Elizabeth Atherton, Singer/Member of the Senedd’s Cross-Party Working Group
for Music
Along with:
Thomas Adès, CBE, Composer/Conductor/Pianist
Tim Albery, Opera Director
David Alden, Opera Director
Louise Alder, Winner, Audience Prize BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition
2017
Sir Thomas Allen, CBE, Singer
Julian Anderson, CBE, Composer
Sir Richard Armstrong, CBE, Former Music Director, Welsh National Opera
David Atherton, OBE, Former Principal Guest Conductor, BBC National Orchestra of
Wales
Geoff Ballinger, Senior Producer, BBC Wales
Ryan Bancroft, Principal Conductor, BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Chief
Conductor, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Suzanne Barnes, Director, CânSing
Cath Barton, Writer/Elected Member, Society of Authors in Wales Steering Committee
Jamie Barton, Winner, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition 2013
Sally Beamish, OBE, Composer
Nicola Benedetti, CBE, Violinist/Festival Director, Edinburgh International Festival/
Founder & Artistic Director, The Benedetti Foundation
Sir George Benjamin, CBE, Composer
Sophie Bevan, MBE, Singer
Susan Bickley, Singer
Thomas Blunt, Conductor
Dame Hilary Boulding, DBE, President, Trinity College, Oxford/Former Principal, Royal
Welsh College of Music and Drama
Professor Mark Bowden, Composer/Professor of Music, Royal College of Music
Joanne Brandon, Director of Communications, Arts, Health Charity and Engagement,
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Katie Bray, Winner, Audience Prize BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition 2019
Mark Le Brocq, Singer
Rob Brydon, MBE, Actor/Comedian/Writer/Presenter
Susan Bullock, CBE, Singer
Iain Burnside, Pianist
Stuart Burrows, OBE, Singer
Hugh Canning, Opera Critic
Rupert Christiansen, Opera Critic
Allan Clayton, MBE, Singer
Nicholas Cleobury, Conductor/Former Music Director, Mid Wales Opera
Alison Chitty, OBE, RDI, Theatre, Opera and Film Designer
Paul Charles Clarke, Singer
James Clutton, Chief Executive and Director of Opera, Opera Holland Park
Nicholas Collon, Principal Conductor, Aurora Orchestra/Chief Conductor, Finnish
Radio Symphony Orchestra
Dame Sarah Connolly, CBE, Singer
Alice Coote, OBE, Singer
Adolfo Corrado, Winner, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition 2023
Wayne Crocker, Director, Mencap Cymru
Gerald Davies, CBE, DL, International Rugby Player for Wales and British Lions/
Former President, Welsh Rugby Union/Journalist
Iestyn Davies, MBE, Singer
Neal Davies, Singer
Wyn Davies, Director of Music, New Zealand Opera
Geraint Talfan Davies, OBE, Former Chair, Welsh National Opera/Arts Council of Wales
Evan Dawson, CEO, National Youth Arts Wales
Professor Lynne Dawson, Head of Vocal Studies and Opera, Royal Northern College of
Music
Martin Duncan, Opera and Theatre Director
Matthew Epstein, Former General Director, Welsh National Opera
Dame Anne Evans, DBE, Singer
Luke Evans, Actor/Singer
Rebecca Evans, CBE, Singer
Dr Pedro Faria, Senior Lecturer in Composition, Cardiff University
Richard Farnes, Conductor/Former Music Director, Opera North
Iain Farrington, Pianist/Coronation Composer/Arranger-in-Residence, Aurora
Orchestra
Catrin Finch, Head of Harp, Royal Academy of Music
John Fisher, Former General Director and Artistic Director, Welsh National
Opera/Assistant General Manager, Metropolitan Opera, New York
Nuccia Focile, Singer/Vocal Tutor, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Stephen Johns, Artistic Director, Royal College of Music
Professor Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, CBE, Principal, Royal Academy of Music
Anthony Freud, General Director, President and CEO, Lyric Opera of Chicago/Former
General Director, Welsh National Opera
Olivia Fuchs, Opera Director
Anthony Gabriele, Conductor/Pianist/Orchestrator
Patrick Gale, Novelist/Screenwriter
Laura Gardiner, Foundation Director, The Benedetti Foundation
Dr. Cameron Gardner, Director of International Engagement, Cardiff University
Edward Gardner, Principal Conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Norman Gettings, Communications and Outreach Lead, Oasis Cardiff
Adam Green, Founder and Director, The Prison Choir Project
Professor Kenneth Hamilton, Senior Director for International Partnerships, Cardiff
University
Dr. Monika Hennemann, International Dean for the College of Arts, Humanities and
Social Sciences, Cardiff University
Gavin Higgins, Composer-in-Association, BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jeffrey Howard, BEM, Pianist/Organist/Arranger/Vocal Coach
Yvonne Howard, Singer/Professor of Singing, Royal Northern College of Music
Dr. Owain Arwel Hughes, CBE, Conductor
Beverley Humphreys, MBE, Singer/Broadcaster
Professor Brenda Hurley, Head of Opera, Royal Academy of Music
Leo Hussain, Conductor
David Jackson, OBE, Artistic Director, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition
Sir Karl Jenkins, CBE, Composer
Katherine Jenkins, OBE, Singer
Stephen Johns, Artistic Director, Royal College of Music
Aled Jones, MBE, Singer/Broadcaster
Claire Jones, ARAM, Former Royal Harpist
Dame Gwyneth Jones, DBE, Kammersängerin of Austria and Bavaria, Singer
Dr. Nicholas Jones, Head of School of Music, Cardiff University
Richard Jones, CBE, Opera Director
Ruth Jones, MBE, Actress/Comedian/Writer/Producer
Simon Jones, MBE, Former England Cricketer
Gwyn Hughes Jones, Singer
Vladimir Jurowski, KBE, Conductor Emeritus, London Philharmonic Orchestra/Music
Director, Bavarian State Opera Munich
Deborah Keyser, Director, Tŷ Cerdd, Music Centre Wales
Mary King, Singer/Vocal Talent Consultant, Glyndebourne Opera/Creative Director
Lothar Koenigs, Former Music Director, Welsh National Opera
Mike Leigh, Film and Theatre Director and Writer
Dr. Richard Lewis, MBE, DL, High Sheriff Mid Glamorgan
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts, Singer/Vocal Tutor, Royal Welsh College of Music and
Drama/Cardiff University
Dame Felicity Lott, DBE, Singer
Ed Lyon, Singer
Sir James MacMillan, CBE, Composer
Stephen Maddock, OBE, Principal, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Chris Marshall, Percussionist/Composer
Malcolm Martineau, OBE, Pianist
Samantha Maskrey, Vice Chair, Arts and Business Cymru/Vice President, Shelter
Cymru/Director, Hay Festival/Board Member, Chapter Arts Centre
Sarah Maslen, Manager, Fast Track Cymru/CEO, Undivided Training and Consultancy
James Mayhew, Children’s author/Illustrator/Concert Presenter/Live Art Performer
Professor Paul Mealor, LVO, CStJ, Composer
Sir Brian McMaster, CBE, Former Managing Director, Welsh National Opera
Sir David McVicar, Opera Director
Oliver Mears, Director of Opera, The Royal Opera House
Professor Linda Merrick, CBE, Principal, Royal Northern College of Music
Katie Mitchell, OBE, Theatre Director
Stephen Moore, Director of Music, Llandaff Cathedral
Right Reverend Barry Morgan, Former Archbishop of Wales
Corin Morgan-Armstrong, Director, Invisible Walls
Suzanne Murphy, Singer/Vocal Tutor, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Dennis O’Neill, CBE, Singer
Roy Noble, OBE, DL, KstJohn, Broadcaster/Writer
Sakari Oramo, OBE, Chief Conductor, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Professor Ian Pace, Pianist/Professor of Music, Culture and Society, City, University of
London
Mark Padmore, Singer
Sir Antonio Pappano, CVO, Music Director, Royal Opera House
Rhianon Passmore, MS, Chair, Senedd’s Cross-Party Working Group for Music
Professor Julian Philips, Head of Composition, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Michael Pollock, Consultant Vocal Coach, ENO Harewood Artists/National Opera
Studio
Sir David Pountney, CBE, Opera Director/Former Artistic Director, Welsh National
Opera
Lisa Power, MBE, Former Manager, Fast Track Cymru
The Venerable Mark Preece, Archdeacon of Margam
Janet Price, Singer
Sir Simon Rattle, OM, CBE, Chief Conductor, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/
Conductor Laureate, London Symphony Orchestra
Tim Rhys-Evans, MBE, Educator/Conductor/Arranger/Composer/Founder of The Aloud
Charity
Christine Rice, MBE, Singer
Menna Richards, OBE, Former Board Member, WNO/Former Controller, BBC Cymru
Wales
Carlo Rizzi, OSI, Conductor Laureate and Former Music Director, Welsh National Opera
Natalya Romaniw, Singer
Amanda Roocroft, Singer/Professor of Singing, Royal College of Music/Vocal Tutor,
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Matthew Rose, Singer
Michael Rosewell, Director of Opera, Royal College of Music/Former Music Director,
English Touring Opera
Michael Sheen, Actor
Brindley Sherratt, Singer
James Southall, Conductor/Pianist/Vocal Coach
Nicky Spence, OBE, Singer/Broadcaster
John Storgårds, Chief Conductor, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Violinist
John Summers, OBE, CEO La Nuova Musica
Ingrid Surgenor, MBE, Former Official Accompanist, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World
Competition/Studienleiterin Bayreuther Festpiele/Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Sir Bryn Terfel, CBE, Singer
Cari Thomas, Author
Paul Islwyn Thomas, TV Executive Producer, Wildflame/Former Head of Arts, BBC
Wales/Chair of Bafta Cymru
Will Todd, Composer
Sir John Tomlinson, CBE, Singer
Petroc Trelawney, Broadcaster
Ailish Tynan, Singer
Bill Upham, MBE, CEO, Growing Space
Matthew Kofi Waldren, Conductor/Co-Founder, Your Turn Collective
Garry Walker, Music Director, Opera North
Errollyn Wallen, CBE, Composer
Deborah Warner, CBE, Theatre and Opera Director
Huw Watkins, MBE, Composer/Pianist
Julian Lloyd Webber, OBE, Cellist/Conductor/Broadcaster
Dame Judith Weir, Master of The King’s Music, Composer
Sir Willard White, OM, CBE, Singer
Mark Wigglesworth, Conductor
Ryan Wigglesworth, Chief Conductor, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Llŷr Williams, Concert Pianist
Roderick Williams, OBE, Singer/Composer
Huw Tregelles Williams, OBE, Former Head of Music, BBC Wales/Deputy Chair, Wales
Millennium Centre
Rt. Hon. Jenny Willott, OBE, Former MP and Minister/CEO, Re-engage
Professor Alexandra Wilson, Author/Arts writer/Professor of Music and Cultural History,
Oxford Brookes University
Dr. Charles Wilson, Lecturer in Music, Cardiff University
Ryan Wood, Pianist/Choral Conductor
Kenneth Woods, Artistic Director, English Symphony Orchestra/Elgar Festival/Colorado
MahlerFest
Kate Woolveridge, MBE, Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Forget-Me-Not Chorus
Barry Wordsworth, Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Ballet
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Singer/Vocal Professor, Royal Academy of Music
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