Practising Performance: A Career in the Arts

with Crispin Woodhead, CEO – Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Not all orchestras are the same – The OAE’s catchy and much-discussed, slightly controversial marketing phrase will be the starting point for a lively afternoon learning about managing a world-renowned orchestra and how varied a career in arts management can be. This session will also offer the chance for performers to ask Crispin for early-career advice – how is it possible for young conductors, soloists and other performers to find their place in the increasingly competitive market-place?

TICKETS: Contact Maggie Faultless, Director of Performance and co-leader of OAE for further details. E: mf413@cam.ac.uk. This class is open to the public

Crispin Woodhead has forged a career in both music and education: having
studied modern languages as an organ scholar at Pembroke College,
Oxford, he then joined the Royal Northern College of Music as a junior
lecturer and fellow in keyboard studies. He co-founded
MusicTeachers.co.uk, the largest independent UK internet service for
music teachers, taught at the internationally renowned Rugby School as
Head of Modern Languages and founded the award-winning period orchestra,
Arcangelo, before joining the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment as
Chief Executive in 2015. He is married with four children and two cats.