Lucy, who is currently Senior Producer/Head of Engagement at South London arts centre The Albany, will begin her new role at the end of 2020. An experienced music professional, she spent several years leading music workshops in Berlin and with Internationale Musikschule Berlin prior to her return to the UK. Lucy has a wealth of experience, having built relationships with a range of communities, artists and organisations, and in educational, health and wellbeing settings.

Lucy said, “I am thrilled to be soon joining the BSO, and to be continuing the pioneering and far-reaching work of BSO Participate. Now more than ever, we recognise the fundamental need to connect and to create, and I am very much looking forward to bringing my own experiences of supporting diverse audiences and communities to the role; and working with the BSO team, orchestra, and the many partners across the South West and beyond, to champion the unique power of music in the further development of a responsive and innovative BSO Participate programme.”

With an established international reputation for community learning and participation in the classical sector, BSO Participate launched the world’s first disabled-led ensemble at the core of a professional symphony orchestra and is Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia-Friendly Organisation of the Year.

Chief executive of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Dougie Scarfe, said, “We’re excited to bring Lucy, with her exceptional track record in delivering community-based projects, into the BSO team to build on the outstanding success of BSO Participate in recent years. Never has this work been needed more as we reach out throughout the South West and beyond with our life-empowering music making.”