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London Volunteer Bank
Here are some of the volunteers that give up their time for Making Music London.
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Would you like to help us further the voluntary music-making cause in the capital? Send Heather and Tom an email on rdolondon@makingmusic.org.uk or find out more about our volunteering opportunities
Frances Barrett
Frances Barrett is a newer face within Making Music. She is a musical all-rounder as she sings, plays viola for the Dulwich Symphony Orchestra, and is a percussionist for the Lambeth Wind Orchestra! Frances will be covering the Southwark, Lambeth and Lewisham areas, and visiting as many groups as would like to hear from her!
Jenny Carrington
Longstanding volunteer Jenny Carrington will be spending the next 12 months meeting with groups in the Bromley and Croydon areas. A member of the Beckenham Chorale and South London Singers, Jenny is arranging visits with her local groups to increase awareness of core MM and RDO services. She is confident that by finding out what information and assistance would prove beneficial at a local level, and by becoming a ‘friendly face’ of MM for her local members, the enjoyment of music-making in her area can be increased.
Jean Leonard
Jean Leonard has been a member of the Addison Group of Singers (AGS) for 11 years. She was Chair of the AGS management committee for 6 years and - together with the committee and the Musical Director, David Wordsworth (in post since 1996) - was instrumental in turning it around into the lively group it is today. Jean lives in Twickenham with her husband and disabled son and is a full-time dental surgeon.
Rosemary Lewin
Rosemary Lewin has been a member of Making Music London for about 10 years. She studied music at the Guildhall in the 1960s before working in the field of social policy research. In 1994 she commissioned Ronald Corp to write a major choral work, Laudamus, in memory of members of her family. She sings with the Highgate Choral Society.
Anna Low - Newsletter Editor
londonharmony@makingmusic.org.uk
Anna has enjoyed playing and listening to music for most of her life. A keen pianist and poor violinist, she recently turned her attention to learning the guitar and is making slow progress. She loves to sing and performs with a local south west London choir. Anna hopes that skills acquired through her day job managing marketing for a professional services company will prove useful to the Making Music London region..
Frances Maxwell - Web Editor and Developer
Frances is a keen amateur pianist and has sung with many Making Music groups over the years including Keele Bach Choir (West Midlands), Festival Chorus, London Oriana Choir and the Hill Singers. She has volunteered for Making Music London since 2002 in various capacities.
Shawn Moore
Shawn studied music at the University of Huddersfield and the London College of Music & Media. He generally loves all forms of music but has a strong passion for film and contemporary music. He's worked at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (HCMF), London College of Music & Media (LCMM) and the English Chamber Orchestra (ECO). He currently works for Thames Valley University in Ealing where he runs a graduate education project. Shawn also composes music and is currently working on a long-term multimedia music/photographic project. He also plays the classical guitar.
Phil Morris - Concert Diary Editor
Phil sings with Thames Philharmonic Choir and Cantanti Camerati of Richmond. He wishes to support amateur music making not least because of its importance in giving employment to young professionals at the beginning of their careers.
Colin Nash
Colin has been an active member of Lewisham Choral Society for many years serving as chairman and Making Music representative. He sings with several other choirs including the St Endellion Festival chorus and is an enthusiastic and partisan supporter of English National Opera. He is also chairman of the Bromley Boy Singers. Now retired, he taught drama in schools in South London but continues to work as an examiner and adjudicator and occasionally as a theatre director.
Helen Sadler
Helen has been a choral singer for over 40 years. She is a founder member of the Thames Philharmonic Choir based in South West London and she hopes some of her experience gained over this time will be of benefit to other music group members.
Judith Scammell
Judith sings with the New London Singers and London Orpheus Choir. She is also Secretary for the London Orpheus. Judith plays the piano and folk guitar but regards herself as an enthusiastic improver! Judith has spent most of her working life in IT but more recently has moved into the world of information and is an Academic Librarian.
