Join our Board of Trustees
Founded by its Music Director Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company’s vision is to celebrate baroque music in ways that stir, delight and inspire audiences.
Early Opera Company has recently featured on BBC’s #OperaPassion day on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune from the V&A Museum, performed Handel Giulio Cesare in Egitto at London Handel Festival at St John’s Smith Square, and released a highly-regarded surround-sound recording of Handel’s Acis and Galatea for Chandos with Allan Clayton and Lucy Crowe in the title roles.
EOC received an Olivier Award nomination (Outstanding Achievement in Opera) with The Royal Opera for Monteverdi Orfeo at The Roundhouse and Cavalli L’Ormindo at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. This association continued with 5-star reviews for Rossi Orpheus, more recently for Monteverdi The Return of Ulysses at The Roundhouse.
The Company frequently feature the music of the French baroque, including Charpentier Actéon and Rameau Platée and Castor et Pollux. Other recent Handel performances at Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square and festivals around the UK include Serse, Alceste and La Resurrezione. Award-winning Handel opera recordings on Chandos include Serse, Alceste, Partenope, Semele and Flavio, and Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno on Wigmore Live.
Future plans include a concert performance of Handel Solomon at the Royal Opera House, and a double-bill of Purcell Dido and Aeneas and Blow Venus and Adonis at The Concertgebouw Amsterdam, along with the development of our Emerging Musicians Programme to provide support to the next generation of baroque specialists.
The Company is going from strength to strength and, as part of a newly-refreshed 3-year strategic plan, we would like to enhance our small but dedicated Board of Trustees with more people who are passionate about our vision and keen to contribute actively to the governance of our charity.
In particular, we are looking for up to 3 dedicated and inspirational individuals who have skills and current experience as one or more of the following: i. Charity accountant ii. Lawyer iii. Marketing specialist (preferably arts/broadcasting) iv. Family arts specialist v. Arts fundraising – or more specifically, somebody who has the capacity to lead a fundraising group as part of the Board of Trustees
The Early Opera Company Board of Trustees meet four times a year in Central London for two hours, c.6.30- 8.30pm, as well as attending concerts, occasional fundraising receptions and training as required. We would welcome applicants with commercial or charitable experience and from all sections of the community.
You can find out more here: • benefits of becoming a charity trustee • Early Opera Company website • EOC Twitter and Facebook accounts
For an informal chat in the first instance, please contact our Chair of Trustees, Dr Jo Gipps, on 07860 912143 or [email protected]. To apply for these voluntary positions, please send a letter outlining your experience and interest in Early Opera Company to [email protected] by 1st September 2018.
Correspondence: 8 The Ridgeway, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent TN25 6SE General Manager: Charlotte Burke - 07967 127734 [email protected] www.earlyopera.com
directors: Dr Jo Gipps OBE (chair) Christian Curnyn John Galt Charlie Laing Nicky Oppenheimer Howard Shields The Early Opera Company Ltd Reg charity no 1111086 Registered address: Roke House, 1a Little Roke Avenue, Kenley, CR8 5NN Company registered in England under company no 4302402 VAT no 798767142