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As Executive Director of Nonclassical during Natalia's maternity leave, Miranda will guide Nonclassical through our 20th anniversary and more. Miranda joins Nonclassical following the completion of her Clore Fellowship and after eight years with Britten Pears Arts (most recently as Director of Business and Strategic Planning; previously as Director of Development). Miranda's background is in building and leading teams, and in generating significant income across both charitable and commercial contexts. A professionally-trained musician, Miranda is passionate about supporting great art and artists. In her spare time, she can often be found on a Suffolk beach (or various sports activity sidelines) with her sons, cooking and - preferably - eating with friends and family.

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Marcella has been working with Nonclassical since Feb 2023. As Events & Marketing Manager, she is responsible for producing Nonclassical's events, running the Artists in Residence Scheme and creating marketing strategies. Marcella is also a composer, performer and producer, working with multi-disciplinary artists across the UK and America.

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Gabriel is a composer, producer, DJ and founder of Nonclassical. He has been one of the leading proponents of presenting classical music in non-traditional venues; and he regularly performs in East London nightclubs, warehouses and electronic music festivals, often DJing and doing live remixes of the works just performed.

Gabriel studied electroacoustic composition under Jonty Harrison in Birmingham, and a Masters in composition with Ambrose Field & Roger Marsh. He is published by both Faber Music and Mute Song, and resides in Hackney, London, with his wife and their three young children.

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Stephen is the Nonclassical Finance Manager. He brings a wealth of experience from working in voluntary, charity and creative enterprises including a community radio station, CND, a credit union and photographic agencies. Stephen loves walking in Epping Forest, dancing, indulging his love of artisan perfumes and is a dab hand at wrangling pears to optimum ripeness.

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Dayanna is the Digital Marketer apprentice at Nonclassical. She is in charge of generating and delivering content and assets for Nonclassical's social media, website, and label. She enjoys doing sports, listening to music, taking walks in nature, attending music festivals, and painting.

Aileen Douthwaite

Aileen has worked across the UK in a variety of education posts including latterly as CEO for a Music Education Hub. Now an independent arts consultant, she is looking forward to supporting Nonclassical and its Executive Team as a non executive board member.

Clifton Harrison

A true 21st-century musician, viola and viola d’amore player Clifton Harrison has forged a performing and recording career spanning a huge range of genres and embracing the creative potential of in-depth research. He studied at the Juilliard School and Royal Academy of Music and is the viola player in the acclaimed Kreutzer Quartet. He maintains an active freelance career working with most of the London orchestras, contemporary music groups, and early music ensembles. Alongside his extensive classical recording catalogue, Clifton can be heard on hundreds of television, film and album soundtracks. Clifton is in demand giving lectures and masterclasses at some of the world’s finest institutions.

Alan Davey

Alan Davey has a long career in public service including Health, Music, and the Arts more widely. He has been Director of Arts and Culture for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and as CEO of Arts Council England he oversaw the ‘Great Art and Culture for Everyone’ strategy and expanded the remit of the Council into Libraries, Museums and Archives. He was Controller of BBC Radio 3, the Proms and the BBC Orchestras and Choirs from 2014 to 2023. He is Chair of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in South-East London.

William Norris (chair)

William Norris is a consultant working for a wide range of music and arts organisations, with recent and current clients including Philharmonic Baroque Orchestra, Sage Gateshead, the European Union Youth Orchestra, site specific theatre company Dante or Die and Dunedin Consort. He has also held leadership positions at Scottish Ensemble (Maternity Cover), Southbank Sinfonia and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, and prior to that led communications, marketing and creative programming at the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, where he developed the ensembles' Night Shift series. Read our interview with William here.

Karen Lee

Karen previously held leadership roles at BlackRock and Allen & Overy, and now provides commercial and legal advisory services to high growth technology companies and creative arts businesses. She is passionate about climate issues, health and wellbeing and the arts. She brings deep experience, and a broad and diverse network, across tech, finance, law, film and music and is always looking for ways to build relationships and collaborate across these different communities.

Nick Rampley

Nick Rampley is the Director of Resources and Operations at the City and Guilds Art School and previously Vice Principal of Morley College and Director of Finance and Administration at the Purcell School specialist music school. Nick is also a trustee of the Samuel Gardner Memorial Trust, the Cornelius Cardew Concerts Trust, the Margaret Engering Music Trust and the Kensington Symphony Orchestra where he is also principal bassoon.

Rune Bech

Rune Bech is a Danish journalist and founder living between London and Copenhagen. He is the driving force behind Copenhagen’s legendary venue Jazzhus Montmartre. He’s also writing about the arts for the Danish weekly newspaper Weekendavisen, and the perming arts magazine Iscene. As a day job he founded the independent health information company NetDoctor.co.uk in 1998, and later in 2015 LivaHealth.com helping the NHS fight diabetes via a health coaching app.

Jessica Cottis

Conductor Jessica Cottis works regularly with leading ensembles such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, Prague Radio Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, and at the Royal Opera House and BBC Proms. Her domain is music of the 20th-century to the current day. Based in London, she is Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and Distinguished Visiting Conductor at the Australian National University. Read our interview with Jessica here.