Sorrel Brookes
Sorrel has 35 experience working in social housing and regeneration in London, Manchester, and Edinburgh with particular expertise in working with residents to achieve positive change. She is the Lay Vice-Chair on Islington’s NHS Clinical Commissioning Group with responsibility for patient and public participation. An amateur musician singing in Hackney Singers and playing clarinet and recorder, Sorrel brings experience of governance, equalities and diversity, organisational development and change and strategic planning to the Board of ELMG.
lucy campbell
Lucy Campbell studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama as a cellist, graduating with a BMus Honours in 2012.
She currently works at the Guildhall School as the Manager of both the Strings & Music Therapy departments.
Outside of her regular working days, Lucy balances her time between music and sport. She is a professional cellist and teacher, captains Waltham Forest Ladies 1st XI hockey team and is a youth coach at the club. Lucy is currently studying at the North London School of Sports Massage on the BTEC Level 5 Professional Sports Massage and Remedial Soft Tissue Therapy Diploma.
sally gatward
Sally is a tax adviser working in the not-for-profit sector. She is ACA and CTA qualified and has a PhD in mathematics. She recently took a year out to travel round the world, volunteering for charities in South America, Asia and Africa as a financial adviser. This has given her an insight into the issues that small charities face and the different legal frameworks facing them. She is also a keen amateur bassoon player.
hannah metcalfe
Hannah is an experienced arts fundraiser who has worked for Southbank Centre, Guildhall School of Music & Drama and Cardboard Citizens in East London. She is highly skilled in building relationships, securing funding and charity management.
Outside of her work, Hannah is a keen amateur violinist and enjoys cycling, undertaking triathlons and outdoor swimming.
Hannah has recently moved to the bay area of San Francisco, USA with her husband but is very much looking forward to continuing being connected to East London.
howard williams
One of Britain’s most experienced conductors, Howard has covered a formidable range of work both in the opera house and concert hall. In the UK, he has conducted most of the leading orchestras, as well as throughout Europe in Austria, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Hungary, France, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and the Netherlands. He has conducted at the BBC Proms and at the Edinburgh, Leeds, Bath and Brighton Festivals, as at festivals in Budapest, Hong Kong. In the theatre he has conducted nearly one hundred opera and ballet productions overall. Following his appointment in 1989 as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Pannon Philharmonic, Hungary, Howard devoted much time to working with the leading orchestras in that country. In 2000 Howard was appointed Head of Conducting at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. He is now a professor of Conducting at the Royal College of Music in London.
Stuart
Stuart is a primary school specialist music teacher, with many years’ experience of teaching in Newham, Tower Hamlets and Hackney. Starting out as a class teacher in the late 90s, he has always looked for opportunities to develop arts education.
Over the last 10 years he has been setting up children’s choirs and mini-bands and has developed partnerships with various organisations: music hubs, the London Symphony Orchestra, local schools – all in order to develop children’s love of music.
He is also an amateur musician, playing trombone with the East London Community Band.