music Extra concerts) through Mailchimp.
- Programme design, layout and collating notes .
- Curating occasional concerts (e.g. Ian Pace concert (2022/23) & Franko Bozak (2023/24).
David Power: Concerts Advisor and Curator
David Power studied composition with Richard Steinitz, Steve Ingham and Roger Marsh.
In 1991 he and Steve Crowther co-founded York Late Music. David left in 2008 after winning the St Hugh’s Foundation Award to start the Grimsby St Hugh’s Festival which lasted for four years and saw The Sixteen, The Hilliard Ensemble, Ensemble Bash, The Delta Saxophone Quartet, and many others give concerts in Grimsby.
After 2012 he concentrated more exclusively on his own composition but continued to give advice and support to various arts organisations – including Late Music – drawing on his own experience and his experiences gained as a Local Government Arts Development Officer in Wales and Lincolnshire (1998 – 2023).
His music has been widely performed, recorded on one LP and six CDs and broadcast on BBC Radio 3, national networks in Hong Kong and various parts of Europe. Two of his tracks from Eight Miniatures (solo piano) – numbers 2 + 4, have gone viral, securing nearly two million and nearly half a million streams respectively on Spotify alone. He is currently working on his new album, tentatively entitled Tomorrow is Never.
www.davidpowercomposer.co.uk
His roles at Late Music are to curate concerts and to offer advice and pro-active support on fundraising and strategy.
Antonia Crowther: Administration and Publicity
Antonia has a degree in Spanish & Latin American Studies from Newcastle University. She worked in publishing in London for eleven years, first in European sales and later as an editor. On returning to York, her hometown, she worked as a bookseller at Waterstone’s and in 2001 co-wrote and published The York Book, which sold over 4000 copies. She has been involved with the administration of Late Music since 2004.
Roles and responsibilities:
To support the Concert Administrator with general administration of Late Music.
To work with and support James (Else) with Facebook and listings and continue to feed information to Friends of Late Music on Facebook.
Proofreader: to proofread posters, programmes and Newsletters plus other LM correspondence and funding bids.
Rosy Hunt: Finance
Rosy has retired from an accounting career in the education sector, and now volunteers at Holgate Windmill, where she is a miller and the treasurer. She is also treasurer for two other not-for-profit organisations. Involved with LMF in its early days as Soundpool, Rosy was for many years a Micklegate Singer and is now with The Clerkes of All Saints.
Roles and responsibilities:
Book-keeping (Excel workbook)
Financial reporting
Originating payments for authorisation
Recording statistics
Recording PayPal and SumUp income
Bank reconciliation
Nick Williams: Advisor, Late Music Ensemble
Roles and responsibilities:
To organise, curate/programme, rehearse and conduct the Late Music Ensemble in their contribution to the Late Music season.
To advise Late Music on issues such as recommending performers, composers and programmes, and suggestions for further disseminating the work of Late Music.
www.williamsmusic.co.uk
Julia Williams: Front of House Manager (lunchtime concerts)
As an artist, I enjoy exploring whatever captures my interest to look more closely and reflect on it – nature, people, or objects, to understand and appreciate more. We are all surrounded by extraordinary aspects of life, especially in the simplest, smallest things. I am excited by how different and yet how connected we all are. I love learning from other people’s experiences and creative expression in all art forms from any century and sharing what we enjoy and why.
Chamber music has always been one of the core interests of my life, my father Penry Williams was the history master at Chetham’s for 30 years. I played both the clarinet and piano (grade VIII standard) and sang in many local and regional choirs. I worked in administration for the prestigious Academy of St Martin in the Fields, working with Sylvia Holford and Sir Neville Marriner.
Claire Marvell: Front of House Manager (evening concerts)
Claire studied English Literature, Music and Education at Warwick University. Music has always been an important part of her life. Claire played both cello and piano (grade VIII). As an instrumentalist (cello), she performs with various local and regional orchestras and ensembles: Cobwebs Orchestra, York Symphony Orchestra, Piano Trio and Der Schuster string quartet. She also performs chamber music at Hartrigg Oaks retirement home, led by Ralph Bateman.
Claire was a primary school teacher and literacy coordinator where she continually strove to enhance music appreciation and its benefits to children. Music, she believes, is fundamentally important in education; it makes us better people.
Claire is very supportive of music events, attending concerts at the NCEM, York University, Jazz gigs at the Phoenix, Wensleydale Concert Series, York Chamber Music Festival and the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. It is this enthusiasm and wealth of experience that Claire will be bringing to the role of Front of House at York Late Music.